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Former Mouseketeer, ANNETTE FUNICELLO. At the age of 12, she was discovered by Walt Disney at a dance recital; he was looking for kids for his new show, "The Mickey Mouse Club." FUNICELLO became the "most popular" Mouseketeer, and went on to star in a number of Disney films: "The Shaggy Dog," "Babes in Toyland," and "The Monkey's Uncle." Before she went to star in the beach party movies for which she is also known, Disney requested that she wear a one-piece bathing suit instead of a bikini. FUNICELLO agreed. In 1987 FUNICELLO was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and she founded the Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases. FUNICELLO's new autobiography is "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, (Hyperion - written with Patricia Romanowski).

One of Israel's leading journalists, TOM SEGEV (pronounced like NEGA in negative). He has a new book,"The Seventh Million: The Israelis and The Holocaust," (Hill & Wang) in which he argues that some Israelis use the holocaust to encourage Israeli chauvinism and aggression. SEGEV writes a weekly column on politics and human rights for the daily newspaper "Haaretz."

2: Director JAMES FOLEY. His most recent film is the screen adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize winning play, s"Glengarry Glen Ross," which is now out on video. It stars Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, and Ed Harris. FOLEY made his directorial debut in 1984 with "Reckless." He directed and co-wrote the critically aclaimed thriller "After Dark, My Sweet" two years ago. REBROADCAST. Originally aired 10

2: Conversation with Cokie Roberts continues.

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Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Menace to Society."

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new collection of Jelly Roll Morton recordings: "Jelly Roll Morton: Library of Congress Recordings" (Rounder records, 4 volumes).

(1) T-V critic DAVID BIANCULLI previews the Fall lineup; (2) Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "A Good Man in Africa."

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As a child, LUCY GREALY spent five years being treated for cancer, which left her face disfigured. She has since had over thirty reconstructive procedures and years of living with a distorted self-image. She's just written "Autobiography of a Face" (Houghton Mifflin Company), her memoir about coming to terms with looking less than perfect in a society that values female beauty.

Author KURT VONNEGUT. Perhaps his most famous book, the anti-war novel"Slaughterhouse Five," has been rereleased in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition (Delacourte Press). Based on VONNEGUT's own experiences during the Dresden firebombing during the Second World War, the novel was a cultural icon at the height of popular protest against the war in Vietnam. (REBROADCAST FROM MAY,

Terry talks with molecular geneticist MARY-CLAIRE KING. She is one of the scientists who's work is featured in the new PBS series, "The Secret of Life." For the past 17 years, her research has focused on finding the gene responsible for the type of breast cancer that is inherited. She believes she is now close to locating the gene.