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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.

SIMON/N.Y. TOKENS: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH BOB SLOVAK OF NEW YORK CITY'S METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF COLOMBIAN 20 PESO COINS ...WORTH ONLY 2 CENTS HERE...IN SUBWAY TURNSTILES WHERE THE $1.50 TOKENS SHOULD GO.

NPR'S MARIA HINOJOSA REPORTS ON SEXUAL ABUSE PERPERTRATED BY WOMEN, A SUBJECT THAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED. (please refer to previous dacs messages concerning this report. The segment concentrates on subject matter some listeners may find offensive. A station advisory is advisable.)

Guest film critic STEPHEN VINEBERG reviews the new film, "Devil With a Blue Dress." REV. :Critic MILO MILES reviews the newest book by Walter Mosely. It''s not an Easy Rawlins book. It''s R.L.''S Dream, (Norton) a book about the blues told in the voice of down and out, country-blues musician Soupspoon.REV. : Commentator DAGOBERTO GILB wonders why he keeps returning to the bullfights.