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in Hamburg, Germany. Gary Lauck was arrested in Denmark and extradited to Germany where he faces charges of distribution of hate material and incitement to racial hatred. Lauck founded and runs the largest neo-Nazi organization in the U.S., where his work is protected under free-speech laws.

An investigative committee in Sacramento has concluded that the county's child-protective system places too much emphasis on family preservation at the expense of children's safety. The committee, which was formed after 3 year-old Adrian Conway was beaten to death at his home, also says that training for case workers could be improved. Robert Siegel speaks with the committee's chair, retired Superior Court Judge Eugene Gualco.

Ley Garnett rerrots no"llAmost Heaven," the Christian ovenant Community in Kamiah, Idaho, founded by self-styled patriot leader James Bo" Gritz (rhymes with "bites"). Three years ago, Gritz helped convince Randy eaver to surrender during the FBI siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. He was less uccessful this past week trying to convince the Freemen in Jordan, Montana to ive themselves up.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on the North Carolina Senate race. Democrats think they have a chance this year to unseat Jesse Helms, but they first face a primary contest next month between Harvey Gantt, the black former mayor of Charlotte who ran unsuccessfully against Helms in 1990, and Charlie Sanders, a white businessman. Many blacks in NC are throwing support to Sanders, because they think he has a better chance of winning and they don't want to face a Helms-Gantt rematch. The 1990 campaign turned into a very nasty race with racist overtones.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that scientists have found new evidence that the human brain may be more flexible than previously believed. New research has found that when blind people read braille, they use a part of the brain that researchers had thought was only used for vision. That suggests the brain can rewire itself in ways never before understood.

Medical ethicist ART CAPLAN. Director of the Center for Bioethics and Trustee Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. This is a continuation of yesterday's interview with CAPLAN. His most recent book is "Moral Matters: Ethical Issues in Medicine and the Life Sciences." (John Wiley & Sons). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Republicans and President Clinton both want to reduce federal taxes on gasoline. In fact, other countries pay much higher taxes on their gasoline, partly to pay for roads and to ameliorate environmental damage from auto traffic. Environmentalists argue that gas taxes should be high to pay for such costs, but some economists say it's unfair to place such a high burden on this one commodity, which is so crucial to economic activity.

The President added new restrictions to the military's use of mines yesterday but decided against ordering an all-out ban on U.S. use of the weapons. He said his advisors would work to develop an international ban. Opponents of the devices were disappointed by the President's compromise decision.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Bosnia on the re-burial of the couple known as the Sarajevo Romeo and Juliet. Three years ago, the young Serb man and Muslim woman were killed by snipers while trying to escape the city.

Interview with ART CAPLAN continued. INT 3. : Singer/songwriter MARK EITZEL (Eye-tzel) is the former leader of American Music Club, which meshed blues, country, folk, R&B and post-punk rock. He's just released his first solo album, "60 Watt Silver Lining" (Warner Bros). He's backed by a jazz trio. (CONTINUES AFTER FL

A seven-year-old girl trying to become the youngest person to fly across the country died today in a plane crash near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Heather Wessley of Wyoming Public radio reports that Jessica Dubroff was flying a four-seat Cessna with her father and her flight instructor. The plane was leaving Cheyenne in bad weather and crashed in a residential area about a half-mile from the runway. Flyers must be 16 to hold a license under FAA rules.

A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that young male and female physicians with the same specialty earn equal amounts of money, if they work the same number of hours. Linda Wertheimer speaks with the study's author, Laurence Baker, Professor of Health Research Policy and Economics at Stanford University. Baker says that this is good news, but that among older physicians, men still earn more than women.