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Playwright NEIL SIMON. His plays and movies include, "Barefoot in the Park," "The Odd Couple," "The Goodbye Girl," "The Out-of-Towners," and "The Sunshine Boys." He won a Pulitzer Prize for his play "Lost in Yonkers." He has a new memoir, "Rewrites" (published by Simon & Schuster). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that President Clinton today addressed the delegates of the National Baptist Convention in Orlando, as he began the second day of a two-day campaign swing through Florida, a state he hopes to win in November. He talked to the crowd about new Labor Department figures showing the lowest unemployment rate in seven years, but also asked the church representatives to offer jobs to people trying to get off welfare.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Turkey on new government efforts to shift policy toward the Kurds. A 12-year-long battle with Kurdish insurgents has created millions of homeless refugees...most of them are pouring into Turkish cities. Although the new pro-Islamic government is trying to return these refugees to their homes, the Kurds are suspicious.

about the many open congressional races and how they might affect the fall elections.

NPR'S Mary Kay Magistad (MAGG-stad) reports that the Cambodian government says it has sent troops to help the Khmer Rouge breakaway faction retake a village it lost yesterday to hardline members of the group. This caused hundreds of Khmer Rouge soldiers and civilians to flee into Thailand.

The BBC's Elizabeth Blunt reports on the slaughter of 200 elephants at a salt marsh in the Congo. Although elephant poaching decreased after harvesting ivory was banned by international agreement, the world's shrinking stocks of ivory are making poaching increasingly profitable.

President Clinton, yesterday, campaigned in the South. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

plays tonight. The American Basketball League has teams in eight cities and features some of the best female players in the world. Others have failed before, but organizers believe this league will thrive on the coattails of the gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic team, and the increased popularity of the college game.

ERIC LOMAX was captured by the Japanese during World War II. He was used as forced labor to help build the Burma-Siam railroad. He was also tortured by the Japanese. He has reconciled with the Japanese intepreter present during his beatings. His book The Railway Man: A P.O.W.'s Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness (W.W. Norton & Company 1995,) chronicles his story from WWII and his life 50 years later. The BBC is expected to make a movie from his book "Railway Man." And Ballentine will release "Railway Man" out on paperback this month.

Budapest's renovated Dohany Street Synagogue reopened yesterday after five years of renovation. It is Europe's largest synagogue. In 1989 commentator Andrei Codrescu visited the house of worship, quite by accident, and wrote an essay from there about how moved he was by the service. He says he has roots on his mother's side in the culture and could feel the emotional tie.