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SIMON/THE NATION: AMERICA'S OLDEST WEEKLY MAGAZINE CHANGED OWNERSHIP THIS WEEK. "THE NATION," FOUNDED IN 1865, WAS PURCHASED BY A GROUP HEADED BY THE MAGAZINE'S EDITOR, VICTOR NAVASKY. THE GROUP INCLUDES NOVELIST E.L. DOCTOROW AND ACTOR PAUL NEWMAN.

HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FRANK J. TIPLER, AUTHOR OF "THE PHYSICS OF IMMORTALITY." DR. TIPLER IS A PHYSICIST WHO SAYS HE, AN ATHEIST, HAS SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH NORMAN ORNSTEIN, FROM THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, AND THOMAS MANN, FROM THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION. BOTH ARE AT THE "CONFERENCE FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE 104TH CONGRESS" IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, AND THEY'LL BE DISCUSSING THE NEW CONGRESS.

NPR'S DEAN OLSHER REPORTS ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF TWO GREAT JAZZMEN WHO DIED RECENTLY: JESS STACY, WHO PLAYED PIANO WITH THE BENNY GOODMAN BAND IN THE 1930S, AND CONNIE KAY, THE DRUMMER WITH THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET SINCE 1955.

SCOTT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S BROUHAHA IN THE WAKE OF CONNIE CHUNG'S QUESTIONING OF NEWT GINGRICH'S MOTHER.

SIMON/LAGAZIO: SCOTT TALKS WITH ITALIAN BARON CARLO LAGAZIO. HE'S A LITTLE SHORT OF FUNDS, SO HE'S PUTTING HIS TITLE ON THE MARKET. ASKING PRICE: $61,000.

NPR's Isabel Alegria reports on a crime prevention program in California that receives federal funds from President Clinton's crime bill--funds that are threatened by Republican members of Congress.

Joe talks with Richard Berkholder, the director of International Operations for the Gallup Organziation. They discuss the first ever Gallup poll taken in China, whcihc was just completed. Berkholder says some commonly held Western beliefs about China will be dispelled once people read the results of the survey.

Joe speaks with NPR's Margot Adler about the NAACP's annual meeting in New York City. Today, members cast a vote of no confidence in the civil rights organization's current Chairman of the Board of Directors, William Gibson.

HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE BUSINESS COLUMNIST JOE NOCERA (NOH-SAIR'-RUH) ABOUT THIS WEEK'S DEBUT OF TWO TELEVISION NETWORKS: WARNER BROTHERS AND UNITED PARAMOUNT.