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By Gary Pittshttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-993490.mp3Murray, KY – This Tuesday evening, the Murray State Department…

Jacki talks with Dr. Sigmund Eckhouse. He's a former chemical engineer who for 36 years worked for the Army in developing the chemical agents that would be used in chemical weapons. They discuss the history of chemical weapons from World War one and up to the present.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH AUTHOR EDWARD SIRATA, WHO IS CURRENTLY IN SARAJEVO. TODAY, BOSNIA'S MUSLIM PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN THE HAGGADAH, A PRICELESS MEDIEVAL PASSOVER BOOK AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPTS IN JEWISH HISTORY, BACK TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr. chorr first met Rabin in l97l, and followed his career through good times and ad, and remembers him as a strong leader who has changed the course of Middle ast history.

Anne-Elise Henzl (ann-aleez HEN-zull) of Milwaukee member tation W-U-W-M visited the Circus World Museum in Baraboro (BARE-uh-boo), isconsin, where visitors can experience the musical history of the travelling ircus.

Mark Urycki (your-ICK-ee) of member station WKSU in Kent, hio, reports on the recent theft of some folio pages removed from a manuscript n the Vatican library. The man suspected of the crime is an art history rofessor who denies the charges.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with historian and author Sue Ellen oy about her new book, "Chasing Dirt - The Pursuit of Cleanliness." (Oxford niversity Press, May 1995) The book presents a sociological history of the merican public's obsession with being clean.

Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer discuse the tendency of politicians, especially those now running for president, to refer to themselves in the third person. He then recreates some great lines in history with this locution.

Linda speaks with Carl Sferrazza (SPHERE- RAZ-ZAH) Anthony who is author of a two vlume book about American 1st Ladies. Mr. Anthony takes us through the history of the attacks, both political and journalistic, that first ladies have endured.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the history of the Vice Presidency. It wasn't until the 20th Century that the position took on real importance. Even today, the position requires someone who can both balance the ticket and fit into the administration.