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NPR's David Welna reports from Managua on Sunday's presidential election in Nicaragua. The two leading candidates are Daniel Ortega, former Sandinista president, and Arnoldo Aleman, the conservative former mayor of Managua. Aleman denies Ortega's charge that he represents a return to the days of the late dictator Anastasio Somoza, despite his popularity among supporters of the former Contra rebels. Aleman has vowed to cancel, or force compensation for, the thousands of property confiscations carried out by the Sandinistas when they were in power.

The great grandson of one of the founders of Coca Cola says he's going to sell the best-kept secret in corporate history: the Coca Cola formula. Susan speaks with Mark Pendergrast, author of "For God, Country, and Coca Cola," a history of the great soft drink company. (5:40) [outcue: (STAMBERG) "... the secret formula is valuable only as a piece of memorabilia."

- Some 1.5 million elderly Americans live in nursing homes, where they receive medical and custodial care but are often denied the warmth and personal contact associated with a real home. Thomas Lalley of member station WAMC in Albany reports on a new kind of elderly care in New York state that could revolutionize the country's nursing homes.

that, so far, 28 states have submitted their welfare reform plans. The deadline is July 1st in order to take advantage of a new funding mechanism which will allow them to receive more money from the federal government. Other states in other circumstances have no incentive to file their plans early.

Noah talks with New York State Assemblyman Joseph Crowley about Gov. George Pataki's bill that will ensure New York school children learn about the Irish potato famine. Pataki signed the bill today, while Ireland's president Mary Robinson is visiting the city.

The day after the vice presidential debate, both President Clinton and his Republican opponent Bob Dole met up with their running mates on the campaign trail. Both claimed victory for their partners, but from there their appeals to voters diverged. Dole stepped up his attack on Clinton, while the Democrat scarcely mentioned the election at all. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold in Ohio with the Dole campaign and Brian Naylor in Tennessee with the Clinton campaign.

Linda reads letters from listeners about three great American pastimes: baseball, politics...and kissing. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, 20001.

Chris Nuttall from Ankara reports on the controversy surrounding Turkey's Prime Minister Necmettin Erbekan. He has outraged his domestic opponents by a trip to Libya, during which Moammer Khaddafi, at a joint news conference with Erbekan, called for an independent Kurdish state- an anathema to the Turks. He faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament. He has earned the anger of the Clinton Administration for the visit to Libya and one to Iran, and for the deals he has signed with countries on the U.S. embargo list.

This year, the citizens of California have a dozen initiatives on the ballot in addition to their candidates for local and national office. These initiatives, if passed, create laws for the state without being passed through the state's legislature. Linda talks with David Magleby, a professor of political science at the Brigham Young University, about the history of the initiative process in state of California, and why the state (in some ways) leads the country in voting to enact new laws.

Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.