Pg… 19 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: U.S. Starts Cleaning Up the Okinawa Junk Heap Photographed for LIFE by Carl Mydans

Pg… 24 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Editorials: And Now Formosa

Pg… 24 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Editorials: Speaking of News

Pg… 25 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Santa Does a High Wire Act

Pg… 26 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The Van Gogh Mystery Case

Pg… 30 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: As New Zealand Goes So Goes Australia

Pg… 35 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Allentown Gas Main Blows Up

Pg… 40 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Christmas Displays are Bigger Than Ever

Pg… 54 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Michigan Town Turns Out to Celebrate Red Flannel Day

Pg… 80 ARTICLE: It Takes a Russian to Beat a Russian, by Wallace Carroll

Pg… 71 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Mr. Maytag Photographed for LIFE by Leonard McCombe

Pg… 47 ENTERTAINMENT: The Canasta Case

Pg… 57 BUSINESS: Speedy Bricklayer

Pg… 60 FASHION: Little Girls' Clothes

Pg… 66 THEATER: Paris "Streetcar"

Pg… 91 MODERN LIVING: Plate Painting

Pg… 5 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Nationwide Contest Picks Most Beautiful 15–Year–Old in the U.S.

Pg… 38 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Sequel: Marvadel Black Gum Comes Through

Pg… 94 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Visits Ezio Pinza

Pg… 100 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Venus Causes Trouble