April 10, 1998 All Things Considered (entire program) Requires the RealAudio Player

An index of the day's stories:

Vice President Views Storm Damage -- NPR'S Cheryl Devall reports that Vice President Al Gore and Federal Emergency Management Agency Director James Lee Witt visited tornado-stricken areas of Alabama today. Gore and Witt talked with victims and rescue workers who are still searching for survivors amidst the wreckage. At least 43 people were killed when the powerful storms swept through Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia early yesterday morning. (4:00)

Easter Weekend -- Linda talks with Tammy Jones, a member of the Open Church in Adamsville, Alabama. She's the mother of 13-year-old twin girls and the wife of the associate pastor at the Open Church. She was talking with her daughters via cellphone while they were at choir rehearsal, when a tornado hit the church and destroyed everything except the corner of the room in which her family was taking shelter. Jones talks about what her church plans to do to commemorate Easter Sunday. (4:15)

World's Largest Mosque -- NPR'S Jennifer Ludden reports from Paris that French architect Jacques Barriere has been chosen by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to design the world's largest mosque, to be built in Baghdad. In scale the structure will surpass the Grand Mosque in Mecca. (2:30)

National Museum of the American Indian -- Douglas Cardinal, the Canadian architect hired by the Smithsonian to design the National Museum of the American Indian, was fired in January for not meeting production deadlines. Yet he continues to work - paid by a private benefactor - and plans to finish the project. (5:00)

Iraq's Weapons -- NPR's Mike Shuster reports from the United Nations that yet another report on Iraq's biological warfare capability shows that U.N. inspections have still not been able to establish the extent of the program. (3:30)

Karadzic to Surrender? -- NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that Radovan Karadzic, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, is apparently considering surrendering to the War Crimes Tribunal. U.S. officials say that Karadjic is nervous that NATO troops might arrest him and has begun talking with moderate Serb leaders about turning himself in. (2:30)

Good-Friday Fish Fry -- All Things Considered host Noah Adams talks with Bob Milkovich, the man in charge of today's fish fry at the American Serb Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milkovich is overseeing 100 people, who will be frying fish from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. today to serve a crowd estimated at around 3500. (2:30)

Computer Error -- Commentator David Greenberger took a coupon to a fast-food establishment, but the clerk told him the offer was a "computer error." David comments on how it was really a human error, but the company hid behind the "computer" charade. (3:00)

'Cavedweller' -- Linda talks to Dorothy Allison -- author of the award-winning book "Bastard out of Carolina" -- about her new novel, "Cavedweller." This new book is a story of a woman who leaves her husband and daughters for Los Angeles and life in the rock and roll business. (8:00)

The Northern Ireland Deal -- NPR'S Michael Goldfarb reports from Belfast on the historic settlement reached today on the political future of Northern Ireland. After marathon negotiations -- and last-minute intercession by President Clinton -- talks chairman George Mitchell announced that the parties had agreed to a compromise document. (4:30)

Reaction to the Deal -- Noah talks with Marie Dean, who is a supermarket worker living in a small community in County Antrim, near Belfast. She is Catholic, but is married to a Protestant. They talk about reaction to the announcement of a settlement in the Northern Ireland peace process today. (4:00)

Duma Vote -- NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow that the lower house of the Russian parliament has rejected, on first vote, President Yeltsin's nomination of Sergei Kiriyenko as new prime minister. Mr. Kiriyenko, however, did garner more votes than expected, and analysts believe the Duma will endorse him on a second or third vote. President Yeltsin has re-submitted the nomination, and the Duma is to take up the matter again next Friday. (3:30)

Therapy for Addicts -- NPR's Vicky Que has been at a conference on substance abuse hosted by the National Institutes of Drug Abuse. The federal government talked about the latest methods and medications for controlling addiction, and released federal guidelines for government funded programs, many of which are woefully behind in the approach to treatment. (5:30)

Psychiatric Patient and His Dog -- Commentator Elissa Ely has a patient at the psychiatric hospital where she practices, who had seemed volatile and threatening until he noticed a picture of her dog. Then he softened his manner and she learned that he also has a dog - a dog that is the best thing in his life. (2:30)

Love Canal -- NPR'S David Baron reports on the legacy of Love Canal, New York, the neighborhood where toxic chemicals began to ooze into peoples' backyards and basements twenty years ago this spring. (8:30)

Springtime in Minnesota -- It's springtime in commentator Kevin Kling's hometown -- a wonderful time for a little boy to imagine and to fly. (4:00)

Friday Sports Chat -- Noah talks with Stephan Fatsis, a sportswriter for the Wall Street Journal and a regular contributor to All Things Considered. Today, they'll discuss Mark McGwire's quest for a new home-run record, Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza's rejection of an eighty-million dollar contract, and the fast start to the baseball season being made by the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago Cubs. (4:00)

No Beer at Fenway Opener -- The home opener for the Boston Red Sox falls on Good Friday and the first day of Passover -- and the Red Sox thought it appropriate to ban alcohol from the game. Some Red Sox fans are feeling less than reverent about their team's decision. Pippin Ross reports. (4:00)