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When Primary Election season comes around, locations designated or the regional events often cause competition among states. From member tations W-U-W-M in Milwaukee, Andrea Rowe (ROH) reports that smaller states may xperience growing pains since so many of the larger states plan to hold their rimaries at the same time.

Jazz saxophonist, composer and band-leader Henry Threadgill as just released his first recording for a major record label (Columbia ecords). In the past, Threadgill gained notoriety for his unusual instrumention nd free improvisation. Tom Vitale reports that this guardian of avant-garde azz now hopes to enter the mainstream with a CD that may be more palatable to a eneral audience.

Joyce Russell of member station W-O-I reports on programs that are trying to save the institution of the family farm by linking retiring farmers with young people who want to farm. Some programs find creative financing for the purcahse of small farms, others help new farmers find mentors in experienced farmers who don't want a full-time farm anymore but want to keep in contact with their land.

JAPAN: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY IN TOKYO ABOUT AN APPRARENTLY FOILED "TERRORIST" PLAN BY THE CULT AUM SHINRI KYO FOR A JAPANESE-STYLE GAS ATTACK ON DISNEYLAND OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND.

THE AMERICA'S CUP TROPHY AND THE CREW OF THE NEW ZEALAND YACHT BLACK MAGIC ARRIVED THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO CELEBRATE, AT THE NEW ZEALAND EMBASSY, THEIR WIN OVER THE UNITED STATES TEAM LAST WEEK.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with award-winning lyricist, laywright and screenwriter Betty Comden about the ups and downs of her life as escribed in her recently published autobiography, "Off Stage" (Simon & chuster). With the help of lifelong collaborator Adolph Green, Comden is esponsible for some of the most widely recognized works in Hollywood and the heater, including the screenplay for "Singin' in the Rain," and the lyrics for eonard Bernstein's composition, "On the Town."

NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. IN OBSERVANCE, THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO IN NEW YORK CITY HAS BEGUN A LISTENING SERIES CALLED "FDR ON RADIO: THE VOICE OF AN ERA," WHICH WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH OCTOBER 1st. NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK ATTENDED A SYMPOSIUM AT THE MUSEUM.

Daniel talks to David Haerle, president of CMH Music and producer of the CD "Doggone Country: All Time Favorite Songs about Dogs." He says that there are not enough country songs about cats to produce a companion CD.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the legacy of the superpower "proxy" war in Afganistan. During the 1980's Afganistan's Mujahadeen captured world attention with it's ragtag resistence to the Soviet invasion. For the past three years the Mujahadeen have been fighting each other.

Fifty years ago this coming week American and Russian troops cut Adolph Hitler's Third Reich in two. So this weeks For The Record features the BBC's Edward Ward reporting in very high spirits from Torgau, Germany the site of the April 25th historic meeting.