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LETTERS: Liane Hansen reads a few letters from listeners.

Michael visits the exhibit "Edward Hopper and the American Imagination" at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Hopper's art has influenced many American arts in the 20th century, especially film.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Jack Calhoun cal-HOON), the Executive Director of the National Crime Prevention Council in ashington, D.C., and Buffalo City Court Judge Eugene Fahey (fay-hee) about the ffectivness of youth curfews. Mr. Calhoun says the curfews will only be uccessful if they constitute one part of a community-wide effort that includes arental involvement and recreational programs.

Michael talks to British Memeber of Parliament George Walden, a member of the Conservative party, about Tuesday's vote for party leader. Walden says that the issue of Britian's integration into Europe is a red herring in the current political situation and that most of his constituents are more concerned about the economy and taxes.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with Richard Harpootlian har-POOT-lee-un), a defense lawyer in Columbia, South Carolina, about the imilarities and differences between the O.J. Simpson and Susan Smith murder rials. In contrast to the long, drawn-out Simpson trial, Susan Smith's was fast nd decisive.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr ruminates on Colin Powell's otential as a candidate in the 1996 Presidential race.

Danny gets an update on Bosnia developments from NPR reporters Andy Bowers (in Zagreb) and Michael Goldfarb (in London). They talk about the Serb assault on Zepa and about a meeting of US, French and British military chiefs in London.

NPR'S PATRICIA NEIGHMOND REPORTS ON THE CONTINUING DEBATE IN MEDICARE REFORM.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH PETER HILLMORE, A COLUMNIST FOR BRITAIN'S OBSERVER NEWSPAPER, ABOUT THE MAXWELL TRIAL, NOW RIVALING OUR O.J. TRIAL, IN LONDON. THE FOUR DEFENDANTS, TWO OF THEM THE SONS OF THE LATE MEDIA MAGNATE ROBERT MAXWELL WHO DISAPPEARED OVERBOARD FROM HIS YACHT OFF THE CANARY ISLANDS IN NOVEMBER OF 1991, HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY USING EMPLOYEE PENSION FUNDS TO SHORE UP THE FAILING MAXWELL PUBLISHING EMPIRE.

Host Daniel Zwerdling talks with Lyman Kellstedt, professor of political science at Wheaton College, and Diane Winston, from the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University, about President Clinton's recent remarks about religion, and about how an increasingly religious electorate may affect the outcome of future political contests.

SCOTT SIMON AND JOHN B. ANDERSON, WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT AS AN INDEPENDENT CNDIDATE IN 1980 AND NOW TEACHES LAW AT SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY N FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, TALK ABOUT THE PROSPECTS OF THE THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa visits sidewalk vendors of tropical drinks in New York City. Summer refreshers like sugar cane juice and fresh coconut milk over ice are popular with kids and adults, Latinos and Anglos.