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NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on conflicting feelings in Japan as the August anniversary of the end of World War Two approaches.

WEEKEND EDITION SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH SUSAN EISENHOWER, GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE LATE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER AND FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTER FOR POST SOVIET STUDIES, AND ROALD SAGDEEV (row-ALD zag-DAY-ev), DIRECTOR EMERITUS OF THE SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN MOSCOW, ABOUT THE CHANGES IN RUSSIA SINCE THEIR WEDDING, FIVE YEARS AGO.

Jacki talks to Bernard McMahon about the relationship between the CIA and the Congressional committees created to oversee the spy agency. McMahon, who as worked for both the CIA and the Congress, says that in terms of budget and management, the CIA does not mind Congress looking over its shoulder, but when it comes to operations, relations can be tense.

2: In 1989, EVELYN LAU became a best-selling author with her first book: Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid (Harper Collins), a memoir of her years on the streets as a suicidal drug addicted teenage prostitute. She also wrote two books of her poetry: You Are Not Who You Claim and Oedipal Dreams. LAU's latest is a collection of short stories titled Fresh Girls and Other Stories. It's been released in the United States by Hyperion. It was released by Harper Collins in 1993 but its distribution was limited. The 23 year old writer lives in Vancouver, Canada.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS ON THREE BILLS PASSED THIS WEEK IN THE HOUSE THAT ARE INTENDED TO REFORM THE NATION'S CIVIL LAW SYSTEM.

NPR'S PETER KENYON REPORTS ON LAST NIGHT'S UNPRECEDENTED NATIONALLY BROADCAST ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH.

Freelance firefighter PETER LESCHAK battles forest fires in the Northwoods and the West...He's not a smoke jumper he says, he's a "grunt"-hiking to remote locations, putting out fires sometimes on his hands and knees-spark by spark. His new memoir is called Hellroaring

2: Ethnobotanist MARK PLOTKIN. He wrote a book about what he learned about botany and medicine from the Medicine Men of the tropical rain forests. His book is Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest (Viking). The book was issued in paper back 8/94 by Penguin Books.(Aired 9

NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR ASSESSES THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE 104TH CONGRESS.