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Commentator Reuven Frank says that when Bill Clinton gave TV executivess a new rating system, both he and the executives forgot their obligation to the first amendment. Frank says the President was thinking about politics, and the execs were thinking about big money.

SUSAN SPEAKS WITH ESTHER RANDOLPH, WHO WAS IN THE AUDIENCE 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK WHEN WINSTON CHURCHILL DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS "IRON CURTAIN" SPEECH AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE IN FULTON, MISSOURI.

Beth Fertig of member station W-N-Y-C reports on the deteriorating condition of New York City Public School buildings. According to a study by the General Accounting Office, one-third of the nation's school buildings need major repairs. Fertig visits Public School 73 in Brooklyn, which is still heated by coal, and where the walls need to be repaired.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to a third four-year term. The President also announced yesterday that he will nominate Budget Director Alice Rivlin and Washington University Economist Lawrence Meyer to vacant seats on the Federal Reserve Board.

Conversation with STEPHEN SCHIFF continued.

MIKE SHUSTER EXAMINES HOW U.S. AND RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN BOSNIA.

SIMON/ SNOWFLAKES: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH RESEARCH BIOLOGIST WILLIAM WERGIN WHO HAS PROVIDED THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT SNOWFLAKES --- THAT HAS VAST REPERCUSSIONS.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the arrest today of a former National Security Agency employee charged with spying during the Cold War. The Justice Department alleges that Robert Lipka passed classified documents to the Soviet Union in the 1960's. (5:00) -B- 8. TEXAS FIRES -- Linda talks with Jeff Edwards, fire marshall of Parker County, Texas, about the fires that have been burning out of control just west of Forth Worth. Speaking from Poolville, Texas, Edwards says firefighters have contained one blaze that has destroyed 20,000 acres but worries about two more fire that are still burning.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with chef David Page, who is preparing a meal for this evening based on the first cookbook published in America in 1796. Author Amelia Simmons stressed the use of indigenous foods and contains receipes which are still found in cookbooks today. This is the book's bi-centennial.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.