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MARCH 4, 1995 HOST: SCOTT SIMON NEWS: MICHAEL LENAND, LAURA KNOY

NPR'S EDWARD LIFSON VISITS COOK COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO TO EXAMINE THE DIFFICULTIES BEING FACED BY MOST URBAN HOSPITALS RESULTING FROM THE LACK OF TRANSLATORS TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DOCTOR AND PATIENT, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN IMPAIRED TREAMENT. A NEW SURVEY BY THE NON-PROFIT NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOSPITAL INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHICH ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE, WAS RECENTLY RELEASED.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Liane Hansen speaks with Edward Bangs of the U.S. Fish and ildlife Service about a program designed to restore gray wolves to America's ocky Mountains. In January, wolves were released in Idaho. This past week they ere released in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Essayist and attorney Nora Raum says our focus on tort reform egarding excessive damage awards may be overstated. The number of huge payments s actually quite small.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT MIKE TYSON'S RELEASE THIS MORNING FROM AN INDIANA PRISON AFTER SERVING THREE YEARS FOR RAPE, AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE WORLD OF BOXING.

Jacki talks with Dr. Sigmund Eckhouse. He's a former chemical engineer who for 36 years worked for the Army in developing the chemical agents that would be used in chemical weapons. They discuss the history of chemical weapons from World War one and up to the present.

We present the best and worst of the responses to last week's request for spring cleaning music - music while you clean!

WEEKEND EDITION SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH MARTIN TOLCHIN (TOL-chin), PUBLISHER AND EDITOR OF "THE HILL" NEWSPAPER, AND MORTON KONDRACKE (KON-dra-key), EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF "ROLL CALL" NEWSPAPER, ABOUT THE DEFEAT IN THE SENATE OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND WHAT THAT MAY INDICATE FOR SENATOR DOLE AND FOR THE GINGRICH REVOLUTION.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on conflicting feelings in Japan as the August anniversary of the end of World War Two approaches.