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SIMON/"THE TIN GOOSE": SCOTT SIMON ONCE AGAIN TALKS WITH JOHN LEMMO WHO, LAST WEEK, SOLD ONE OF HIS "TUCKER TORPEDOS," DUBBED THE CAR OF THE FUTURE AT THE 25TH ANNUAL AUBURN COLLECTOR CAR SHOW AND AUCTION IN AUBURN, INDIANA.

NPR's John Greenberg reports that the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress continued flinging rhetoric at each other today, as a Monday night deadline looms ahead for the shutdown of the federal government. At issue is legislation extending the government's borrowing and spending authority. President Clinton says he will veto the legislation because the Republicans have attached riders affecting medicare and other programs. This piece examines what the fight is about.

NPR's Ann Garrels reports on some labor camps located in Siberia which house North Korean prisoners and are run by North Korean guards. During the Soviet era, the Kremlin didn't mind the arrangement. Now, it does.

Daniel talks with Bob Ward, author of "The Cactus Garden" (Pocket Books), a novel about U.S. Drug Enforcement Agents. Ward - who was a writer and producer for TV's "Hill Street Blues" and "Miami Vice" - researched his book by hanging out with undercover agents.

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Jacki talks to Howard Mansfield about the history of traffic laws. Mansfield recently wrote an article on the subject in the Old Farmer's Almanac. He says most of the traffic rules that are in place today can be traced back to one man...William Eno...a wealthy New Yorker who was obsessed with devising ways to bring order to streets and highways in the U.S. and abroad in the early 1900s. He devised rules of the road ranging from speed limits, one way streets, and driving on the right to pavement markings, licensing drivers and traffic tickets.

Lynn Terry (f) reports on efforts in France to save the 'Baguette'. In recent years, the French have turned their tastes towards other kinds of breads and the traditional baguette along with local bakeries are slowly but surely diminishing.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews. . .

JULIE BURSTEIN REPORTS ON THE CLOSING OF BETHLEHEM STEEL'S FLAGSHIP PLANT.... WHICH - FOR NEARLY 150 YEARS - HAS PROVIDED THE MATERIALS USED TO BUILD MUCH OF AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE.