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NPR'S PHILLIP DAVIS REPORTS ON THE PROS AND CONS OF RECYCLING.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Criminologist WALTER DICKEY. He is the author of the report What Every Policy Maker Should Know About Imprisonment and the Crime Rate. Professor Dickey of the University of Wisconsin Law School, has a new way of viewing crime in our society. Based on his recent report issued by the Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy, he and officials have concluded that incarceration has little effect on crime rates. They believe that there are number of factors which limit the impact of prison on crime.

Critic Bob Mondello reviews the Russian film that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film this year.

DR. HENRY FOSTER, PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOMINEE FOR SURGEON GENERAL, WAS APPROVED YESTERDAY BY THE SENATE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE. NPR'S ELIZABETH ARNOLD REPORTS.

Television critic David Bianculli on the dismissal of Connie Chung as the co-anchor of the CBS Evening News.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FRANK BEACHEM, A WRITER WHO GREW UP IN HONEA (HUN-nee-uh) PATH, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE, IN SEPTEMBER OF 1934, STRIKING UNION COTTON MILL WORKERS GATHERED FOR A RALLY AT THE CHIQUOLA (sheh-KO-lah) MILL. A BLOODY CONFRONTATION RESULTED, 7 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 17 WERE INJURED, AND THE STRIKE WAS BROKEN. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS TO MR. BEACHAM ABOUT A REVELATION THAT CONNECTS HIM TO THE SHOOTING AND ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY "THE UPRISING OF '34) BY GEORGE STONEY, JUDITH HELFAND AND SUSANNE ROSTOCK, WHICH WILL BE AIRED ON MONDAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN HONEA PATH AND ON PUBLIC TELEVISION'S DOCUMENTARY SERIES P.O.V. ON JUNE 27, 1995.

2: Jazz Saxophonist, STAN GETZ. Born in Philadelphia in 1927, Getz got his start playing with Woody Herman's band. He later went on to form his own quartet. He has worked with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton. In the early 1960's, Getz became the first American musician closely identified with the bossa nova movement. He died in 1991. (REBROADCAST FROM 6

BOSNIA: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS AND NPR'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT TOM GJELTEN AND, IN SARAJEVO, NPR'S ANDY BOWERS, ABOUT THE 200 UNITED NATIONS SOLDIERS BEING HELD, EITHER AS HOSTAGES OR HUMAN SHIELDS, BY SERB FORCES AGAINST FURTHER AIR-STRIKES BY NATO WARPLANES IN BOSNIA. THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING THERE, AND WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE FRENCH CABINET, NATO, AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS ACT.

T-V Critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new Star Trek series, "Star Trek: Voyager" on the new network United Paramount Network (UPN).