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35 years ago - the then 6 year old Ruby Bridges went to her first day of public school - only to be met by a mob of whites who didn't want a little black girl coming to their school. But, despite rigorous protests, Louisiana schools were under court order to integrate and so Ruby Bridges, escorted by federal marshalls, continued first grade at the Frantz School in New Orleans all by herself. The only other person Ruby saw througout most of her first year was her teacher - Barbara Henry. Daniel talks with Ruby Bridges-Hall and Barbara Henry about their recollections of those historic, precedent setting times.

The economy is booming in Thailand, but not all the ountry's workers are reaping the financial rewards. Reese Erlich reports on the urrent state of Thailand's largely undocumented work-force. Many of these orkers produce goods that are sold for high prices to American companies, ncluding athletic shoes made by Reebok and Addidas.

WEEKEND EDITION'S DANIEL SCHORR EXAMINED WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN WITH WILLIAM QUANDT...AN ADVISER ON MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS TO THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION WHO IS NOW PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA...AND WITH SAMUEL LEWIS, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL DURING THE 1978 CAMP DAVID PEACE TALKS, AND NOW A COUNSELOR AT THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY.

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel was among the people attending Rabin's funeral last Monday. He wrote us his reflections on the event and on the tragedy behind it.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with NPR White House correspondent ara Liasson about the escalating tensions between President Clinton and ongressional Republicans. The arguments come in anticipation of a possible hutdown of the federal government at midnight tomorrow.

NPR'S TREVOR ROWE REPORTS ON A NEW REPORT JUST GIVEN TO THE UNITED NATIONS THAT SAYS CROATS ARE STILL SYSTEMATICALLY BURNING SERB HOMES INSIDE CROATIA, FORCING OUT SERB FAMILIES AND EVEN KILLING SERBS.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT THAT GOES INTO ITS FINALS THIS WEEKEND.

Mark O'Brien was stricken by polio as a young boy and is currently one of the few remaining Americans living inside an iron lung. It is from this restricted position that O'Brien has enjoyed the pleasures of baseball by following the games exclusively on radio, not television. "How I Survived Childhood" is one of several poems O'Brien has written about his favorite sport.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the new memoir by Mary Cantwell, Manhattan, When I Was Young.

This weekend marks the first annual Patsy Cline Festival in Winchester, Virginia. Jacki talks with biographer Ellis Nassour about the delayed recognition for Patsy--she wasn't always well thought of in Winchester. And we'll hear portions of two Patsy Cline chestnuts.

SIMON/"THE TIN GOOSE": SCOTT SIMON ONCE AGAIN TALKS WITH JOHN LEMMO WHO, LAST WEEK, SOLD ONE OF HIS "TUCKER TORPEDOS," DUBBED THE CAR OF THE FUTURE AT THE 25TH ANNUAL AUBURN COLLECTOR CAR SHOW AND AUCTION IN AUBURN, INDIANA.

Novelist AMY TAN. Her best-selling books include The Joy Luck Club, and The Kitchen God's Wife. Her newest novel is The Hundred Secret Senses (Putnam's), about two half-sisters. One is Chinese-American, the other is Chinese, and has the ability to see ghosts