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NPR's Noel King speaks with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders about the $3.5 trillion spending plan that is working its way through the House.

Commentator Jeffrey Tayler visited the village of Tarasawka in southeastern Belarus, near where the Chernobyl disaster occurred. There he meets one of the "old believers"-- a woman who has tried to maintain traditions extending back to the earliest days of the Russian Orthodox Church. In spite of all she has seen and experienced -- World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, civil war, Stalin's famine, World War II, the Chernobyl disaster, and the collapse of the Soviet Union -- it is the deathof her son she cannot forget.

The dancers of the Martha Graham Company sent out a letter today to the international dance community. It asked dancers and companies worldwide not to perform the works of the legendary choreographer who died in 1991. This letter is the latest in a series of recent events in the history of the Martha Graham Company that closed it's doors in May because of lack of funds. Jean Battey Lewis has a report.

In the third part of a series on development of a national missile defense system, NPR's Mike Shuster examines the effect such a system could have on U.S. relations with Russia and China. Both of those countries have objected to the deployment of any U.S. missile defense system, saying it would reduce their own nuclear deterrence. The Clinton administration says missile defense is intended to protect the United States against potential attacks from countries such as North Korea and Iraq, not China and Russia.

Commentator Paul Raeburn talks about why he thinks the national effort to find a cure for cancer hasn't had more success.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that a new study has renewed concerns about the effects mercury may have on human development. The study, conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, states that even trace amounts of the metal may cause learning disabilities in children.

Linda talks with David Hinckley, Critic-At-Large for the New York Daily News, about the cancellation of the tour for Diana Ross and the Supremes. The tour has had problems since the beginning.

With all the hype surrounding new advances in information technology, what is truth and what is fiction? PAUL DUGUID (DO-good), co-author of –The Social Life of Information,— (Harvard Business School Press) helps us answer that question. DUGUID is a Research Associate in Social and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and consultant at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. In their book, Duguid and co-author John Seely Brown, distinguish between the predictions of pundits and futurists (those who predicted that paper communication would be obsolete and home offices would be the norm,)and the reality of todays offices and work spaces. 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Cartoonist BEN KATCHER, creator of the weekly comic strip, Julius Knipl (ka-NIP-le), Real Estate Photographer. Through his comic strips, KATHOR has been an astute and witty commentator on New York in particular and urban life in general. His new book, –Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: the Beauty Supply District— (Pantheon), is a novel that incorporates some of his single-page strips from the last few years. KANTOR has been syndicated in alternative newspapers and magazines since 1988. His strips were adapted into short sound pieces for NPRs –Weekend Edition.— KANTHOR is currently a MacArthur Fellow.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next fresh air, the new information technology the hype vs. reality. We talk with Paul Duguid, co-author of the Social Life of Information. And we meet Ben Katchor, the cartoonist behind Julius Knipl (ka-NIP-le), Real Estate Photographer. Thats coming up on the next Fresh Air.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports Texas Governor George W. Bush spent the day campaigning in Michigan yesterday. Bush emphasized his brand of compassionate conservatism by focusing on foster parenting, and promising to provide tuition benefits to adult foster children, as well as increasing the tax credit for adopting a foster child.