LIFE Magazine February 2, 1959

Pg… 19 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Hate Holds Court in Cuba as Castor’s Government Makes a Roman Circus of a Trial for a Man’s Life. Photographed for LIFE by Joe Scherschel and Andrew St. George Pg… 26 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: DeMille’s Legacy of Epics: His Work and His Life?an Astounding 45–Year Movie Career is Ended Pg… 36 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Swift Winter Thaw Takes a Deadly Toll: Floods Spread Death and Ruin and Gouge Their Way Into a Mine Full of Men Pg… 41 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Denver Turns Out for the Cattlemen: Stock Show Opens Colorado Centennial with Pigs and Poodles, Cows and Dolls Pg… 35 EDITORIALS: A Budget, “Political” and How! Pg… 35 EDITORIALS: A Budget also More Meaningful Pg… 52 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Rare New Breads for Dog Lovers: They Include Deerhound, Otter Catchers and Sheepherders Pg… 75 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Pat Boone’s Boom: He Sets a New Style in Teen–Age Idols. Photographed for LIFE by Ralph Morse Pg… 67 ARTICLES: The Scary, Sappy Life of the Nation’s Ski Maniacs: High Casualties Turn Sport Into a Menace. By Marshall Smith Pg… 82 ARTICLES: Stormy Future for Africa: Even in “Unready” Lands, Smoldering Resentment Spreads Nationalist Fire. By Robert Coughlan Pg… 47 EDUCATION: A Studious Scion’s Plain Life: John D. Rockefeller IV Goes Native in Japan Pg… 63 SCIENCE: From Teakettle to Atomic Electricity: an Old Principle Plus New Materials Makes a Compact Generator for Satellites Pg… 101 PARTY: Welcomer on the Go: U.S. Protocol Chief Squires a President Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Prizewinner’s Daughter Proves Artistic Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 104 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: a Sharp Business Type