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The presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Sen. Bob Dole, today challenged President Clinton to come out strongly in favor of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution if he is serious about getting rid of the federal deficit. Dole plans on bringing the amendment up on the Senate floor one last time before he retires next week. President Clinton responded that Republicans were hiding behind the amendment to avoid negotiating on specific spending cuts. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

Reporter Amy Bernstein visits the headquarters of a magazine for pre-teen girls called "Girls' Life." The relatively new magazine is the first full-fledged glossy of its kind and has become something of a phenomenon in the publishing world. With over one hundred thousand current subscribers and two to three thousand more pouring in every month, the magazine seems to have found a niche...although advertisers still need to be convinced of its appeal and the buying power of its primary demographic group.

on gay rights.

Noah talks with Nancy Groce (GROSS) about her book, "The Musicians's Joke Book: Knowing the Score." Groce is a folklorist and ethnomusicologist. She says musicians who play banjos, violas, and drums are made fun of more than other musicians, but there's a joke for every type of musician, including conductors. (3:15) (Schirmer Books: NY, 1996) FUNDER 0:29 CUTAWAY 0:59 =========================SECOND HOUR======================= BILLBOARD :59 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2A 8. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL -- Linda talks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about Senator Bob Dole's four-day campaign swing this week. Dole talked about crimes, drugs and welfare at stops in Colorado, California, Illinois and Ohio. One thing that wasn't talked about much was the economy, which is doing pretty well, especially in the Midwest.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu worries about a new study that says writers are especially prone to mental illness. Manic depression, mood swings, alcoholism, and sexual promiscuity are all apparently pitfalls of the profession. Codrescu wonders which of these vices and failings he might have.

Detroit is celebrating the one-hundred-year anniversary of the first time automobiles were produced in volume, with many events scheduled all summer long. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on one ongoing event where engineering students are trying to build a environmentally friendly sedan which can travel up to eighty miles on a gallon of gas.

Commentator Jack Beatty says that even with giving up his Senate seat, Bob Dole is in trouble because his party is in trouble. That's because Beatty thinks the GOP economic plan has been a disaster.

today. He is the first North Korean defector to fly a military plane to the South since February 1983.

showing that pre-screening women for the sexually-transmitted disease, chlamydia, can reduce the incidence of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.

The Pope beatified two German priests for their resistance to the Third Reich. The Pope omitted some phrases of his prepared speech that claimed the "entire" Roman Catholic church had fought against the tyranny of the Nazis.