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NPR's Howard Berkes reports on today's decision by Ted Kaczynski , the suspected Unabomber now held in a Helena, Montana jail, not to seek a bail hearing. Kaczynski will stay in jail in Helena until April 17, when a grand jury will determine whether to indict him on possession of bomb-making materials. Meanwhile, FBI agents say they've found two manual typewriters that could link the suspect to the Unabomber's 32,000-word manifesto published in newspapers last year.

NPR's Jon Greenberg wraps up the week's testimony of the prosecution's star witness in the Whitewater trial in Little Rock. David Hale has been on the stand all week in the whitewater-related trial of Bill Clinton's former business partners James and Susan McDougal..and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker.

Milwaukee has a tradition of electing liberal mayors. But Democrat John Norquist, the city's three-term mayor, stands apart from tradition. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that although Norquist supports abortion rights and gun control, he wants to end welfare and has reduced city spending significantly.

Daniel talks with Robert Samuelson, author of "The Good Life And Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement, 1945-1995" (Times Books). Samuelson says the current pessimism that many Americans feel is related to a post-World War Two optimism. He says we've turned the so-called "American Dream" into a fantasy of a Utopian Society in which there are no social or economic problems. But, he says, we cannot expect to solve our problems once and for all - that we'll always need to deal with them.

Today, Israeli troops shelled the headquarters a battalion of U-N peacekeeping troops in South Lebannon. The compound was filled with dozens of refugees. At least seventy-four people are reported dead and many others wounded. Robert Siegel talks with U-N spokesman Timur (TEE-more) Goksel (GOCK-sull) from his office in Southern Lebanon about the shelling. Mr. Goksel describes the compound that was hit and the refugees who were seeking shelter there.

NPR's John Burnett reports that the status quo is under attack in the automobile retailing industry. The used-car "superstore" is coming to America...and industry analysts say this new kind of dealership is already changing the used-car business. Consumers seem to like the low-pressure, fixed price shopping environment...even if they don't always get the best deal. (7:30) FUNDER 0:29 CUTAWAY 0:59 =========================SECOND HOUR======================= BILLBOARD :59 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2A 9. CHRISTOPHER IN MOSCOW -- NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow where U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher met today with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Christopher is in Russia to organize next month's nuclear issues summit between Yeltsin and President Clinton. Christopher says the talks made "excellent progress" toward a total ban on nuclear testing and "substantial progress" on a treaty controlling conventional forces in Europe.

Next week, Congress will vote on a bill that will result in a historic overhaul of the farm programs. Linda talks with Republican Congressman Pat Roberts of Kansas, who is the chair the House Agriculture Committee and who has been working out the details of this seven-year plan to ween farmers off the subsidy government programs. The bill will end traditional price-based subsidies and the government planting controls that control them. The bill is expected to pass through the House and Senate and President Clinton is expected to sign the bill.

Danny goes to Adelphi Maryland, site of the world's largest x-ray machine. Named 'aurora', this relic of the cold war is now being dismantled by the Pentagon but at one time, this six-story, 7 thousand ton structure was used to design shields for military equipment by mimicking gamma rays generated by a nuclear bomb. Aurora was considered an important feature of the U.S. defense system and one the Soviet's would've loved to have copied, but were never able to.

Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr examines the relationship between law enforcement and the press- one that can become too close in a world of image conscious federal authorities and fiercely competitive news organizations.

a world without clocks where time stands still.

Details of the General Motors and United Auto Workers agreement were announced this afternoon. The U.A.W. won a promise that more employees will be hired at the Dayton parts plants and the company reinforced its right to hire outside suppliers. Robert speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea about the agreement.

Mary Kay Magistead reports from Taiwan that President Lee Teng-hui won today's election, the first fully democratic vote in the island's history. Lee, who was appointed president eight years ago by Taiwan's parliament, gained more than 50 percent of the vote, an unexpectedly large margin. The vote took place in the face of threats from China, threats in the form of missile tests and military exercises.

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports from Beirut, Lebanon on the latest fighting between Israel and Lebanese-based Hizbollah movement. For the third day, the Israelis attacked Hizbollah positions, in retaliation for Hizbollah rocket attacks on settlements in Northern Israel. Today, Israeli ships blockaded the coast of Lebanon to prevent incoming boats from delivering supplies to Hizbollah. And an Israeli helicoptor destroyed an ambulance carrying refugees in South Lebanon. There were civilian casualties. Israel says the ambulance was transporting a Hizbollah fighter.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow where U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher met today with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Christopher is in Russia to organize next month's nuclear issues summit between Yeltsin and President Clinton. Christopher says the talks made "excellent progress" toward a total ban on nuclear testing and "substantial progress" on a treaty controlling conventional forces in Europe.

Robert Siegel speaks with Donald Fraser who wrote arrangements of famous tunes from Disney movies which mimic a variety of classical music composers. Not just an academic challenge, the arrangements capture the spirit Mr. Fraser feels that Beethovenm might have brought to Whistle While You Work or Aaron Copeland might have developed the melody from the Ballad of Dave Crockett. Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach is a release from the Delos label. (8:00) (S

President Clinton will be videotaped on Sunday testifying as a defense witness in the Whitewater trial in Little Rock. The defense hopes his testimony will undermine the credibility of the chief prosecution witness. Charged in the fraud case are the president's former business partners and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. NPR's Mara Liasson reports on how the testimony will be handled and what will happen to the videotape.

Daniel talks with former FBI special agent Joe Connelly about the ongoing standoff with a militant anti-government group called the "Freemen" in Montana. Connelly says the FBI is doing the right thing by not provoking a confrontation with them.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's plan for ending the war in Chechnya.

with three girls who have gone to work with their parents today. They speak with the Baltimore Police Commissioner Tom Frazier and his daughter Alexandra. Alexandra says she is impressed by his private bathroom and conference room. We also hear from a trader on the Chicago Stock Exchange -- George Martin and his daughter Annie, who got to take the EL, buy a newspaper and see her dad really busy trading stocks. Eva Mortimer-Maibeth is a 10-year who went to work with her mother Claire Mortimor who is a nurse practitioner at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco.Eva was one of a hundred children who toured the hospital today.

Punishment and Parole in Alabama Robert Siegel tells the story of Lewis Downs. Downs, an elderly church deacon, had an ongoing feud with a younger man- his neighbor, and Downs ends up killing him. Downs is sentenced to 20 years in prison-- but is up for parole after only three and half years served. This man is clearly no threat to society, but the victim's family is outraged. This piece raises many questions about what society believes about crime and about punishment.