Pg… 10 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Temperature 112, Humidity 100 in a Tunnel Pg… 15 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Pike in a Pique Gets Off Hook Pg… 16 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Mop–Up at Dienbienphu Pg… 16 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Sea Rescue with an Aftermath Pg… 17 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Fuss Over Philip in Canada Pg… 18 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Biggest Rock Fall Yet at the Big Falls Pg… 20 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: After 25 Centuries: Great Day in the Land of Egypt Pg… 29 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World Pg… 35 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Wanted: A Mandate from the Cubans Pg… 14 EDITORIALS: Difficult Questions from the Far East Pg… 14 EDITORIALS: Hopeful Note from the Middle East Pg… 81 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: A Hamlet Enigma at Elsinore, Photographed for LIFE by William W. Vandivert Pg… 88 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: My Solution of the Cipher, by IB Melchior Pg… 52 ARTICLE: Discount Houses Stir Up a $5 Billion Fuss, by Herbert Brean Pg… 38 AVIATION: Transport Jet is in the Air Pg… 43 ANIMALS: Pansy the Pangolin Pg… 51 SPORTS: Boat’s Live Ballast Pg… 63 ART: Lehman Family Collection Pg… 69 FASHION: Leonie’s Double Life Pg… 77 BOOKS: Faulkner’s Wall Plot Pg… 94 MOVIES: “Brigadoon,” a Highland Flingding Pg… 2 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Pogo Sticks on Stilts Give a New Lift to Sport Pg… 4 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 98 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE’S Visit: Working Cowhand, Six Years Old Pg… 100 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Nice Ice Slice