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) : Rock Critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Mutineer" Warren Zevon''s new album.(2) Linguist GEOFFREY NUMBER comments on a new CD which has renditions of Elvis ballads sung in Latin by a Finnish singer

GARDENING: SCOTT SIMON TALKS TO WEEKEND EDITION GARDENING EXPERT KETZEL LEVINE ABOUT THE "VEGETABLE GARDENER'S" SEASON. THEY ARE JOINED BY BARBARA DAMROSCH, AUTHOR OF "THE GARDEN PRIMER," (WORKMAN PUBLISHING) AND CO-HOST OF "GARDENING NATURALLY" ON THE LEARNING CHANNEL.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews Independence Day by Richard Ford , the sequel to his acclaimed novel, The Sports Writer.

PRAYERS ARE BEING OFFERED ACROSS CHICAGO FOR CARDINAL JOSEPH BERNARDIN WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PANCREATIC CANCER.

TEN YEARS AGO TODAY, CITY POLICE BOMBED A WEST PHILADELPHIA ROW HOUSE OCCUPIED BY THE RADICAL GROUP MOVE, DESTROYING AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. VICKY QUAY OF MEMBER STATION WHYY REPORTS.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ALICE RIVLIN, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND CONGRESSMAN CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY) ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DIFFERENCES OVER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PLAN, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN TEN YEARS.

Writer RICHARD FORD. His book Independence Day (Knopf), the sequel to The Sportswriter (Vintage), has recently been released. FORD is also the author of Wildlife, The Ultimate Good Luck, A Piece of My Heart, and Rock Springs

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S MARA LIASSON ABOUT THE LATEST IN THE BUDGET BATTLE ON THE HILL.

From member station K-Q-E-D in San Francisco, Ancel Martinez reports what luxury car dealers are doing to try to stave off the economic hit of a one hundred percent tariff that might go into effect if the U.S. and Japan can't solve their trade dispute by the end of June.

A 'Fresh Air' concert with NICK LOWE. His newest recording is "The Impossible Bird" (Upstart Records). 1994 revives Lowe's solo career. Lowe in the early 1970s played London's pub rock scene in the band Brinsley Schwarz. After the band broke up in 1975, he produced five albums for Elvis Costello. Lowe worked with Dave Edmundsin and the group Rockpile. In 1992 he was one quarter of the band "Little Village" with John Hiatt and Ry Cooder.