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Liane talks with Sporting News columnist Dave Kindred about the tate of major league basball as mid-season is marked by Tuesday's All-Star aseball game. Attendance figures at America's major league baseball parks is ff by 20 per cent in the wake of the player's strike.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with author and computer cientist David Gelernter about his new book, "1939: THE LOST WORLD OF THE FAIR" The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster). The story revolves around what ome believe to be the greatest world's fair to date. Held in New York City in 939, the fair evoked promise and hope for a high-tech future of convenience here anything seemed possible, despite the wake of the depression and the ooming shadow of World War II. Gelernter captures the essence of the fair, hile including his own interpretation of the optimism generated by this mportant event.

Drummer, RINGO STARR. The ex-Beatle is back with his third All Starr Band. Produced by David Fishof, (who created and produced the first two tours), this world tour begins in Japan in June, and will be in America in July and August. He'll talk to Terry about his life before, during and after the Beatles

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr reflects on the current ongressional hearings into Waco and Whitewater in light of hearings from nother era.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Zagreb, Croatia on an xpected widening of the war in Bosnia. Rebel Serbs forces currently occupy bout a third of Croatian territory, and Croatia has threatened strong etaliation if the Serbs do not agree to peace negotiations.

NPR's John Greenberg reports that beginning tomorrow, a Congressional subcommittee will open hearings on cutting the amount of money the federal government spends on subsidized housing.

2: INTERVIEW WITH RINGO STARR CONTINUED.

Sophie Fisher reports on UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's all for an end to the harassment of UN peacekeepers in Bosnia. As the military ituation deteriorates, the UN leader is warning a UN withdrawal from the mbattled country might become necessary.

2: Nature Writer SY MONTGOMERY. A New Jersey reporter turned freelance naturalist, MONTGOMERY developed a fascination for Bengal tigers. Her book Spell of the Tiger (Houghton Mifflin), takes a fascinating and frightening look at these Bengal tigers - and the people who worship them.

LAWS - Danny discusses the future of Congressional efforts to revamp the nation's environment laws with Bob Benenson of Congressional Quarterly and Stephen Klineberg, Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Yesterday, 51 House Republicans broke ranks with the leadership to join democrats and kill proposals that would have curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's power to enforce the clean air and water acts.

BOOM - Songwriter Jimmy Keyes died this past week. He wrote and performed the classic rhythm and blues song SH-BOOM in the 1950's, when he was with a group called The Chords. The song was one of the first r and b standards to cross over into the main commercial market.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including South Korean President Kim Young Sam (through interpreter) nd President Bill Clinton at the dedication ceremony of the Korean War emorial; Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) on lifting he Bosnian Arms Embargo; former David Koresh-follower Clive Doyle, ATF agent im Cavanaugh, and former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell at the WACO earings; and South Carolina resident Judy McKinney and another unidentified usan Smith trial watcher reacting to the prison sentence, as well as David mith, Susan Smith's ex-husband.