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

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