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LETTERS: Liane reads letters from listeners.

Danny talks with Robert Reichauer, former director of the Congressional Budget Office. They examine the difference between the "deficit" and the nation's "debt." This fiscal year the budet defict is projected at 175-billion dollars. The National debt will climb to Three-point-six trillion dollars.

NPR's Edward Lifson visits the town of Matteson Illinois where local officials have launched a campaign to attract more white residents to their town. This effort at maintaining racial diveristy is a painful, but necessary remedy for many residents who don't want to appear racist but are also concerned about property values.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ALICE RIVLIN, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND CONGRESSMAN CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY) ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DIFFERENCES OVER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PLAN, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN TEN YEARS.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton on his budget plan; Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) nd Senator Tom Daschle (D-ND) responding to the President's budget address; enator Alan Simpson (R-WY) criticizing the American Association of Retired ersons; Executive Director of the AARP Horace Dietz defending the association; op performer Michael Jackson; the victory of the Houston Rockets basketball eam; and International Olympics Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch nnouncing Salt Lake City, Utah as the chosen host city for the 2002 winter lympics.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR White House correspondent Mara iasson about the G-7 economic summit in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

PRAYERS ARE BEING OFFERED ACROSS CHICAGO FOR CARDINAL JOSEPH BERNARDIN WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PANCREATIC CANCER.

Daniel talks to Aryan the head of the International Red Cross delegation in Tuzla. She describes the scene after the devastating mortar attack on Thursday. The shell fell in a square filled with young people enjoying a summer night, and she says that many of the young people in Tuzla are still in shock from the loss of friends.