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request to paint the 'Hollywood' sign with black spots to promote the movie 101 Dalmatians.

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the record rise in home heating oil in the Northeast.

John Miller reports from Lima, Peru, where last night 20 more hostages ere released. 83 are still being detained by the Tupac Amaru guerillas, but hey are now signalling more willingness to negotiate.

We present a montage of voices in the news during he past year.

Liane speaks with NPR's Ted Clark about relations between the United tates and China, one of the big foreign sotries of the past year that will have any repercussions during 1997.

The FCC today took the first step in a series of actions commissioners say will eventually save consumers billions of dollars in international telephone fees. Today's order will allow American phone companies to negotiate rates directly with foreign carriers. In the weeks ahead, the FCC is expected to announce another policy change that would limit the fees U.S. companies pay their foreign counterparts. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

California voters approved an end to state-sponsored racial preferences this month. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that supporters of affirmative action have now sued to overturn what's known as Proposition 209. In the meantime, three California cities are devising ways to keep affirmative action alive within the strictures of the new law.

in its battle with European car maker Volkswagon over the alleged theft of GM secrets.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports from Johannesburg on the reluctance of South frican President Nelson Mandela to head up efforts to address the situation in aire. Some say as a leader of great credibility in a country with a stable emocracy, Mandela has a moral responsibility to take a more active role in elping to resolve conflicts on the continent.