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Pg… 22 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The New Poland Achieves Some Liberties. Photographed for LIFE by Lisa Larsen
Pg… 30 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Major Challenge for a New Congress
Pg… 39 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Death in the Faces of Mont Blanc Climbers
Pg… 45 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The State of Rhode Island in a State of Suspense
Pg… 37 EDITORIALS: Khrushchev's Sharpened Dilemma
Pg… 37 EDITORIALS: Who Stopped the Suez Invasion?
Pg… 84 HISTORY: Bicentennial for a Founding Father: U.S. Marks Birthday of Alexander Hamilton
Pg… 97 THE LAW: The Case of the Kindly Doctor: a Murder Charge Against a Prosperous Medical Man has the Elements of a Notable British Trial
Pg… 74 PICTORIAL ESSAY: Li'l Abner?Broadway and Dogpatch: a New Broadway Musical Sets Li'L Abner's Exploits to Music and Al Capp Does a Special Word–and–Picture Biography of the Famous Cartoon Character He Created
Pg… 106 ARTICLE: The Tools Psychologists Invented: Tests and Experiments Show How We Really See and Hear, How to Learn Efficiently, and How Heredity Affects Intelligence; Part II in LIFE'S Series. By Ernest Havemann
Pg… 50 FASHION: Couturier Gives a French Flavor to U.S. Beaches?in Color
Pg… 57 ANIMALS: The First Gorilla Ever Born in Captivity is Doing Fine in the Columbus, Ohio Zoo
Pg… 63 SPORTS: Rugged Way to be a Skier: Training on Unlikely Practice Sites Toughens University of Denver's Team
Pg… 103 SPORTS: The New Middleweight Champion: Gene Fullmer Roughs Up Sugar Ray and has Some Family Fun
Pg… 69 ART: Pennsylvania Primitive: a Small–Town Sculptor Doubles in Hooked–Rug Making
Pg… 92 MOVIES: Wild West Out East: Fight and Fury Fill Japanese Film, "The Magnificent Seven"
Pg… 125 PARTIES: Super Send–Off for '57: a Prosperous U.S. Welcomes the New Year with Raucous, Lavish and Elegant Parties
Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a Show of Twisty Tricks with Trees
Pg… 21 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors