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Rachel Gowases (GO-wah-says), a producer for Namibia Broadcasting Corporation, sends us an audio postcard from a friend's wedding in Namibia.

ALL STATIONS FROM: MARTA HAYWOOD RE: WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY/SECOND RUNDOWN DATE: JUNE 17, 1995 HOST: SCOTT SIMON NEWS: BILL REDLIN, LAURA KNOY

Daniel talks with Deborah Hoffman, director of a new documentary "Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter." In the film, Hoffman documents her mother's struggle with Alzheimers disease. And though the topic is a tragic one, Hoffman says she was actually able to find humor in the experience.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH LAWRENCE H. FUCHS (FEW-ks), VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE U.S. COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION REFORM AND DANIEL A. STEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM, ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS RELEASED THIS WEEK BY THE U.S. COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION REFORM.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH HOWARD LIEB, WHO PUT TOGETHER "THE AMERICAN COMEDY BOX SET - 1915-1994" ON RHINO RECORDS (R2-71617), A COMPILATION OF SOME OF THIS CENTURY'S GREAT RECORDED COMEDY.

SIMON/PLANT: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH TIMOTHY WALKER, DIRECTOR OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND WHERE, A RARE TROPICAL PLANT RECENTLY BLOOMED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH IVANA KUHAR (eeVON-uh KOO-har), CHIEF OF THE CROATIAN SERVICE AT THE VOICE OF AMERICA, ABOUT THE VOA'S NEWLY LAUNCHED HOTLINE TO HELP REFUGEES FIND THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE WAR-RAVAGED BALKANS.

NPR'S CHERYL DEVALL REPORTS ON CHICAGO CONGRESSMAN MEL REYNOLDS' CONVICTION THIS WEEK ON CHARGES OF SEXUAL ABUSE, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE DERIVING FROM HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN UNDERAGE YOUNG WOMAN, AND HOW THIS WILL AFFECT HIS CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.

SCOTT SIMON COMMENTS ON HOW 200 CONGRESSPEOPLE, WHO USUALLY ARE BIG ON DEFICIT REDUCTION, ASKED THE BI-PARTISAN COMMISSION ON THE FATE OF U.S MILITARY BASES TO SPARE MILITARY INSTALLATION IN THEIR STATES.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND RON RAPOPORT, WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR, TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE'S STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF FINAL WHICH BEGINS TONIGHT.