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When the Apollo 11 mission to the moon was in its early stages, a group of 13 women were recruited to undergo tests to see if they, in addition to the male astronauts, might also have the necessary endurance for such a mission. Sue Nelson has this report on what happened to those women and why they never made it into space.

NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GUATELALAN GOVERNMENT AND LEFTIST GUERILLAS TO END A 30-YEAR-OLD WAR HAVE STALLED OVER THE ISSUE OF PROTECTING THAT COUNTRY'S MAYAN INDIANS. MIKE O'CONNOR REPORTS.

STAMBERG/LETTERS: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.

WHITEWATER: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH NPR'S LEGAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT NINA TOTENBERG ABOUT THE LATEST IN THE WHITEWATER INVESTIGATION.

Nina Teicholz reports on the changing job market. Many college seniors are anxious that they will not get jobs, but in fact it is just the types of jobs available that are changing. There are going to be more employment opportunities in the health care and telecommunications industries in the future.

Liane Hansen speaks with Salameh Ne'Matt (SAH-luh-may ay-MAHT), correspondent for the largest Arabic daily, Al-Hayat (ahl-hi-YAHT), bout Jordan's view of last week's Cairo summit meeting between Israel, the alestinians, Jordan, and Egypt.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa reports on a strike at a community hospital in Port Jervis, New York, that is going into it's fifth month. The striking workers complain that they are paid as much as 40 percent less than their counterparts at other area hospitals.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG VISITS NEW YORK CITY'S FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

The Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut is taking egal action to defend the state's public defenders. Pippin Ross of member tation W-F-C-R in Amherst, Massachusetts reports on the legal issues being aised to protest the poor working conditions imposed on the state-paid defense ttorneys.

Craig speaks with reporter Mike O'Connor about secretary of state Madeleine Albright's trip to Croatia and Serbia where she urged leaders to live up to their commitments to the Dayton Peace Plan which ended years of fighting in the former Yugoslavia.