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Commentator Kevin Kling remembers how he and his brother helped their dad paint the house. The paint job continues to astonish the neighborhood to this day.

-- this time in Catholic areas. Three police officers were shot and injured by rioters in a staunch IRA neighborhood of North Belfast.

Linda talks with Catherine Bowman about the poetry of seventy-year-old Philip Booth. We'll hear one of his early poems and two of his new poems.

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2: Playwright MART CROWLEY. His works were recently re-published in a book, "3 Plays by Mart Crowley" (Alyson Publications). "The Boys in the Band" (1968), is the classic portrait of a gay artist living in New York and was one of the first plays to break the taboo on the portrayal of homosexuality. A revival of "The Boys in the Band" opened in June and the film version is being featured at the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival this summer. CROWELY's other works in the book are "A Breeze from the Gulf" (1974) and "For Reasons that Remain Uncertain" (1994).

President Clinton announced today that the administration wants to spend 5 billion dollars over the next four years repairing the nation's schools. The move comes just weeks after a government report documented serious decay in schools nationwide. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

Commentator Susan Aaronson (AIR-un-sun) says that too often, reporters use inflammatory language or dramatic metaphors to explain economic situations...phrases such as "trade war," in describing our relationship with China, are misleading and inaccurate.

that contains nearly $66 Billion for social programs and education in the next fiscal year. That amounts to a freeze at current year levels. If it clears Congress, the measure faces a likely veto from President Clinton.

Critic Bob Mondello has a review of the new film "Courage Under Fire," starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan, about the first woman to die in combat as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces.

- NPR's David Welna reports on the swirl of scandal surrounding Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Charges are being leveled that Zedillo, before he became president, was involved in a case involving suspected corruption.