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SPORTS: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE TALKS BEING HELD THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BETWEEN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OWNERS AND PLAYERS.

WHITEWATER: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH NPR'S LEGAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT NINA TOTENBERG ABOUT THE LATEST IN THE WHITEWATER INVESTIGATION.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa reports on a strike at a community hospital in Port Jervis, New York, that is going into it's fifth month. The striking workers complain that they are paid as much as 40 percent less than their counterparts at other area hospitals.

Anthropologist BIRUTE GALDIKAS. "The New York Times Magazine" called her the "third angel" of Louis Leakey, who also taught Jane Goodall and DIan Fossey. GALDIKAS has been studying orangutans in Indonesia since 1971, when virtually nothing was known about the animal in the wild. Since then, there have been articles about her and her research in "National Geographic" and other magazines, and she has just written a new book about her work, "Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo" (Little, Brown and Co

As the Israeli Parliament the "Knessit" decides on the fate of the borders between Israel and the Palestinian - controlled Gaza strip, Danny talks to Washington Post reporter Glenn Frankl. Frankl, who has covered the region for many years, feels that whether the border is kept closed or left open the situation is very tenuous. Frankl's new book is called "Beyond the Promised Land - Jews and Arabs on a hard road to a new Israel.

2: Actress SARAH JESSICA PARKER. She's been acting for most of her life, including playing Annie on Broadway, the young bimbo SanDeE in "L.A. Story," and a fed-up fiancee in "Honeymoon in Vegas." PARKER is now starring in the film "Miami Rhapsody," playing a woman having second thoughts about marriage as she learns that everyone in her family has had an affair.

Singer BETTY JOHNSON. She was a member of "The Johnson Family," which sang gospel and country music for two decades. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was a fan, and the group was invited to sing at his memorial service. JOHNSON went solo in the late 1950s and was a regular on Don McNeill's "Breakfast Club," and Jack Paar's TV show. She also made many guest appearances on TV shows. During that time she made over 150 records and a dozen albums. JOHNSON left show business to raise a family and receive a degree in drama at Dartmouth. JOHNSON has since returned to her singing career, with a cabaret act at The Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel (June 1994). It also featured her daugher, Lydia Gray. She has a new recording "A Family Affair," (Bliss-Tavern Music Productions). For info call 800-287

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the latest attempts to curb gun violence in southern California. Several municipalities are introducing legislation that would require gun owners to register with authorities each time they purchase bullets for their weapon.

NPR's Anne Cooper reports on the efforts to investigate alleged atrocities committed by the troops of Laurent Kabila, who this week was sworn in as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire. Kabila has resisted attempts by UN officials to allow access to

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI looks at television coverage of the O.J. SImpson trial.