1956/12/21 -- ARTICLES:

  • "One Minute to Ditch!" by Cornelius Ryan
  • The Billion-Dollar Change by Siler Freeman about improvements made in cars by the U.S. Auto Industry, with 20 small photos of some of the newest cars
  • The Secret of Slederella by Robert O;Brien
  • Banzai Brando by Thomas C. Ryan about Marlon Brando
  • 36 Hours That Shook the Communist World by Flora Lewis
  • The Barefoot Patriots by Oscar Handlin and illustrated by Thomas Vroman, from the American Tradition Series: the story of Valley Forge
  • The Collier Trophy Winners by James J. Haggerty, Jr.

    • FAMILY LIVING AND LEISURE

  • Temptation in the Toy Department with color illustration by Stanley and Janice Berenstain
  • Scant and Scandalous
  • Male Plumage -- Rich But Not Gaudy

    • SHORT STORIES

  • "Christmas Tree" -- The Short Short Story by Lee McGiffin with illustration by Jane Oliver
  • "Second Chance" by Marian Gavin and illustrated by Anthony Saris
  • "The Three Wise Guys" by Damon Runyon, copyright 1933 from the estate of Damon Runyon, illustrated by Henry C. Fitz

    • SERIAL

  • "Doom Cliff" -- Part 1 of 3 -- by Luke Short and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman

    • FEATURES:

  • Collier's Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Why Don't They?
  • Now They've Done It!" by Lawrence Galton
  • Collier's Sports by Bill Fay
  • Letters
  • At Home 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. by Ted Key
  • It's the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • The Right Channel by Ton Smits
  • Collier's Comment