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Host Liane Hansen speaks with Conor O'Clery, Washington orrespondent for the Irish Times newspaper, about the current state of the eace process in Northern Ireland, the one-year anniversary for the official easefire in the troubled region, and Gerry Adams, head of the political wing of he I.R.A., who will be in Washington this week.

For the holiday weekend, some statistics for the road.

Michael visits the Library of Congress here in Washington D.C. On display thru the Fourth of July weekend are the actual drafts of the Decleration of Independance made by thomas Jefferson. It's the first time the actual pieces of paper, corrections and all, have been shown in public. He also talks with History professor Joseph Ellis of Mt. Holyoke College about what Jefferson thought of all the tinkering that happend with HIS version of the Decleration of Independance.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the worst single ship isaster in the history of the U.S. Navy. The USS Indianapolis, after dropping ff the atomic bomb, was torpedoed in the South Pacific. 1,100 men were thrown nto the water, but no rescue operations were mounted, due to bureaucratic issteps. For five days, the men battled sharks, fatigue, fear and sunstroke efore they were finally spotted and picked up. Only 316 survived. Afterwards, he captain of the ship was court-martialed and publicly humiliated. He ventually committed suicide. We hear from Jim O'Donnell, one of the remaining urvivors of the Indianapolis, and Dan Kurzman, author of "Fatal Voyage, The inking of the USS Indianapolis." (MacMillan & Pocket Books).

Daniel talks with John Matisonn, former NPR correspondent in South Africa, who's now a commissioner with that country's Independent Broadcasting Authority. They discuss how the growth of private radio stations in South Africa has fostered the development of democracy there.

TV Critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the fourth segment of MTV''s "The Real World " documentary series, which airs tonight

HOST ALEX CHADWICK AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI IN BELGRADE ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR A BOSNIAN PEACE, NOW THAT THREE SIDES IN THE WAR HAVE AGREED TO TALKS.

FOLKLIFE: THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLIFE DOWN ON THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THIS YEAR THE FESTIVAL, WHICH RUNS THROUGH JULY 4TH, IS FEATURING MUSIC FROM NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN CHORAL ENSEMBLES, PLUS CAPE VERDEAN MUSIC AND MUSICIANS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC.

FIREWORKS: Essayist Lester Sloan visits a fireworks maker in the alifornia mountains, and learns about the "art of the bang."

Host Liane Hansen speaks with career journalist Bill Moyers bout the new 8-part PBS series, "The Language of Life with Bill Moyers." The rogram is currently being broadcast by PBS on Friday nights through July 28th. t is a celebration of the rise of interest in public poetry throughout the nited States, focusing on the eighteen poets who took part in the Geraldine R. odge Poetry Festival in New Jersey. (Also available is the companion book, A ESTIVAL OF POETS, published by Doubleday.)

2: Animator CHUCK JONES. Jones made many of the greatest Warner Brothers cartoons, and he created the characters Pepe LePew, Wile E. Coyote, and the RoadRunner. He wrote a memoir of his years at Warner Brothers, called Chuck Amuck (Avon Books). (REBROADCAST FROM 10/18/89).