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He directed nearly 80 films, including "Wings," which won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture; "The Ox-Bow Incident," starring Henry Fonda; and "The Public Enemy," which launched Jimmy Cagney's career. He also co-wrote and directed the original, 1937 version of "A Star is Born." Yet no-one outside of film circles remembers William Wellman's name. That's why his son has produced a documentary that's screening theatrically (at AFI on 7/31) and will air on TNT in August (8/13). Ken Bader, of member station WBUR reports.

in the Centennial Park bombing.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that for the first time scientists have identified a gene that is involved in a particular kind of thinking. In tomorrow's issue of the journal Cell, researchers report that they identified a gene that appears to play a role in the ability to envision things in three dimensions.

Linda talks to Officer Richard Troen (TROW-ehn), a member of the bomb technician squad of the Washington D.C. police. He says that pipe bombs are the most common type of bomb because they are simple and faily inexpensive to make.

ock Critic KEN TUCKER reviews two books on punk rock. "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History ofPunk," by Legs McNeil and Gilian McCain. Also "Go Now," by Richard Hell.

Commentator Marianne Jennings says the guilt of finding good child care can get intolerable...she thinks of all the high level execs that have left their jobs to spend more time with their families---they aren't satisfied with having anyone else but themselves take care of their kids.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from Belfast that the police in Northern Ireland today changed their minds and allowed a Protestant fraternal group of marchers to parade through a Catholic neighborhood. To clear the way for the marchers, police dragged off a group of Catholics who were sitting in the middle of the road to protest the march.

NPR's Vicky Que (KWAY) reports that progress continues to be slow towards developing a vaccine for AIDS. Experts from developing countries say one of the reasons is that the developed world has diverted too much of its resources to researching treatments. There's also disagreement over when and whether to test vaccines that appear to only be partially effective.

- Daniel talks with Harvard professor Howard Gardner about his theories of multiple intelligences. Included among them is what he terms "athletic" or "bodily kinesthetic" intelligence. He says that this kind of intelligence is just as "smart" as the intelligence of a surgeon. Gardner also says that athletes combine athletic intelligence with other kinds of intelligence such as musical, spacial, and personal intelligence. (Gardner is the author of many books including, "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences" HarperCollins/Basic Books,1983)

- Daniel visits the Forensic Documents Lab at the U-S Immigration and Naturalization Service. Analysts in the lab use high tech equipment to study questionable immigration documents. They are specialists in detecting counterfeit techniques, including alterations impossible to detect with the naked eye. The Atlanta Committee on the Olympic Games asked the lab to design the Olympic visa which has numerous security features.