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Danny talks with writer Helena Maria Viramontes (Vee-rah-MOHN-tez) about her new novel, called "Under the Feet of Jesus" (Dutton). It focuses on a Mexican-American family that travels with the harvest in California .. picking oranges and peaches and grapes ... Viramontes says she wanted to recapture some of her own memories ... of the times when she and her parents worked in the fields.

Daniel talks with Bob Ward, author of "The Cactus Garden" (Pocket Books), a novel about U.S. Drug Enforcement Agents. Ward - who was a writer and producer for TV's "Hill Street Blues" and "Miami Vice" - researched his book by hanging out with undercover agents.

NPR's Daniel Schorr comments on the plight of the Dutch ontingent of the UN peacekeeping force in Bosnia.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports efforts to save the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah which have been shrinking for the past several years. Nearly every land speed record has been set there, and racing enthusiasts and a nearby factory have developed a scheme to replenish the salt on the flats.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR political correspondent Elizabeth rnold about the results of yesterday's republican straw poll in Florida. Senate ajority leader Bob Dole placed first in this non-binding, so-called "political eauty contest".

"The Beatles Anthology" airs tonight on ABC television. It's the efinitive biography of the legendary band. Liane Hansen speaks with Beatle iographer Mark Hertzgaard (HERTZ-gard) about the band, their music, their egacy, and the television special and accompanying double-CD.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on this weekend's egotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders regarding the 16-month-old alestinian rule that is extending beyond Gaza and Jericho to more of the West ank. After much wrangling, an agreement was signed this morning.

Lynn Terry (f) reports on efforts in France to save the 'Baguette'. In recent years, the French have turned their tastes towards other kinds of breads and the traditional baguette along with local bakeries are slowly but surely diminishing.

JULIE BURSTEIN REPORTS ON THE CLOSING OF BETHLEHEM STEEL'S FLAGSHIP PLANT.... WHICH - FOR NEARLY 150 YEARS - HAS PROVIDED THE MATERIALS USED TO BUILD MUCH OF AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

Daniel talks with Karen Schwab of Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital about how it's started offering hotel service to family members of patients who are critically ill. The rooms cost $150 dollars a night and offer amenities such as the New York Times each morning, cable TV service, and high tea in the afternoon.