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PRAYERS ARE BEING OFFERED ACROSS CHICAGO FOR CARDINAL JOSEPH BERNARDIN WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING PANCREATIC CANCER.

Daniel talks to Aryan the head of the International Red Cross delegation in Tuzla. She describes the scene after the devastating mortar attack on Thursday. The shell fell in a square filled with young people enjoying a summer night, and she says that many of the young people in Tuzla are still in shock from the loss of friends.

A story by Carmen Deedee.

Michael speaks with NPR's Cheryl Devall, who's covering the annual meeting of the NAACP. It's the organization's first meeting under the leadership of its new president, Myrlie Evers-Williams.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

NPR'S INA JAFFE REPORTS ON THE TWO-WEEK CROSS COUNTRY TOUR OF MORE THAN 200 WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT KNOW AS "FREEDOM FLIGHT AMERICA," A COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR II.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Yesterday President Clinton issued an executive order that established the first uniform standards for U.S. agencies in granting security clearances to employees. Among the directives was an order to end the denial of security clearances because an applicant is gay. Daniel talks to Frank Kameny, who was denied government security clearances in the 1950s and 60s and was the first person to fight a discharge from a federal civil service job because of his homosexuality.

Last week we asked listeners to call in with words they or their family members have made up. And, are so wonderful, they should be added to the dictionary. Here are the highlights...