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1956-05-14 Life Magazine Contents

1956/05/14 — Cover featuring Gainsborough Look in Fashion is credited to Mark Shaw

Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • Flying Feet Produce a Thrilling Day of Sports
  • A Look at the World’s Week
  • Alben Barkley, Great Campaigner – His Last Audience is the Nation
  • The Nation Learns That the Second Best Air Force Is Not Good Enough
  • Interior Secretary McKay, Who Quit to Fight Senator Wayne Morse, Finds Oregon Primary Fight Is Tough
  • Grace and Rainier’s Official Wedding Picture — In Color
  • EDITORIALS:

  • Danger – Pettifoggers At Work
  • Step Toward State of Alaska
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS:

  • The Grand Canyon ‘s Hidden Wonders Are Revealed on a Long Trek Into Places Few Have Ever Seen — Photographed for LIFE by A.Y. Owen
  • Mellon’s Miracle – The Head of Pittsburgh’s First Family Leads HIs City Into a Renaissance
  • ARTICLES:

  • Genteel Queen of Crime, Whodunit Writer Agatha Christie, Puts Her Zest for Life Into Murder by Nigel Dennis
  • Henry Wallace Describes HIs Thoughts on Communism and Peace and And Tells Why He Supports Eisenhower as the Man to Avoid and “Atomic Abyss”
  • MILITARY AFFAIRS:

  • What to Do About the Draft? LIFE Presents a Guide for Young Men Facing Military Service and For Their Parents
  • MOVIES:

  • New Star Cathy Dunn , 7, Sees Her Movie, “Lovers and Lollipops,” With Her Friend, Veteran Star, Richie Andrusco, 10
  • MEDICINE:

  • A 49-Year-Old Veteran Is Chief of a Salt Lake Nursing Service and Opens Up a New Career for Men
  • NIGHTCLUBS:

  • Ex-Movie Queen Constance Bennett, 51, Rocks and Rolls in Dungarees to Kid the Teen-Agers
  • SEQUEL:

  • Korean Orphan, “the Boy Who Wouldn’t Smile,” Finds a Happy Home in the U.S.
  • FASHION:

  • An Old Master Is Back In Style – Gainsborough Girls Grace Parties Again
  • MODERN LIVING:

  • A Pipsqueak Sailboat Costs $30 to Build
  • EDUCATION:

  • The Gifted High School Students Who Won Big Scholarships Display Varied Talents
  • SPORTS:

  • Crooner Frankie Laine and Golfer Gene Littler Hit the Jackpot in the Las Vegas Calcutta Golf Pool
  • HISTORY:

  • Biggest Collection of U.S. Swords
  • PARTIES:

  • Visit to Texas Ranch Gives Foreign Ambassadors An Unstarched View of the U.S.
  • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Speaking of Pictures: Big-Scale Manhattan Model
  • Letters to the Editors
  • Miscellany: Peggy the Portable Pony
  • Camel Cigarettes ad on back cover features small sepia headshot photos of 20 Baseball Stars including Ted Kluszewski, Richie Ashburn, Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra, Early Wynn, Harvey Haddix, and others
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