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ALTHOUGH IN 1969 CHATANOOGA, TENNESSEE, WAS CONSIDERED THE DIRTIEST CITY IN AMERICA, NOW IN 1995 IT CAN BOAST OF BEING ONE OF THE CLEANEST. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH WAYNE CROP, AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER AND FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHATTANOOGA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BUREAU, ABOUT THIS TRANSFORMATION.

MAGGIE KUHN: Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers, died esterday at the age of 89. The organization was founded 25 years ago by Kuhn nd four other women, all of whom were over age 60, to battle many social njustices, including age-discrimination. Liane Hansen prepared a remembrance f this determined woman.

DON PULLEN OBIT: Liane Hansen remembers jazz pianist Don Pullen, ho died yesterday.

"Remembering Munni" (MOO-nee) is the title of the fifth nstallment of Julian Crandall Hollick's series on the pavement dwellers of ombay. Munni was a young woman, born and raised on the streets, who started rganizing the poor to take control of their lives.

SPORTS/ELVIS: ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S PLAYOFFS AND RON OFFERS PREDICTIONS. AND SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE "PANTHER," A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BLACK PANTHER MOVEMENT OF THE 1960'S.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE NEW BASEBALL SEASON WHICH BEGINS REGULAR PLAY NEXT WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Daniel talks with Rasheed Khalidi, professor of Middle East History at the University of Chicago and Janet Dates, Dean of Communications at Howard University in Washington D.C. They'll discuss how certain ethnic groups tend to be either credited or blamed for certain events and how the media helps perpetuate stereotypes.

Liane Hansen talks with political commentator Clarence Page bout the Oklahoma City bombing and its effect on the nation's sense of ecurity.