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Life in the segregated South of the early 1960's is the setting for a new novel called The Last Hotel For Women by Vicky Covington. Reviewer Alan says the plot is brimming with both tension and grace throughout. (Simon & Schuster)

2:Actor NATHAN LANE. He's currently in the film "The Bird Cage." He played Nathan Detroit in the Broadway revival of "Guys and Dolls." Playwright Terrance McNally has written roles for LANE and says, "I need an actor like Nathan to fully express myself. I can't do it with just the words. I need his faces and gestures to finish the sentence." LANE starred in McNally's "The Lisbon Traviata," and in "Lips Together, Teeth Apart." He also was in the films "Frankie and Johnny," (as Michelle Pfeiffer's neighbor -- a part McNally wrote for him), in "Life with Mikey," (co-starring with Michael J. Fox), and has a cameo in "Adams Family Values." (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 1

WEEKEND EDITION'S DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH WINSTON LORD, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN & PACIFIC AFFAIRS, AND CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER COX (R-CA), CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE, ABOUT THE EVENTS IN THE STRAITS OF TAIWAN THIS WEEK.

SOVIET SPACE MEMORABILIA AUCTION: SCOTT TALKS WITH JAMES OBERG, A SPACE ENGINEER, ABOUT RECENTLY RELEASED NOTES THAT REVEAL THAT YURI GAGARIN'S FIRST SPACE FLIGHT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. (5:00) (James Oberg is the author of "Red Star in Orbit" and "Uncovering Soviet Disasters" which are both published by Random H

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S SUSPENSION THIS WEEK OF MAHMOUD ABDUL-RAUF, THE DENVER NUGGETS PLAYER WHO REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN LIFTED, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN.

Linda speaks with Oliver "Buck" Revell, a former deputy director of the FBI, about how the Islamic extremist organization Hamas raises funds in the United States. Revell, now a private security consultant, says Hamas, using numerous front organizations, have been highly successful in raising funds in the United States and that some of money reaches the organization's military wing.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON THE FIRST SETTLEMENT BY A TOBACCO COMPANY IN LAWSUITS OVER CIGARETTES.

Noah Adams speaks with Richard Rapaport who visited the military operation in Bosnia to see what high tech gear is being employed in that peacekeeping effort. Commanders can receive video from practically anywhere there are soldiers deployed in the field. And a huge remote controlled tank is used to detonate mines.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says what you wear could really tell the world who you are and what you think. He wonders if the juror at the Whitewater trial who dressed in a Star Trek uniform everyday might have been offering a social commentary by suggesting we all should should dress differently.