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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

Startling realism in a fantasy
14
Dare Wright
Lana's plea for daughter is real-life drama triumph
21
Johnny Stompanato; d. 1958, Lana Turner; 1920-1995
Violent show's smooth front
26
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar; 1901-1973, Cuba (Politics and government)
They turned out in Hungary for Khrushchev
39
Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev; 1894-1971, Hungarians
Rescue from a roily river
42
Rescue work
Harmony ends for UMW, AMA.
78
United Mine Workers of America, Medical care (Costs)
Huskey gets home from navy
81
Eskimo dogs
Expert outliving his legend
87
Bernard Berenson; 1865-1959
Marjorie Morningstar
95
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
Family zest for learning
103
Little family, Children (Education), School and the home

Bitter trek in arid Brazil
47
Droughts, Water supply (Brazil)
Airport's mobile covered bridge
50
Airports (Equipment)
How the Russian people vote, and why
55
Elections (Soviet Union)
Aquatic adventure down under
64
Aquatic sports, Sports (Australia)
Guide to the Pentagon
116
Pentagon (Arlington, Va.: Building)
Man and the plan
118
Neil H. McElroy; 1904-1972, United States Dept. of Defense
Debut into a burgeoning family
132
Kennedy family
Joe's children with their own
135
Kennedy family

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