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NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports from Iowa on the Republican residential "straw poll" held yesterday in Ames (aims). Senators Bob Dole and hil Gramm tied in the ballot draw; Pat Buchanan ran a strong third. Although he poll is unscientific, it is a good indication of the depth and strength of a andidate's base of support.

Yesterday, United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor nnounced extensive punitive tariffs on a long list of Chinese goods worth over billion dollars, and the Chinese government has promised to retaliate. Liane ansen speaks with reporter Matt Forney about international reaction to the ack-and-forth trade battle between China and the U.S.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistead visits Kobe in Japan after a day's rain has further hampered efforts to rescue people trapped by Tuesday's devastating earthquake. Magistead reports that the only foreign assistance the Japanese government has accepted are Swiss army dogs which are trained to resuce people trapped by avalanches and earthquakes, but these dogs are not finding their task easy.

NPR'S LYNN NEARY REPORTS ON THE SUGGESTION FROM SOME REPUBLICANS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR HELP TO DEFRAY SOME OF THE COSTS OF WELFARE REFORM. SHE VISITS SOME CATHOLIC-RUN CHARITIES' PROGRAMS -- AMONG THE BIGGEST PRIVATE PROGRAMS -- AND FINDS THAT, THERE, GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IS ALSO LARGE.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS DESCRIBE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AS AN ECOLOGICAL GODSEND, BUT MANY IN CONGRESS THINK OF IT AS AN ECONOMIC MONSTER. THIS WEEK MARKED THE START OF A FIGHT OVER REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LAW THAT PROTECTS THE HABITATS OF RARE ANIMALS AND PLANTS. NPR'S JOHN NIELSEN REPORTS ON HOW THE ACT IS LIKELY TO BE CHANGED, AND WHY THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS AREN'T LIKELY TO LIKE IT.

THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION WIPED OUT THE HUGE ARMS INDUSTRY IN THAT COUNTRY. MOST OF THE SCIENTISTS WHO DESIGNED AND BUILT THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION LOST THEIR JOBS. NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON A NEW PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES TO KEEP THEM HOME IN RUSSIA SO THEY WON'T TAKE THEIR EXPERTISE TO THE ROGUE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH JOHN WHITESIDE, CITY EDITOR FOR THE JOLIET HERALD NEWS, ABOUT MOLLY ZELKO. SHE WAS A JOURNALIST WHO REPORTED ON THE MOB AND DISAPPEARED ONE NIGHT IN 1957. THE CASE HAS RECENTLY BEEN REOPENED AFTER A MOB INFORMANT TOLD POLICE ZELkO WAS BURIED IN A CITY SIDEWALK IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports from Oklahoma City that residents there are anxiously awaiting the verdict in the Timothy McVeigh bombing trial being held in Denver. Many of them gathered today at a fence surrounding what used to be the Alfred Murrah Federal Building to lay wreaths, flowers and other items in memory of those lost in the blast two years ago.

Michelle Corum of Interlochen Public Radio has a report on a paramilitary group in Michigan called the Northern Michigan Regional Militia. The group says it is preparing to the day when it will have to protect itself and others against "those who break the constitution" at home and abroad. But, some law enforcement and civil rights organizations are worried that such groups will go from extremism to terrorism.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOMINATION OF DR. HENRY FOSTER, AN OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST AND FORMER HEAD OF MEHARRY (meh-HARRY) MEDICAL COLLEGE IN TENNESSEE, TO THE POSITION OF U.S. SURGEON GENERAL MAY BE IN QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE NEWS THAT HE HAS PERFORMED ABORTIONS.