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2: Animator CHUCK JONES. Jones made many of the greatest Warner Brothers cartoons, and he created the characters Pepe LePew, Wile E. Coyote, and the RoadRunner. He wrote a memoir of his years at Warner Brothers, called Chuck Amuck (Avon Books). (REBROADCAST FROM 10/18/89).

DEBBIE ELLIOTT REPORTS ON THE DILEMMA FACING POOR STATES SUCH AS ALABAMA AS A RESULT OF CONGRESS' DOWNSIZING OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CUTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS WHICH REPRESENT A SIZEABLE PORTION OF STATE BUDGETS.

Michael talks with Emory Univeristy political science professor Merle Black and his brother, Rice University professor Earl Black about this past week's Supreme Court decision barring race-based congressional districts. Both say the decision could result in fewer minority members of Congress and a continued erosion of Democratic Party support in the South.

GARDENING: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S GARDENING EXPERT KETZEL LEVINE TALK ABOUT MOSS -- AND EVEN COOK UP A LITTLE.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

For years, squatters have been living in abandoned buildings in New York's East Village and Lower East Side. In spite of the risk that one day they could be forced out, squatters have often improved the buildings dramatically, investing time and money in an effort to create a home. Recently however, the New York City police department launched a large raid on several squats, forcing the residents out. While the city argues these buildings had been illegally co-opted, the squatters argue the law protects their rights as homesteaders. Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that now the matter has gone to court.

2: Interview with NICK LOWE continued.

Once dedicated to commemorating Kit Carson, the Fort Garland Museum's new exhibit acknowledges the brutal effects that westward expansion and settler-colonialism had on Indigenous and Native Americans.

WE HEAR, ONCE AGAIN, TAPES MADE BY SCOTT SIMON'S FATHER WHEN SCOTT WAS JUST A CHILD. (MICHAEL SMITH'S SONG "I BROUGHT MY FATHER WITH ME" IS ON HIS NEW CD "TIME" ON FLYING FISH RECORDS - 1-800-FYI-FISH/FF70613. SING OUT! MAGAZINE, P.O. BOX 5253, BETHLEHEM, PA. 18015, 1-800-4-WESING)

Jazz Critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews "Legends of Western Swing (Hillbilly Fever Vol. 1)" (Rhino ).