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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to a third four-year term. The President also announced yesterday that he will nominate Budget Director Alice Rivlin and Washington University Economist Lawrence Meyer to vacant seats on the Federal Reserve Board.

Bob Mondello reviews "Bottle Rocket," a low-budget comedy about three not-so-bright suburban slackers who fancy themselves master criminals.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with chef David Page, who is preparing a meal for this evening based on the first cookbook published in America in 1796. Author Amelia Simmons stressed the use of indigenous foods and contains receipes which are still found in cookbooks today. This is the book's bi-centennial.

SIMON/ SNOWFLAKES: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH RESEARCH BIOLOGIST WILLIAM WERGIN WHO HAS PROVIDED THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT SNOWFLAKES --- THAT HAS VAST REPERCUSSIONS.

Commentator Reuven Frank says that when Bill Clinton gave TV executivess a new rating system, both he and the executives forgot their obligation to the first amendment. Frank says the President was thinking about politics, and the execs were thinking about big money.

Linda conducts our weekly political roundtable chat. This week, the topic is Bob Dole and defining the GOP vision. Linda is joined by NPR's political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold, who's been out on the campaign trail with Dole, and Mark Nuttle, a Republican political consultant in Norman, Oklahoma. Nuttle ran Pat Robertson presidential campaign in 1988. He also has advised Ronald Reagan, George Bush and most recently, Steve Forbes.

SUSAN VISITS EDNA'S IN CHICAGO, AN HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

Commentator Mickey Edwards has been teaching a course this year about how to conduct a political campaign. He isn't sure that Bob Dole would do so well in the course and therefore offers him a few tips.

Commentator Stuart Chifet [shih-FAY] says Cyberspace allows everyone to be an active receipient of information, unlike previous media, like television or radio. We can move forward in cyberspace at the pace we determine.