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Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD has an obituary of Don Pullen, who died Saturday at age 53. The New York Times called him "one of the major jazz pianists of his generation."

FROM MEMBER STATION WBUR, TOVIA SMITH REPORTS ON THE TEN POINT COALITION, A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION OF MANY LIBERAL AND MINORITY BOSTON AREA MINISTERS WHO ARE HOPING TO COUNTER THE CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL AGENDA BEING PUSHED BY THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.

CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY AND POET JOSE MARTI DIED ON MAY 19, 1895, FIGHTING IN CUBA'S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH EMILIO CUETO (eh-MEE-leo ku-EH-toh), A CUBAN-AMERICAN WASHINGTON ATTORNEY, PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND POET, WHO READS TO US, IN ENGLISH, MARTI'S POEM EL BUEN PEDRO (THE GOOD PEDRO), AND JESUS BARQUET (heh-SOOS bar-KEHT), A CUBAN POET WHO TEACHES SPANISH AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, WHO READS TO US, IN SPANISH, MARTI'S POEM DOS PATRIAS (TWO MOTHERLANDS). THEY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JOSE MARTI'S WORK.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the reasons behind the decision to close Pennsylvania Avenue, and he talks to a former secret service officer to assess the move.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Phoenix, Arizona, where the National Rifle Association is continuing its annual meeting. Today, NRA executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre sought to distance his organization from the militias and paramilitary groups we've been hearing so much about since the Oklahoma City bombing.

SIMON/HOSPITAL: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MONROE PATERSON, PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE DANVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN DANVILLE, VIRGINIA, WHERE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED HOSPITAL PATIENTS ARE BEING OFFERED THE OPTION TO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL IN ORDER TO RETIRE SOME OF THEIR MEDICAL DEBTS.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER SPEAKS WITH DR. HENRY FOSTER, PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOMINEE FOR SURGEON GENERAL, ON THE EVE OF HIS SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH CHIP BERLET, Ber-LAY) AN EXPERT ON MILITIAS AT THE POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ABOUT WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HATE SO FIERCELY. SCOTT ALSO TALKS WITH FRANK JORDAN, MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN OKLAHOMA CITY DOESN'T HAPPEN IN HIS. KATIE WORSHAM OF H.U.D., WHO ONCE WORKED IN THE BOMBED MURRAH BUILDING, RETURNED THIS WEEK AS ACTING STATE DIRECTOR BECAUSE THE FORMER DIRECTOR WAS KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH HER ABOUT HER FORMER COWORKERS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THE BLAST. AND, SCOTT ALSO SPEAKS WITH JIM McNABB, PASTOR OF THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, ABOUT A FELLOW PASTOR WHO WAS KILLED WHILE IN THE BUILDING.

Commentator GERALD EARLY remembers one of the most amazing events in professional boxing''s history: when Mohammed Ali knocked out former champion Sonny Liston.

2: Artist DAVID SALLE (pronounced "SALLY"). He's just made his directorial debut with "Search and Destroy," the film version of Howard Korder's play. The film stars Griffin Dunne, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, John Turturro, and Rosanna Arquette. The executive producer is Martin Scorsese. SALLE's work as an artist prompted this quote by the New York Times, "one of the most thoughtful, gifted, and curious artists of his generation."