1956/09/28 -- Cover features the Andrea Doria

Contents as follows:

ARTICLES:

  • Five Desparate Hours in Cabin 56 by Cornelius Ryan and illustrated by John Groth -- The untold story of horror and heroism aboard the sinking Andrea Doria - 7 full pages
  • Why So Many Home Runs--Is It E=1/2mv2? by Tom Meany -- Longhairs study the rash of long balls that broke out during 1956, includes a color photo of Mickey Mantle
  • Fall Travel: Take an Autumn Leave
  • A Cartoonist Goes Campaigning by Bill Mauldin
  • To Help Your Child Succeed in School by Dr. Harold G. Shane
  • Franco's Successor by Leigh White includes a large color photo of young Prince Juan Carlos
  • The Feud With Godfrey: My Story -- Part 2 by Ed Sullivan
  • L'Enfant Terrible by Robert W. Marks

    • FAMILY LIVING

  • The Long Look from Paris
  • Underweight Overcoats

    • SHORT STORIES

  • "The Secret" -- The Short Short Story -- by Steve Allen and illustrated by Anthony Saris
  • "Miss Bangs and the Professor" by Helen Davis Szold and illustrated by Jane Oliver
  • "A Master for Psalmsinger" by Dion Henderon and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • SERIAL

  • "The Hard Man" -- Part 1 of 3 -- by Leo Katcher and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O'Hara by John O'Hara
  • Collier's Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Hobby by Gustav Lundberg
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Why Don't They?
  • Now They've Done It! by Lawrence Galton
  • It's the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Collier's Comment