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Jacki talks to John Grafton of Alexandria, Louisiana who is overseeing the town's effort to reconvert the England Air Force base, which was shut down in 1992. He says that it is important for a community to have a unified vision of the economic future of their reigon and to act quickly to find new tennants for the vacated bases.

Cheryl Colopy (CAH-loh-pee) reports on a unique oalition between labor, business groups, and community churches, which is inding jobs for workers in the Cable industry.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: NORA RAUM & SHAY STEVENS

Host Liane Hansen visits the Edmund Burke School in Washington .C. to sit in on a discussion between Russell Banks, author of the new novel, ULE OF THE BONE (HarperCollins), and a group of 16 and 17 year-old American iterature students. Banks wants to find out from these students if he has ccurately portrayed the world of the book's main character, a 14-year old unaway.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a recently completed study by two Columbia University anthropologists who examined the difficulties of finding a job at fast food restaurants in the inner city. They concluded that these jobs, while low paying, are coveted and that there are not enough of them to go around. 6:00 8. Profile of Minister - Daniel travels to the southwestern African country of Namibia and meets Libertine Amathila, the Namibian Minsiter of Housing and Local Government. She is the most politically powerful woman in the country and may be the first woman to run for president in Africa.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with rising-star author Michael habon about his new book, WONDER BOYS (published by Villard Books).

Journalist for the New York Times, ROGER COHEN. He is presently Sarajevo where he has been covering the war. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Classical Music Critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews The First Recordings of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the BSO classic label.

This past week, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment ommission released its updated list of recommended military shut-downs. Part of he Air Force base in Grand Forks, North Dakota was included in that lineup. eekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Jacobs, editor of the rand Forks Herald newspaper, about the potential effects of the closing, ncluding the expected number of military jobs lost, as well as the everberations throughout the rest of the Grand Forks community. They also iscuss local coverage of the Waco hearings in Washington D.C. and the growing roblems with Devil's Lake.

Daniel talks with Joe Jiskolski, senior special agent at the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Jiskolski was working with the FBI on a nationwide investigation into insurance fraud. Jiskolski, who is based in Indiana, says in his state they discovered a corruption scandal that included doctors, lawyers and police who were would fake accidents and than place false claims with the insurance companies.

Producer Kathleen Kennedy and her husband, the producer-director Frank Marshall, made their names by helping Stephen Speilberg make his movies. Now they have a new company for which Marshall has just directed a new movie, "Congo," adapted from a Michael Crichton novel. Film critic Stephen Schiff has this review.

Entertainers CHRIS and BOB ELLIOTT. Bob has entertained generations as half of the legendary comedy team of Bob and Ray. His son Chris was a writer and performer for "Late Night with David Letterman," creating such characters as the Panicky Guy, and the Fugitive Guy. The two of them starred in the Fox comedy, "Get A Life." Together, the two wrote a memoir, Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father. Chris Elliott was a member of the "Saturday Night Live" team this past year. (REBROADCAST from 6/7/89)Writer BENJAMIN CHEEVER. He's the son of the late novelist and short story master JOHN CHEEVER, and he collected and edited a collection of his father's letters. The letters tracked the elder Cheever's secret bisexuality. Later Benjamin wrote two novels, The Plagiarist, and The Partisan. (REBROADCAST from 11/