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TAMMY SCHNITZER lives in Billings, Montana. She grew up there, as a Lutheran and married Brian Schnitzer, a Jew, and then converted to Judaism. They are the subject of a new PBS documentary "Not In Our Town," (December 17th, 10:30 p.m. EST) about how the community in 1993 rallied behind Schnitzer and her family when they were targets of hate crimes. The local newspaper printed full page menorahs and they were displayed in nearly 10,000 homes and businesses. This week, December 10-17, has been declared "Not In Our Town Week," a nationally-coordinated campaign against hate crimes. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE REV. SE

Writer TERRY MCMILLAN. Her novel, Waiting to Exhale (Viking) has been made into a movie. It opens this week in selected theaters. It's about four strong, urban, black women in their thirties, their successful careers, and their sometimes volatile relationships with black men. She says women -- both black and white -- are frustrated because they can't find a man who's willing to commit, and won't lie or cheat. Her previous novels are Mama and Disappearing Acts. (Rebroadcast from June,

Jacki talks with Professor Peter Pellet, head of the Nutrition Department at the University of Massachusetts, about a report he helped write on malnutrition in Iraq. He recently returned from a Iraq with a group that was given free reign to travel throughout the country. He says they discovered that millions of people are malnourished in Iraq and he blames the UN sanctions for the worsening situation. He says because Iraq cannot sell its oil, it cannot buy the food its people need.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new box-set of film music by Italian composer Ennio Morricone, "A Fistfull of Film Music" (Rhino).

DAVID WELNA REPORTS THAT THE BUDGET IMPASSE IN WASHINGTON IS HITTING MEXICAN CITIZENS...WHO CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY U.S. GOVERNMENT VISA OFFICES IN THEIR COUNTRY WON'T OPEN AND PERMIT THEM TO VISIT THEIR U.S. RELATIVES DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli about the presidential elections today in Poland. President Lech Walesa is being challenged by a former communist...and so far the election is too close to call.

Today is Frank Sinatra's 80th birthday. So we've brought a number of people on the show to comment on Sinatra's life and work: NANCY SINATRA, Sinatra's daughter. She's recorded a few hits of her own including "These Boots are Made for Walking," and "Something Stupid," the duet she recorded with her father. NANCY SINATRA has written a book about her father, Frank Sinatra: An American Legend (General Publishing Group). NANCY SINATRA has a new album too, (her first in 20 years) "One More Time." (Cougar records).

Writer JOE KANE talks about his new book Savages (Knopf 1995) It's his first hand account on the confrontations between Amazonian warriors and multi-national oil companies, environmentalists and missionaries. Kane writes about the Huoarani (Wow-rahn-nee) tribe's fight for its culture and environment. Kane's earlier book Running the Amazon was a 1989 New York Times best-seller

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT HAILS THE RETURN OF TWO SPORTS SUPERSTARS: BASKETBALL'S MICHAEL JORDAN AND ICE HOCKEY'S MARIO LEMIEUX (LUH-MEW).

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH REP. FRANK WOLF (R-VA) ABOUT HIS EFORTS TO MAKE THE 104TH CONGRESS A MORE "FAMILY-FRIENDLY" PLACE. THIS WEEK, REP. WOLF SHOWED THE FILM "WHERE'S DAD" ON CAPITOL HILL IN ORDER TO MAKE THE POINT THAT LAWMAKERS SHOULD SPEND TIME WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES JUST AS THEY MAKE LAWS THAT EFFECT OUR NATION'S FAMILIES.