Pg… 1 Cover: On location in Death Valley, Marlon Brando plays a western bad man in the first movie which he has also produced and directed.

Pg… 17 The Week's Events: A new home for LIFE: Rockefeller Center expands to the west, giving an added lift to Manhattan's skyline. Photographed by Yalo Joel.

Pg… 24 The first pictures in a prince's album: 4 1/2 week–old Andrew poses at a royal get–together.

Pg… 28 Wild race to flee a merciless slaughter: South African massacre of Negro demonstrators provokes angry world reaction

Pg… 34 Two immovable forces meet in Paris

Pg… 39 Hands–up! for both sides: two Tennessee convicts free hostages for high concessions

Pg… 45 Little lost girl and boy: a tragic mix–up plagues two families in France

Pg… 33 Editorial: The risk in the test ban

Pg… 96 Photographic essays: Toward liberty and order; a new middle class and a political compromise bring hope of democracy to Columbia. Part III of a six–part series on world democracy. Photographed for LIFE by Frank Scherschel

Pg… 105 Brando's break into a new field: Marlon is producer–director–star of new $5 million Western. Photographed by Sam Shaw

Pg… 114 Article: Shameful strife in the Pentagon: a few bold reforms can halt the most damaging effects of interservice rivalry. By John Osborne, LIFE staff writer

Pg… 53 Theater: A drama of disastrous love: Lillian Hellman's new hit dissects a strife–torn family

Pg… 63 Animals: Short on hair but very rare: an odd–looking dog that nobody wanted gets tender–loving care from June Havoc

Pg… 66 Nightclubs: Strippers best a wrap: burlesque on Bourbon Street wins a court reprieve

Pg… 70 LIFE's Garden News: Vegetable–growing made easier: new varieties of plants are tough, tidy and fruitful

Pg… 78 Fashion: Girls in gingham because of BB: her lace–lined wedding garb inspires frocks for tots

Pg… 85 Close–up: New job, same old Chuck: as the Braves' pilot, Dressen is still one of baseball's livest wires

Pg… 93 Science: A public machine vends customers' blood pressure for 25cents

Pg… 129 Party: Lonely tourist luxury in Cuba: Castro tries to bolster business by giving U.S. honeymooners red–carpet treatment

Pg… 10 Other Departments: Speaking of pictures: an escape up a tank

Pg… 132 Other Departments: Miscellany: a view between vows