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NPR's Anne Garrels reports that Boris Yeltsin and the rebel leader in Chechnya have agreed to a ceasefire beginning Saturday in the 17 month-old war. It was not clear whether the Russian military would observe the ceasefire, and the thorniest issue -- the question of Chechen independence -- was put on the back burner.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's trip to Chechnya. The trip is seen as part of Yeltsin's campaign to be re-elected president next month. Yeltsin's declaration today that the war is over might be premature.

Robert Siegel probes the political views of the Margalit (MARR-gah-leet) family, which generally supports politicians who hold the leftist point of view. For them, peace is the over-riding issue upon which their decision is made, and they approve of the effort which has been made to deal with the Palestinians.

Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks with Marshall Goldman, Associate Director of the Russian Research Center at Harvard University and Melor (MELL-or) Sturua (stir-OO-ah), Senior Fellow at the Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Policy, about Sunday's elections in Russia.

Elvis: Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell talks about the disparity between movies and television when it comes to opportunities for women.

Reporter Dean Olsher remembers a high school reunion he attended last year -- his grandfather's!

- Jazz great Ella Fitzergald - America's "First Lady of Song" - died today. She was 78 years old. Fitzgerald had been in declining health for years. Howard Mandel (Howard MAN-duhl) reports.

NPR's translator and driver in Sarajevo, Miro Tadich, reflects on how life has changed there with the coming of peace.

In his speech at Princeton University today, President Clinton proposed a tax credit of $1500 per year for college tuition for full time college students. Robert talks to John Hammang, Director of State and Campus Relations for the American Assocation of State Colleges and Universities about the effects of the proposed tax break on college tuitions and what makes college tuitions so high in the first place.

Commentator Jonetta Rose Barris believes that when well-meaning legislators seek to ban advertising on cigarettes and alcohol, they take away the critical element of choice. Efforts to ban such advertising in poor, inner city neighborhoods is paternalistic, she says. Children need to learn to exercise their judgement and practice making choices. The ability to choose wisely isn't dropped in our laps when we turn 21, she says. We need to teach them to beware the products, not the ads.