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A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past eek's news, including Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA), Rep. Marge Roukema (R-NJ) ROO-kuh-ma), Sen. Robert Dole (R-KS), President Bill Clinton, and the singing oice of Winnie the Pooh along with Space Shuttle Endeavor Commander John Casper nd NASA mission control communicator Ken Cameron.

SCIENCE PROJECT: Essayist Susan Arnout Smith recounts the story of her on's grade school science project.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Jane Raymond, a chemistry rofessor from Pasadena, California. Her public radio stations are KPCC in asadena and KCRW in Santa Monica.)

NPR's Vicky Que reports on residents from Evansville, Indiana, who are up in arms over the government's new weather-forecasting equipment which was recently installed there. They claim that the new, state-of-the-art Doppler Radar designed to help warn residents of dangerous storms has completely missed several which have swept through the town in recent months, and they'd like the old equipment back.

Robert Siegel probes the political views of the Margalit (MARR-gah-leet) family, which generally supports politicians who hold the leftist point of view. For them, peace is the over-riding issue upon which their decision is made, and they approve of the effort which has been made to deal with the Palestinians.

Scott reads letters from listeners.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on tomorrow's election in Albania.

Liane Hansen speaks with reporter David Culhane about a ariety of European issues, including the tug-of-war over the ban on British eef, unemployment in Germany and European perceptions of the American residential campaign.

- Tom speaks with 74-year old Russell Bonasso who just graduated from West Virginia's Fairmont State College. Bonasso got his bachelor's degree 58 years after he graduated from high school. His educational goals were delayed so he could put his 12 children through college.

- NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists have discovered that fire ants communicate by using sound. Robert Hickling at the University of Mississipi has been recording fire ants in several conditions and has distinguished many sounds that the fire ants make with their bodies.