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SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH JERRI TRUHILL, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE "FLATS" (FELLOW LADY ASTRONAUT TRAINEES), WHO WERE RECRUITED IN THE EARLY 1960'S DURING TRAINING FOR THE MERCURY 7 MISSION.

Wisconsin Governor Thommy Thompson is trying an xperiment in state-controlled welfare reform. Marge Pitrof (PIH-troff) of ember station W-U-W-M in Milwaukee reports on the state's new "work not elfare" pilot program. The new system will give welfare recipients two years to ind and maintain employment or risk the loss of all state assistance.

NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK REPORTS FROM NEW YORK ON YESTERDAY'S VERDICT THAT FOUND COLIN FERGUSON GUILTY OF KILLING SIX AND WOUNDING 19 PEOPLE ON A LONG ISLAND COMMUTOR TRAIN IN DECEMBER 1993.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH 40-YEAR-OLD DON AND 34-YEAR-OLD MARGIE McINTYRE IN ANTARCTICA, WHERE THEY HAVE SET UP A SATELLITE-LINKED TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BASIC SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS TO SCHOOLS IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED STATES.

SCOTT SIMON HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT BOXING.

Daniel talks with Lawrence Fuchs, professor of American studies at Brandeis University, about his proposals to help resolve the current debate over affirmative action programs. Fuchs proposes limiting affirmative action programs to native-born American blacks because of the country's historical debt to this minority. He also proposes phasing out affirmative action programs for other minorities over the next five to ten years and strengthening anti-discrimination laws to protect their gains.

NPR's Jim Zarolli reports on the feud between Orange County, California and the investment firm Merril Lynch. Orange County, which recently went bankrupt, is accusing Merril Lynch of steering county financiers toward risky investments.

Jacki talks with Paul Wilkes, who writes about religon for the magazine Atlantic Monthly. Pope John Paul the Second just finished a tour of Asia looking very frail. Wilkes talks about the Pope's health and how the Vatican is already starting to talk about who will be the next Pope.

THIS WEEK, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, AFTER BEING OFFICIALLY IGNORED BY BRITAIN'S LITERARY ESTABLISHMENT FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, OSCAR WILDE WAS HONORED WITH A PLACE IN THE POET'S CORNER IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY...ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE PREMIRE OF HIS GREATEST PLAY, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST." THE IRISH POET, PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST SCANDALIZED 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN BECAUSE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY. NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.