This episode's headline: First Monday in October; Ferraro on the Stump; Peace Initiative or Diplomatic One-upmanship?; Book Review: Foreign Affairs; Rallying 'Round the Cubs. The guests include In Washington: LYLE DENNISTON, Baltimore Sun; L. CRAIG JOHNSTONE, State Department; In New York: ALEJANDRO BENDANA, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister; RICHARD LOCKE, Book Reviewer; Reports from NewsHour Correspondents: JUDY WOODRUFF; BRIAN HANRAHAN (BBC), in Peking; ELIZABETH BRACKETT, in Chicago; ROBERT MacNEIL. Byline: In Washington: JIM LEHRER, Associate Editor; JUDY WOODRUFF, Correspondent; In New York: CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT, Correspondent