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Jacki talks to John Grafton of Alexandria, Louisiana who is overseeing the town's effort to reconvert the England Air Force base, which was shut down in 1992. He says that it is important for a community to have a unified vision of the economic future of their reigon and to act quickly to find new tennants for the vacated bases.

With everyone from Kenny G to US3 claiming the label "jazz," Dean Olsher tries to figure out what exactly jazz is.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome on the rise in neo-nazi etworks throughout Europe. Organizations that track the movements of these hate roups say they have been especially successful in spreading their message over he Internet, as well as through more traditional forms of propaganda, much of hich is generated in the United States.

Daniel talks with Joe Jiskolski, senior special agent at the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Jiskolski was working with the FBI on a nationwide investigation into insurance fraud. Jiskolski, who is based in Indiana, says in his state they discovered a corruption scandal that included doctors, lawyers and police who were would fake accidents and than place false claims with the insurance companies.

New York State Governor George Pataki pah-TOCK-ee) has proposed to effectively reduce funding for the City University f New York by 25 percent. These cuts would wipe out the English language nstruction provided to immigrants who attend the public university. David Sears eports that the elimination of these language programs could potentially lock mmigrants out of the the city's education system.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a recently completed study by two Columbia University anthropologists who examined the difficulties of finding a job at fast food restaurants in the inner city. They concluded that these jobs, while low paying, are coveted and that there are not enough of them to go around. 6:00 8. Profile of Minister - Daniel travels to the southwestern African country of Namibia and meets Libertine Amathila, the Namibian Minsiter of Housing and Local Government. She is the most politically powerful woman in the country and may be the first woman to run for president in Africa.

This past week, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment ommission released its updated list of recommended military shut-downs. Part of he Air Force base in Grand Forks, North Dakota was included in that lineup. eekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Jacobs, editor of the rand Forks Herald newspaper, about the potential effects of the closing, ncluding the expected number of military jobs lost, as well as the everberations throughout the rest of the Grand Forks community. They also iscuss local coverage of the Waco hearings in Washington D.C. and the growing roblems with Devil's Lake.

The country of China is going through a period of ransition. Where socialism was once a way of life, capitalism and ntreprenuership now are on the rise. NPR's Ted Clark reports on how the conomic and political changes are fostering deep-rooted sociological ransformations within modern Chinese culture.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Paul Lukas, Editor and Publisher of EER FRAME: THE JOURNAL OF INCONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION. They talk about the most ecent issue of the journal, which includes commentary on musk-flavored Life avers, the Reese's "NutRageous" candy bar, and "Pilots" beer. There are no subscriptions to BEER FRAME - to get the issue #4 or the next ssue, send $2.00, cash, check or money order, payable to Paul Lukas to BEER RAME, 160 St. John's Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Issues of BEER FRAME are also vailable at Tower Books.)

Daniel talks with Journalist Lee May and his father about their re-uniting after 39 years apart. Lee May who now lives in Atlanta, sought to find his father in 1989, his father lives in Meridian Mississippi. Lee May has written a book about the biggest thing they have in common....Gardening.