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The O.J. Simpson murder trial has become one of he most watched and talked about legal events in contemporary American history. ost Liane Hansen speaks with Mathew Angle, columnist for the Manchester uardian newspaper in England, and Hiroshi Sugimoto (hee-ROW-shee oo-ghee-MOE-toe), the Los Angelos Bureau Chief for the Japanese daily newspaper sahi Shimbum (ah-SAH-hee SHIM-boon) about the reaction in their countries to he trial.

Daniel talks with NPR's Cheryl Devall in Oklahoma City, Don Gonyea in Detroit and Martha Raddatz in Washington D.C. They discuss the memorial service held today at the Oklahoma State Fair Arena attended by many people including the Clintons and the Reverend Billy what happend today in the aftermath of the bombing in Oklahoma City.

2: Actor TIM ROTH. ROTH has been in many recent films such as "Tom and Viv" and "Pulp Fiction." He is currently in the new release "Rob Roy."

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including voices from the space shuttle Endeavor's crew and Mission ontrol during the ship's landing; Phil Jackson on Michael Jordan's return to he Chicago Bulls; Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros on the appointment of an ndependent counsel; prosecutor Marcia Clark and defense attorney F. Lee ailey's harsh exchange in court; Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and Rep. David Obey D-WI) on budget cuts; Gerry (JERRY) Adams during his St. Patrick's day visit to ashington; and President Clinton addressing the Radio and Television orrespondent's dinner.

Daniel talks to Norman Mailer, author of "Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery." Mailer had access to the KGB documents on Lee Harvey Oswald's time in the Soviet Union, and he talked to many of the people there who knew Oswald.

MICHAEL TONRY. TONRY is a professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. His new book Malign Neglect: Race Crime, and Punishment in America (Oxford University Press) discusses how our current approach to fighting crime victimizes disadvantaged black Americans. He calls for a reform of sentencing and parole policies

SIMON/BURL IVES: WE SHARE A MUSICAL INTERLUDE WITH BALLADEER AND ACTOR BURL IVES, WHO DIED YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF 85.

2: Writer AMY KAMINER has a new book, It's All the Rage: Crime and Culture (Addison-Wesley). Kaminer's new book starts where her last one, I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional left off. The new book offers insights into our culture's larger questions of individual responsibility, victimization, punishment, innocence and guilt. Kaminer is also a contributing editor to the Atlantic Monthly and Public Fellow at Radcliffe College.

Joyce Russell of member station W-O-I reports on programs that are trying to save the institution of the family farm by linking retiring farmers with young people who want to farm. Some programs find creative financing for the purcahse of small farms, others help new farmers find mentors in experienced farmers who don't want a full-time farm anymore but want to keep in contact with their land.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NEW YORK CITY HISTORIAN CHRISTOPHER GRA ABOUT THE UNSOLVED BOMBING THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 IN THE WALL STREET AREA OF LOWER MANHATTAN THAT, UP UNTIL THE DEADLY BOMBING THIS WEEK IN OKLAHOMA CITY, HAD BEEN CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST SINGLE ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & SHAY STEVENS

When Harvard University accepted the application of 19 year old Gina Grant, the school believed it would be enrolling an exceptional student with an exceptional IQ. However, the university then learned through an anonymous source that Ms. Grant had a checkered past. And it was on the basis of this new piece of information that Harvard officials reversed their decision and decided to reject Gina Grant. But students, psychologists and lawyers say the university has no basis for its action. Jacki talks with the Boston Globes' Walter Robinson about the story of Gina Grant which first appeared in the Globe this past week.