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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.

Classical Music Critic LlOYD SCHWARTZ reviews a new recording by the young Danish baritone singer Skovhus (BOV-uh SKO-fuss).We remember ESTER ROME of the Boston''s Women''s Health Collective. She co-founded the Collective which published the book that became women''s bible for healthcare, Our Bodies Ourselves. She talked with Terry in 1990 when the Women''s Health Collective was celebrating it''s 20th anniversary. ROME died of breast cancer on Saturday, June 24, 1995.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH BBC REPORTER CHARLES SCANLON IN SEOUL, KOREA, WHERE THE SAMPOONG DEPARTMENT STORE COLLAPSED LAST THURSDAY AND PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE.

Michael speaks with NPR's Cheryl Devall, who's covering the annual meeting of the NAACP. It's the organization's first meeting under the leadership of its new president, Myrlie Evers-Williams.