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25 years ago today 2 people were killed and 11 injured when Mississippi highway patrol officers opened fire on black students at Jackson State University. NPR's David Molpus remembers the events of that day and finds that today's highway patrol is very different.

Fifty years ago this coming week American and Russian troops cut Adolph Hitler's Third Reich in two. So this weeks For The Record features the BBC's Edward Ward reporting in very high spirits from Torgau, Germany the site of the April 25th historic meeting.

ISRAELI SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERING DOGS...STRAYS, HOUSE-PETS AND SHEPARD DOGS, IN THE WEST BANK TOWN OF HEBRON WHERE THE ARMY HAS IMPOSED A CURFEW ON PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS SINCE A DERANGED ISRAELI SETTLER MURDERED 29 WORSHIPPERS IN A MOSQUE IN FEBRUARY OF 1994.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.

THE AMERICA'S CUP TROPHY AND THE CREW OF THE NEW ZEALAND YACHT BLACK MAGIC ARRIVED THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO CELEBRATE, AT THE NEW ZEALAND EMBASSY, THEIR WIN OVER THE UNITED STATES TEAM LAST WEEK.

Actor HARRY CAREY, JR., who appeared in many John Ford westerns, including "3 Godfathers" and "Rio Grande," and the Howard Hawks film "Red River." (REBROADCAST FROM 10/

Journalist JAMES CONAWAY. His 1987 book author of The Kingdom in the Country looks at the wide expanse of public lands in the West and how the myths of the west - cowboys, gunslingers, gold miners - are enduring. (REBROADCAST FROM 10/16/87) REV: Rock historian ED WARD remembers Carl Perkins.

CHECHNYA: THE TOWN OF SAMASHKY (sah-MASH-key), IN WESTERN CHECHNYA (CHECH-nee-ah), WAS REPORTEDLY THE SCENE OF A MASSACRE LAST WEEK COMMITTED BY RUSSIAN FORCES ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE THE LAST REMAINING REBEL TOWNS. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH THOMAS GOLTZ, A CORRESPONDENT COVERING THE REGION FOR THE LONDON OBSERVER AND BUSINESS WEEK, WHO HAS BEEN TO SAMASHKY.

WE HEAR REFECTIONS OF SOLDIERS WHO LIBERATED PRISONERS FROM THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP...AND WE ALSO HEAR SELECTIONS FROM EDWARD R. MURROW'S RADIO BROADCAST THE DAY OF LIBERATION OF BUCHENWALD, 50 YEARS AGO TODAY.

NPR'S ANN COOPER REPORTS FROM JOHANNESBURG THAT PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA HAS, ONCE AGAIN, FIRED HIS CONTROVERSIAL WIFE, WINNIE, FROM HER CABINET POST.