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NPR'S DEAN OLSHER REPORTS ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF TWO GREAT JAZZMEN WHO DIED RECENTLY: JESS STACY, WHO PLAYED PIANO WITH THE BENNY GOODMAN BAND IN THE 1930S, AND CONNIE KAY, THE DRUMMER WITH THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET SINCE 1955.

THE FBI DISCIPLINES 12 AGENTS IN THE 1992 SHOOTING INCIDENT IN IDAHO.

The number of dead is rising on both sides of the ussian-Chechan conflict in and around the city of Grozny (GRAHZ-nee). NPR's rooke Gladstone reports on an anti-war group composed of hundreds of mothers f Russian soldiers who are heading into the war zone to bring their children ome.

Sexologist LEONORE TIEFER. (Tee-fur) has written a new book "Sex Is Not a Natural Act: and Other Essays."(Westview) In her book she looks at our society's anxieties and ignorances towards sex. She also questions what is "normal" sex and how people are to know how to have sex if no one talks about it. . TIEFER received a Ph.D. in physiological psychology with a dissertation on hormones and mating behavior of rats. But TIEFER came to realize she knew nothing of the social norms of sexuality and questoned how sexual norms evolved. She re-specialized in clinical psychology and became a sex researcher, sex therapist and an Associate Professor of Urology and Psychiatry at the Montefoire Medical Center in New York City. Tiefer has also been a sex columnist for the New York Daily News. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

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Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews John Sales'' new movie, "The Secret of Roan Innish."

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

Poet LLOYD VAN BRUNT (pronounced like "grunt"). He grew up poor and white in Oklahoma. He writes, in the The New York Times magazine section, "To be poor in a country that places a premium on wealth is in itself shameful. To be white and poor is unforgiveable." (March 27, 1994). BRUNT says poor whites have no defenders ("white trash" they are called) and they are made to feel ashamed of themselves because of the assumption that they "should" be able to make a success of themselves. BRUNT's father abandoned the family, his mother died when he was eight. BRUNT spent years in foster homes and orphanages where he was abused. BRUNT has written several volumes of poetry. His latest is "Poems New and Selected 1962 - 1992," (The Smith, Brooklyn). He's currently working on his memoir, "I fall in Love with Nancy Drew: Tales of Childhood." (REBROADCAST from 5

2: Actor BRIAN BENBEN recently co-starred in the movie, "Radioland Murders," as a radio scriptwriter trying to save his marriage. BENBEN also stars in "Dream On," the HBO comedy series. The FOX network recently started airing reruns from the series first season. "The New York Times" has called his "Dream On" character "an adult Charlie Brown," with "offbeat charm." (REBROADCAST from 10

Commentator DAGOBERTO GILB comments on his book tour.

SCOTT TALKS WITH NPR'S AFRICA REPORTER MICHAEL SKOLER. THE U-N IS SET TO COMPLETE A REMOVAL OF ITS TROOPS FROM SOMALIA BY THE END OF MARCH, BUT IS THE OUTLOOK FOR THE COUNTRY ANY BETTER THAN IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN TROOPS ARRIVED?

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.