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FROM LONDON, NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON THE ON-GOING DISPUTE BETWEEN CANADA AND SPAIN OVER FISHING GROUNDS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. IN OBSERVANCE, THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO IN NEW YORK CITY HAS BEGUN A LISTENING SERIES CALLED "FDR ON RADIO: THE VOICE OF AN ERA," WHICH WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH OCTOBER 1st. NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK ATTENDED A SYMPOSIUM AT THE MUSEUM.

Joyce Russell of member station W-O-I reports on programs that are trying to save the institution of the family farm by linking retiring farmers with young people who want to farm. Some programs find creative financing for the purcahse of small farms, others help new farmers find mentors in experienced farmers who don't want a full-time farm anymore but want to keep in contact with their land.

Baseball legend MICKEY MANTLE. Terry talks with the Yankees' slugger, whose father had his career in pro baseball planned before he was born. Mantle played his entire 17-year career with one team, the New York Yankees. This was recorded in 1985.INT 2: A 1986 interview with former Yankees pitcher JIM BOUTON. In 1970, BOUTON's memoir Ball Four was published. Those who wanted to maintain major league baseball's image as the home of heroes were scandalized by the book; others thought it was about time someone revealed that baseball is full of real people and real problems. Ball Four made an enemy for Bouton of baseball legend Mickey Mantle by reminiscing about Mantle's on- and off-field drunkenness. INT 3: FRANK ROBINSON, Assistant General Manager of the Baltimore Orioles. In 1975, he became the first black manager in baseball, As a player, Robinson was legendary. He is the only player ever to win the Most Valuable Player award in both leagues. His book, Extra Innings, addresses the question of racism in baseball, first broached in a broadly public way when Al Campanis, the former general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers said on a "Nightline" interview that blacks "lacked the necessities" to manage a baseball team. (Originally broadcast 6

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NEW YORK CITY HISTORIAN CHRISTOPHER GRA ABOUT THE UNSOLVED BOMBING THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 IN THE WALL STREET AREA OF LOWER MANHATTAN THAT, UP UNTIL THE DEADLY BOMBING THIS WEEK IN OKLAHOMA CITY, HAD BEEN CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST SINGLE ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES.

JAPAN: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY IN TOKYO ABOUT AN APPRARENTLY FOILED "TERRORIST" PLAN BY THE CULT AUM SHINRI KYO FOR A JAPANESE-STYLE GAS ATTACK ON DISNEYLAND OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG PARTICIPATES IN A PROJECT IN WHICH A GROUP OF VISUAL ARTISTS IS PAIRED WITH NON-ARTISTS TO CREATE PORTRAITS OF EACH OTHER...THE VISUAL ARTISTS USING THEIR OWN MEDIA...THE NON-ARTIST USING WHATEVER...THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A BRIDGE BETWEEN WORKING ARTISTS AND "WORKERS."

Jacki goes behind the scenes at the New York City Fashion show and speaks with designers, fashion editors and models about the clothing industry. Fashion is a 14-billion dollar business in New York...although sales have been down in the last few years.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on several paramillitary groups who may have had a connection with the bombing in Oklahoma City. He reports on their motivations and what kind of people join these groups as well as how they organize.

2: ROBERT J. LIFTON, expert psychologist on mass social trauma and psychological after affects from anger, rage and vulnerability. LIFTON directs the center on violence and Human Survival at the City University of New York John Jay College.