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HALLOWEEN STORY: NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor (VERTA MAY GROVE-NER) ells an African-American folktale titled "Daddy and the Plat-eye Ghost".

Linda speaks with Carl Sferrazza (SPHERE- RAZ-ZAH) Anthony who is author of a two vlume book about American 1st Ladies. Mr. Anthony takes us through the history of the attacks, both political and journalistic, that first ladies have endured.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who has been campaigning for the Republican nomination for president for well over a year and the first big test comes Feb. 12 in the Iowa caucuses. That will be his chance to see if he can close the gap between himself and Senator Bob Dole, who is presumed to be well ahead of all the other GOP contenders. Gramm is confident he can show his candidacy gaining strength. With a message designed to win over fiscal and social conservatives, Gramm says he's the candidate best able to carry out the Republican agenda, and that the key to his viability is carrying out the promises his party made in 1994.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH FORMER COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS ABOUT A NEW INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN HE'S HEADING -- LAUNCHED FRIDAY ON CAPITOL HILL HERE IN WASHINGTON, TO REDIRECT MILITARY SPENDING TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

Richard Hearney is the second highest ranking officer in the U.S. Marines. This past week he visited the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange to see what the energetic floor traders there can teach marines about quick decision-making. Daniel speaks with the general about his experience.

About 30 million people use cellular phones in the United States. During the Blizzard of '96, cellular communications played an important part in connecting people not only with their friends and family, but also with emergency services. The storm followed a path over the cellular network of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, which noticed an increase in cellular phone calls during the storm. Robert talks with Steve Fleischer of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile and Rick Ketterman, the Emergency Management Director of Pennsylvania's Adams County.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger says water is one of those forces that is just difficult to control. Old Chinese philosophers used water as a metaphor for slow movement but certain and eternal growth. Ultimately, Durrenberger says, all human existence is a minor transitory obstruction in the middle of a great hydrological circle.

George Kerscher is his daughter Zoey's biggest fan. She's on her high school basketball team and he goes to every game. William Marcus reports that when she started, he could see fine...now he's nearly blind. So a retired sportscaster sits next to George at every game and gives him a play by play.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Sen. William Cohen, a Republican from Maine, announced this morning that he will not seek re-election this year to a fourth term. Cohen's announcement brings to 13 the number of U.S. senators who have said they will be leaving the Senate, the largest number in one year ever. Cohen, a moderate who had been critical of other moderates bailing out of politics, cited frustration with the current budget stalemate for his decision.