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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
 

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Contents

Speaking of pictures, Disney version of man's plight in outer space
10
Walt Disney; 1901-1966, Caricatures and cartoons, Outer space
From continent to continent: Atlas
28
Aviation, Military, Guided missiles, Rockets
Atlas rocket based on German plan
30
Eugen SANGER, Frau Eugen Sanger SANGER-BREDT, Aviation, Military (Germany)
SEATO takes its first step
32
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Circus of death
36
August ROBLES, New York (N.Y.) (Crime)

Trouble over torsos
38
Lyn JONES, Jane Russell; 1921-., Motion pictures (Advertising)
Mandate of heaven
40
Political ethics
How wiretap is worked
45
Wiretapping
Goodwill and a good deed
48
Jose FIGUERES, Richard Milhous Nixon; 1913-1994, Anastasio Somoza; 1896-1956
Ti's last trip
53
Shelburne Museum, Steamships and steamboats
African resettlement
57
Johannesburg (South Africa), South Africa (Race relations)
Goldfish life belt
65
Goldfish
Cartoon whimsy becomes real
105
Skiing
Clown swaps frown
113
Henry Fonda; 1905-1982, Emmett Kelly; 1898-1979, Television production and direction
Most famous nose in sport
118
Rocky Marciano; 1923-1969
Moody new star
125
James Dean; 1931-1955
Two-year anniversary
133
Masquerades
Mike Todd and his big bug-eye
140
Brian Prime O'BRIEN, Michael Todd (American motion picture producer.); 1909-1958, Motion picture cameras, Motion picture production and direction, Motion picture projection, TheaterProduction and direction
Double duty for a cattle van
161
4-H clubs, Livestock shows

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