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THE BUFFALO JILLS, CHEERLEADERS FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS FOOTBALL TEAM, HAVE VOTED TO FORM A UNION.

Joyce Russell of member station WOI reports that preparations for the Iowa caucuses in anticipation of the 1996 presidential campaign are way ahead of schedule. With several Republican candidates having declared their candidacy...party leaders in Iowa are already chosing who they will back.

BASEBALL: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH JOSEPH NOCERA (no-SER-ah), A BUSINESS COLUMNIST FOR GENTLEMEN'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. MR. NOCERA SAYS THAT THE SIX-MONTH OLD BASEBALL STRIKE IS NOT A TRADITIONAL LABOR DISPUTE.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.

NPR's Margo Adler reports on the aftermath of yesterday's vote that ousted the NAACP's chairman. The new chair, Myrlie Evers-Williams, inherits an organization that is deep and debt and whose image has been tarnished by allegations of mismanagement.

A powerful House subcommittee has voted to kill a program that helps poor people with AIDS pay for housing. NPR's Vicky Que examines the Republican rationale for the vote, as well as warnings from AIDS activists that the measure is likely to throw thousands of infected people into shelters, increasing the danger of tuberculosis in those facilities.

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

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH PAUL WAGNER, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF THE DOCUMENTARY "OUT OF IRELAND - THE STORY OF IRISH EMIGRATION TO AMERICA." IT WILL BE SHOWN ON PBS LATER THIS YEAR. THERE IS A COMPANION BOOK: "OUT OF IRELAND" BY KERBY MILLER AND PAUL WAGNER, PUBLISHED BY ELLIOTT & CLARK PUBLISHING, WASHINGTON, D.C.

This past week, dieters learned some bad news: even if you lose weight, your body will still fight to return to its old weight. Gwen Machsai reflects on the endless battle over weightloss.

Craig speaks with Dr. Irwin Hyman, author of the book The Case Against Spanking. Dr. Hyman says if the United States banned spanking, the incidence of violence and child abuse would decrease. He strongly criticizes the continued use of corporal punishment in many school districts.