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NPR'S TOM GJELTEN HAS THIS ASSESSMENT OF HAITI'S PROGRESS OVER THE PAST YEAR.... SINCE PRESIDENT CLINTON SENT TWENTY THOUSAND AMERICAN TROOPS TO THAT COUNTRY TO RESTORE PRESIDENT JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE TO POWER.

Liane speaks with Sen. Paul Simon about his biography of lijah Lovejoy, an avid abolitionist in the 1830's and the first martyr to reedom of the press in the United States.

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).

Broadcast journalist JOHN MERROW. He's the anchor and Executive Editor of "The Merrow Report" a quarterly series of documentaries on PBS that examines education and surrounding issues. Their latest documentary is "Attention Deficit Disorder: A Dubious Diagnosis?" In the documentary MERROW disputes the widely held belief that Ritalin, the drug given to children with Attention Deficit Disorder, is not "dangerous and addictive." MERROW also found that the drug has been overprescribed, and that some kids have begun to abuse it. (It airs Friday, October 20, at 10 PM) MERROW is the former host of the NPR program, "Options in Education" which ran from 1974

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH WILLIE NELSON, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF PERFORMER OF "FARM AID," WHICH HOLDS ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT TOMORROW IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

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 discusses the implications of the verdict in the New York terrorism trial with L. Paul Bremer, who served as Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism during the Reagan administration.

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).

Daniel reads letters from listeners.

Daniel talks to blues musician Luther Allison about his latest CD, "Blue Streak."

Daniel talks with Jonathan Broder, Washington bureau chief of the Jerusalem Report about the political landscape in Israel after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. He says that the Israeli people are divided three ways on the country's future.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ARMY RESERVE GENERAL AND BURLINGTON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE DONALD F. CAMPBELL WHO, WITH A TEAM OF ARMY RESERVE JUDGES, IS WORKING TO RECONTRUCT AND MODERNIZE HAITI'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM.