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YOU'LL HEAR THREE EERIE, HAUNTING GHOST STORIES.

Jacki talks with Albert Shanker who is president of the American Federation of Teachers. The AFT has launched a national campaign calling for a "Code of Conduct" in the nation's schools. Shanker says schools are struggling with a student discipline problem and that the only solution is standards for behavior.

LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Reporter Claudio Sanchez takes a look at advocates of bills pending in Congress which would make English the official language of the United States. Supporters of the legislation say they are glad that the English-only issue is receiving a great deal of attention these days.

ALTHOUGH THE DRUG THALIDOMIDE (thuh-LID-duh-mide) WAS PROVEN TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS IN THE 1960'S AFTER PREGNANT WOMEN WERE GIVEN THE DRUG TO RELIEVE MORNING SICKNESS, SCIENTISTS NOW SAY THAT THE DRUG SHOWS GREAT PROMISE IN TREATING PEOPLE WITH A NUMBER OF DISEASES...INCLUDING AIDS. RACHEL GOTBAUM REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS THREATENING TO CRACKDOWN ON THE SALE OF THE DRUG ILLEGALLY THROUGH UNDERGROUND BUYERS CLUBS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MELANIE LOMAX, A LOS ANGELES DEFENSE ATTORNEY ABOUT THE O.J. SIMPSON CASE, WHICH WAS FINALLY SENT TO JURY YESTERDAY.

Jacki visits a one-room schoolhouse in Waterford, Virginia where urban school children are being taught the old fashioned way. The school was built in the 1860's by Quakers who wanted to provide an education for freed slaves. The school was attended by African American students until the 1950's.

Bob Mondello reviews the movie "Unzipped," a documentary about fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.

ALEX TALKS WITH WRITER JON MARGOLIS ABOUT HIS VISIT TO NORTH DAKOTA, A STATE THAT IS RAPIDLY DE-POPULATING AND WHICH MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE AUTHOR, THINK SHOULD PERHAPS DISAPPEAR. ALEX ALSO SPEAKS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA, WHO DISAGREES WITH THESE SENTIMENTS.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DAN MAULDIN, WHO'S WORK IS INCLUDED IN A COMPILATION CALLED "EDITORIAL CARTOONS BY KIDS, 1995." ("EDITORIAL CARTOON BY KIDS" PUBLISHED BY ZINO PRESS CHILDREN'S BOOKS P.O. BOX 52, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53701)