Pg… 25 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Avalanches Bring Tragedy to the Alps

Pg… 31 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The Skis that Launched a Billion Boffs

Pg… 32 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Merger of the Sports and Movie World Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio)

Pg… 34 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Once More Chicago has a Queen

Pg… 36 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: U.S. Presents an Enjoyable View of Winter

Pg… 38 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World

Pg… 43 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Boy Gets an Outsize Space Prize

Pg… 45 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Astoria Gets the Creeps Again

Pg… 56 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Cross–Legged Queens Dine in State

Pg… 30 EDITORIAL: Getting the Pussyfoot Out of Politics

Pg… 73 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Port of Call: Thule, Photographed for LIFE by George Silk

Pg… 51 ARTICLES: Did the Jet Age Come Too Soon? by William D. Perreault and Anthony Vandyk

Pg… 133 ARTICLES: High School Set's New High Style, by Rudolph Elie

Pg… 60 HISTORY: Cloister in Crates : ANIMALS: Lion in a Pine–Paneled Den : ART: The Things They Do to Live : SPORTS: Remarkable Hashim from Pakistan : SPORTS: "Toil and Sweat" Win Out Over "Amusement" : FASHION: The Ubiquitous Trench Coat : MOVIES: Cinemascope in Flower : JURISPRUDENCE: Large Dustup Over a Little Hut : RELIGION: Baylor's Missionaries for Moppets : MEDICINE: Arkansas Twins Ride Out an Affliction : OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors : OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Dancers Cut Up and Act Out Movies : OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE'S Party: Book Titles Step Lively : OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Wicked in the Web