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NPR'S TREVOR ROWE REPORTS FROM NEW YORK ON CONFLICTING U.N. DISCUSSIONS AIMED TO DETER SERB AGRESSION IN BOSNIA.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH TRUDY LIEBERMAN, SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE EDITOR FOR CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE, ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION SHE PARTICIPATED IN REGARDING NURSING HOMES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE FIRST OF THE FINDINGS APPEAR IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE, AND THE SECOND AND THIRD PARTS OF THE MAGAZINE'S SERIES ON CARE FOR THE ELDERLY WILL APPEAR IN THE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ISSUES.

In the second from her series of "Postwar Postcards", ssayist Alice Furlaud (FUR-loh) describes the fate of two young displaced isitors during World War II.

DURING THE 75TH MISS AMERICA PAGEANT TONIGHT, TELEVISION VIEWERS WILL BE ASKED TO PHONE IN AND VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST KEEPING THE SWIMSUIT PORTION OF THE PAGEANT....SCOTT SIMON QUESTIONS ITS IMPORTANCE.

NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY SPEAKS WITH RECENTLY RELEASED BURMESE DISSIDENT AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ong sahn SOO chee) AT HER LAKESIDE HOME IN RANGOON ABOUT HER DETENTION AND HER STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH RICHARD N. HAASS, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS AND A SENIOR FELLOW OF THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, AND NANCY E. SODERBERG, DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS, ABOUT THE LATEST MID-EAST PEACE AGREEMENT AND THE BOSNIA PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports that alien life forms are invading the nation's harbors and coastal waterways as a result of ballast water discharges from visiting ships.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that early this morning the Senate Finance Committee approved the Republican's plan to overhaul medicare and medicaid. The legislation now goes to the Senate floor. The plan calls for senior citizens to pay more in medicare premiums and deductions, and also lets states use block grant to run medicaid, which serves poor women and children and elderly in nursing homes. The Republicans say their plan would reap billions of dollars in savings, thereby saving medicare. President Clinton today said the Republican plan is ill-considered and goes too far.

Daniel talks to Andy Pasztor, author of the book, "When the Pentagon was for Sale," about corruption in the Pentagon during the Regan presidency. He describes Pentagon officials who routinely directed defense contracts to their friends and took kickbacks for inside information about possible defense contracts.