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HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH AUTHOR DELIA EPHRON (EFF-ron) ABOUT HER FIRST NOVEL "HANGING UP," PUBLISHED BY THE PUTNUM PUBLISHING GROUP.

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Two days ago, baseball got faster. Major league owners instituted new rules to speed up the game. Jon Miller, the broadcasting voice of the Baltimore Orioles, talks with Danny about the speedup.

NPR'S JOHN NIELSEN REPORTS THAT THE BLENDING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE VERSIONS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW PASSED YESTERDAY BY THE HOUSE COULD BE CRUCIAL FOR SMALL, RURAL TOWNS.

THE DECISION TO DROP THE ATOM BOMB ENDED THE WAR, BUT OPENED ONE OF THE GREAT DEBATES OF THE CENTURY - 50 YEARS LATER, IT RAGES ON. WAS THE BOMB IMMORAL - OR WAS IT JUST NECESSARY? SCOTT SIMON WILL TRY TO RECREATED THE WORLD SURROUNDING HARRY TRUMAN AS HE MADE THAT MOST FATEFUL DECISION.

JUST WHO IS THE AGGRESSOR IN THE WAR IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA? THE IMAGES OF THE SERBS BEING FORCED OUT OF THE KRAJINA HAVE FORCED A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THIS ONGOING CONFLICT. NPR'S TREVOR ROWE REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI REPORTS FROM BELGRADE ON THE LATEST CROATIAN OFFENSIVE, YESTERDAY, AGAINST THE SERB-HELD REGION OF KRIYINA (cry-YEEN-ah).

Daniel talks with New York times Correspondent David Sager who is in Hanoi, North Vietnam. U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher travelled to Hanoi to open the American Embassy there. It's the first time an American Secretary of State has set foot in Hanoi.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with historian and author Sue Ellen oy about her new book, "Chasing Dirt - The Pursuit of Cleanliness." (Oxford niversity Press, May 1995) The book presents a sociological history of the merican public's obsession with being clean.

Essayist Eugene Cha reflects on his first visit as an adult o his parent's native land of Korea. He says although he feels ties to the land f his forefathers, he can call only one place home.

HAYDN SONATAS: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH MARTIN GOLDSMITH, THE HOST OF NPR'S "PERFORMANCE TODAY," ABOUT A RECENTLY RELEASED CD BY PAUL BADURA-SKODA "SIX LOST PIANO SONATAS BY JOSEPH HAYN - UNAUTHORIZED VERSION" ON THE KOCH-SCHWANN LABEL.