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Craig DeSilva reports from Hawaii on President Clinton's isit to attend ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversary of the formal end f the second World War.

Jacki visits a one-room schoolhouse in Waterford, Virginia where urban school children are being taught the old fashioned way. The school was built in the 1860's by Quakers who wanted to provide an education for freed slaves. The school was attended by African American students until the 1950's.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MELANIE LOMAX, A LOS ANGELES DEFENSE ATTORNEY ABOUT THE O.J. SIMPSON CASE, WHICH WAS FINALLY SENT TO JURY YESTERDAY.

ALTHOUGH THE DRUG THALIDOMIDE (thuh-LID-duh-mide) WAS PROVEN TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS IN THE 1960'S AFTER PREGNANT WOMEN WERE GIVEN THE DRUG TO RELIEVE MORNING SICKNESS, SCIENTISTS NOW SAY THAT THE DRUG SHOWS GREAT PROMISE IN TREATING PEOPLE WITH A NUMBER OF DISEASES...INCLUDING AIDS. RACHEL GOTBAUM REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS THREATENING TO CRACKDOWN ON THE SALE OF THE DRUG ILLEGALLY THROUGH UNDERGROUND BUYERS CLUBS.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE FILM "DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS," A WALTER MOSLEY DETECTIVE NOVEL ADAPTED TO THE SCREEN AND STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON AS EZEKIEL "EASY" RAWLINS.

Bob Mondello reviews the movie "Unzipped," a documentary about fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.

AS THE UNITED NATIONS 50TH ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES, TREVOR ROWE ASSESSES THE U.N.'S ROLE IN ABATING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC AID TO POOR COUNTRIES.

JIM BELL, OF MEMBER STATION K-U-H-F IN HOUSTON, REPORTS ON THE TRIAL OF YOLANDA SALDIVAR (SAHL'-DEE-VAHR), THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING THE TEJANO (TAY-HAH'-NOH) MUSIC SINGER SELENA. YESTERDAY, BOTH THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE RESTED THEIR CASE.

In Kankakee Illinois, two children were horribly murdered. In one case, the abduction of a 10 year old white boy caused an overwhelming community response. But, in the other case, that of a 13 year old black girl who had runaway from home, there was hardly a murmur from the citizens of Kankakee. Police Chief William Doster was struck by the different reactions and about his concern in the local paper. In his essay, Chief Doster wrote "the disease of racism has brought about the cancer of indifference". Jacki speaks with Chief Doster about his open letter to the community of Kankakee.

October 29,

Letters from our listeners concerning last week's first nstallment of our ongoing panel discussion on race relations in this country

Liane Hansen speaks with Frances Hill, author of "A elusion of Satan," (Doubleday) about the psychological processes involved in he Salem witch trials in 17th century Massachusetts. Ms. Hill believes the ccusations from the young girls that prompted the trials were a form of recovered memory."