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HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH 63-YEAR-OLD ROSANNA DELLA CORTE ABOUT HER DECISION TO TRY FOR ANOTHER CHILD. LAST YEAR, AT THE AGE OF 62, SHE BECAME THE WORLD'S OLDEST WOMAN TO GIVE BIRTH.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH JEFFREY SHAMUS ABOUT A SNOWBALL HE MADE AND STORED IN HIS MOM'S FREEZER BACK IN 1976 AFTER A RARE SNOWFALL IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND WHICH STILL REMAINS THERE IN A PEANUT BUTTER JAR AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on last night's vote for NAACP hairperson. Board chairman William Gibson, who has been accused of misspending he organization's money, was ousted by Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain ivil rights organizer Medgar Evars.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on this morning's Israeli abinet meeting at which it was decided to extend Israel's three-week-old losing of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Liane speaks with Israeli journalist Rani Shaked (sha-KED), eporter for the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aronoth (yeh-dee-OT ah-row-NOT), bout the role of Israeli settlers in the peace process. Settlements in the West ank and Gaza strip have often been blamed for holding up the peace process and ividing Israel itself.

NPR's Anne Cooper reports on the efforts to investigate alleged atrocities committed by the troops of Laurent Kabila, who this week was sworn in as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire. Kabila has resisted attempts by UN officials to allow access to

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. 6:10 This week's on-air player lives in Northfield, Minnesota and listens to innesota Public Radio's KNOW, St.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR reporter Linda Gradstein bout two explosions which tore through a crowded army bus station this orning just outside the Israeli resort town of Netanya (nay-TAHN-yuh). More han a dozen people, most of them soldiers, were killed, and more than 50 njured.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the Clinton administration ay be able to take advantge of the division among Republicans over the abortion ssue.

Host Liane Hansen discusses some of the topics in last week's ews with Baltimore Sun reporter Carl Cannon and David Corn, Washington editor or The Nation magazine. Topics include TORT reform, social security and its mpact on the balanced budget amendment, and welfare reform.