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President Clinton today approved an undisclosed plan to ease the U.S. - Japanese trade relations after talks between the two countries broke down. The plan, which was approved by the President's National Economic Council aims to force open Japanese markets. Carol-Anne Clark-Kelly reports.

We play an excerpt from a program which was broadcast on VE-Day, 1945. 'On a Note of Triumph' was written and produced by Norman Corwin, one of the most famous radio producers of his day.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK TALKS WITH LAWRENCE CHIMERINE (SHIM-er-een), AN ANALYST AT THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ABOUT YESTERDAY'S COLLAPSE OF 20 MONTHS OF TRADE TALKS WITH JAPAN.

With the nation pondering the future of Welfare many politicians have focused on what has become known as the family cap...a cap on the amount of money a family in welfare can receive even if the mother has more babies.. Tony Randolph reports from member station WBGO in Newark...

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & SHAY STEVENS

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews new and reissued recordings conducted by Pierre Boulez on Sony and Deusche Gramophone.

The French vote today for a new President. Liane Hansen eached NPR's Andy Bowers by phone at a sidewalk cafe in Paris, and they talk bout the outlook for the election between Conservative Jacques Chirac (zhahk hih-RAHK) and Socialist Lionel Jospin (lee-oh-NEL johs-PAHN), the mood of the rench voters, and what he's having for lunch.

Book critic, MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews No Ordinary Time (Simon and Schuster) by Doris Kearns Goodwin and Babe (University of Illinois Press) by Susan E. Cayleff.

CHADWICK/TALK RADIO: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH PUBLISHER AND EDITOR MICHAEL HARRISON OF "TALKERS MAGAZINE." MR. HARRISON SAYS THAT TALK RADIO WAS AWARE OF THE RESENTMENTS TOWARDS GOVERNMENT THAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE BOMBING IN OKLAHOMA CITY WELL BEFORE MAINSTREAM PRESS.

FUNERAL: Commentator Diane Roberts contemplates the importance of unerals in her family.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. 7:00 This week's on-air player listens to WNYC, New York and WSFP, Fort Meyers, l

CHADWICK/BYRD: CHADWICK/BYRD: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH SENATOR ROBERT BYRD, DEMOCRAT FROM WEST VIRGINIA, ABOUT WHY THE SENATOR QUOTED FROM ALL SHAKESPEARE'S THIRTY SEVEN PLAYS WHILE SPEAKING FROM THE SENATE FLOOR LAST YEAR.