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NPR's Brian Naylor reports on prospects for funding the federal government beyond next week. Congress is considering two approaches: funding it all but for only a short time, such as a month, or funding only certain parts of the federal government, forcing further discussion on the rest.

SCOTT PONDERS THE THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WEEK'S NEW ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES -- CAN SUCH AN IMMENSE UNIVERSE BE THE PRODUCT OF CHANCE? -- WITH OWEN GINGERICH, PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AT THE HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Commentator Elissa ELy describes a delusional man who was hospitalized for years and eventually took to his bed. But, he came to life when he was elected an honorary officer by the hospital security guards.

2: Actress LAUREN BACALL is a legend, though she doesn't like to think of herself as such. She's been a star of stage and screen for fifty years, was married to Humphrey Bogart, and won the National Book Award for her 1978 autobiography "By Myself." Her new book, "Now" (Alfred A. Knopf Inc.), tells the story of her last fifteen years and the experiences that have shaped her life. (REBROADCAST from 10/18/94)INT 3: Actress SALLY FIELD. She's currently starring in the new film "Eye for an Eye." (REBROADCAST from 9

Linda and Robert talk to a variety of people about their week in the snow. A Philadelphia firefigher-Ken Pogorueck (puh-GORE-ik)... a Baltimore police lieutenant- Dawn Jessa... A Baltimore Priest- Father Lawrence Waudby (WAD-bee), Frasier Bresnahan (BREZ-na-han), with the Coalititon for the Homeless.. delivering hot meals to people in the streets of New York, a Newark Emergency Room Physician: Dr. Michael Jaker (JAKE-er) and Alissa (ah-LEESSA) Talisman a mom in Bethesda, Maryland, and Jim McCaffrey a grocer in Yardley, PA. We hear about cops being called to negotiate parking places, firemen delivering babies, moms stuck in the house with five kids, a priest with an empty chapel and so on.

SCOTT READS SOME LISTENER COMMENTS

We remember Marc Gregoire (GREG-whar), inventor of the non-stick frying pan that goes by the brand name T-Fall.

Daniel speaks with Sandy Rikoon, a sociologist at the University of Missouri about Rachel Caloff (KAY-loff), a young woman who in the 1890's left her native Russia for the United States marry a man she'd never met. Together, Caloff and her new husband moved to North Dakota where they became part of a small Jewish farming community. Rikoon found a manuscript of Caloff's memoirs in an historical archive and worked with the family to get it published. It's called 'The Rachel Caloff Story' and is published by Indiana University press.

Daniel visits the Goleta California Farm of Michael Ableman. Ableman is an organic farmer and faces the possibility of losing the land if he doesn't raise three-quarters of a million dollars in the next two years. Even more interesting is his 12 acre farm called "Fairview Gardens" is completely surrounded by suburban development.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "A Brimstone Wedding" by Barbara Vine.