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Jyll Johnstone and Barbara Ettinger have explored the way they each were raised by nanny's in the 1950's in a new documentary called "Martha and Ethyl." Johnstone's nanny was a rigid disciplinarian, Ettinger had the opposite with a woman named Ethyl who she now look upon as a second mother.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. Will also tells us about the final event in the American Crossword Puzzle ournament, which was held last weekend in Stamford, Connecticut. 7:28 This week's on-air player lives in Houston, Texas and listens to

Jacki Lyden talks to Geraldine Brooks, former Wall Street Journal corresspondant who has written a book on women and Islam. The book, "Nine parts of Desire" details some of Brooks more unusual experiences in the Middle East including a visit with the late Ayatollah Khomeni's family. Brooks says that there are many advantages in being a woman in that part of the world. The book is published by Doubleday.

MARCH 4, 1995 HOST: SCOTT SIMON NEWS: MICHAEL LENAND, LAURA KNOY

NPR'S EDWARD LIFSON VISITS COOK COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO TO EXAMINE THE DIFFICULTIES BEING FACED BY MOST URBAN HOSPITALS RESULTING FROM THE LACK OF TRANSLATORS TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DOCTOR AND PATIENT, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN IMPAIRED TREAMENT. A NEW SURVEY BY THE NON-PROFIT NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOSPITAL INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHICH ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE, WAS RECENTLY RELEASED.

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

Liane Hansen speaks with Edward Bangs of the U.S. Fish and ildlife Service about a program designed to restore gray wolves to America's ocky Mountains. In January, wolves were released in Idaho. This past week they ere released in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Essayist and attorney Nora Raum says our focus on tort reform egarding excessive damage awards may be overstated. The number of huge payments s actually quite small.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT MIKE TYSON'S RELEASE THIS MORNING FROM AN INDIANA PRISON AFTER SERVING THREE YEARS FOR RAPE, AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE WORLD OF BOXING.

Jacki talks with Dr. Sigmund Eckhouse. He's a former chemical engineer who for 36 years worked for the Army in developing the chemical agents that would be used in chemical weapons. They discuss the history of chemical weapons from World War one and up to the present.