1956/07/30 — Cover features Pier Angeli and is credited to Philippe Halsman
Contents of this issue are as follows: THE WEEK’S EVENTS:
The Big Top Bows Out Forever as Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey folks its tents for the last time
A Look at the World’s Week
The Trial of a Marine Sergeant Becomes A Trial for the Corps and Its Methods
A Tranquil Grave for the Grand Canyon Crash Dead
Evicted Indian Princess of Patiala Picket to Get Their Palace Back
EDITORIAL:
The Eisenhower Program: How It Fares
ARTICLE:
Victory at Buena Vista – Part 2 of “My Confession” the Mexican War Memoirs of Soldier-Artist Samuel E. Chamberlain
PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:
The Beautiful Flowering of Emporia, Kansas – The City Reflects a Flourishing U.S. Hobby – Photographed for LIFE by Myron Davis
RELIGION:
Noble Drama at Notre Dame – Medieval Passion Play is a Paris Hit
MOVIES:
A Fine Part for Pier Angeli – The Gentle Actress Helps a Rough Film
SPORTS: Midsummer Madness – Baseball Suffers from a Wacky Outburst of Tempers
ART:
A Wire Sun’s Golden Rising – Celestial Sculpture Goes on View in Metropolitan Museum
PARTY:
A Sentimental Send-Off for Senator George
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Speaking of Pictures: Cameralike Device Sees a Purple Cow
Letters to the Editors
Sequel: Stone Age Baby – A “Tarpan” Colt Is Born in a Chicago Zoo
Miscellany: Distress Over a Downfall