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THE WEEK AHEAD IS PROCLAIMED "BANNED BOOKS WEEK" BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION...AND SCOTT SIMON HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT "LITERARY CLASSICS."

Jacki speaks with Don Wetzel, inventor of the Automatic Teller Machine about his invention. This week the Smithsonian Institution added an ATM machine to it's collection of 20th century artifacts. Wetzel says that last year alone, more than 8-billion transactions were conducted using ATM's.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews The Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem, by Carolyn Heilbrun (Dial Publishing).REV. Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG considers the movement to make English the official language.

NPR'S PATRICIA NEIGHMOND REPORTS ON THE RELEASE THIS WEEK OF THE REPUBLICANS' PLAN TO REFORM THE MEDICARE SYSTEM, AND ON YESTERDAY'S PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT HOW AND WHETHER THEIR PLAN WOULD WORK.

2: Veteran TV journalist DAVID BRINKLEY. His book, Washington Goes to War, was a surprise best-seller. The book, based on Brinkley's personal experiences and reflections, told the story of Washington in the early 40s, and how both the government and town itself were transformed by the responsibilities thrust on them as a result of the war. (REBROADCAST from 7/6/89). BRINKLEY has a new book: David Brinkley: A Memoir (Knopf).Journalist and former anchor of the CBS News, WALTER CRONKITE. CRONKITE worked at CBS News for 31 years. This interview took place in 1993 after his documentary "The Faltering Dream," in which he interviewed notable black leaders including Reverend Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee about race relations. (REBROADCAST from 10

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on the appointment last night of Daniel Domenech as chancellor of New York City schools. Mayor Rudolph Guiliani disapproves of the new chancellor; last night a candidate supported by the mayor withdrew from consideration amid allegations of conflict of interest.

Daniel reads letters from listeners.

3: Guitarist DANNY AMIS from the band, "Los Straitjackets." The group hails from Nashville. They perform in Mexican wrestling masks, and play instrumental surf-rock with a "dark vibe lurking in the mix." (Guitar Player). They have a new CD, "The Utterly fantastic and totally unbelievable sound of. . . Los Straitjackets." (Upstart records 617-354-0700).

2: Rock writer and critic ROBERT PALMER. He was the New York Times's first full-time rock writer and chief pop critic, and he's a contributing editor at Rolling Stones. He's written several books on blues and rock and roll, and was the writer and music director for the award-winning documentary films, "The World According to John Coltrane," and "Deep Blues." His latest work is chief advisor to the ten-part PBS documentary, "Rock & Roll: An Unruly History," currently airing on PBS. He's also a companion book (Harmony Books).