LIFE Magazine January 5, 1959

Pg… 10 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Space Age Goes Forward with an Audible Message of Peace the Atlas and a Monkey’s Demonstration that Man Can Ride a Missile Pg… 24 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week Pg… 26 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: In Times of Trouble with Inflation, a Peronista Move in Argentina Pg… 28 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Stopgap News for New York: City Misses Strike–Stopped Papers Pg… 33 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Rockefeller Resort is Opened in Puerto Rico Pg… 30 EDITORIALS: The Budget: a Hope for ’59 Pg… 30 EDITORIALS: Mikoyan’s War: a Danger in ’59 Pg… 30 EDITORIALS: Excellance: a Model for Any Year Pg… 44 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Red China Bid for a Future: Young and Old Join in “The Great Leap Forward.” Photographed by Henri Cartier–Bresson Pg… 64 ARTICLE: Misery, Oppression, Fear Inside China’s Communes: Two Chinese Who Escaped Tell of Harsh Regimentation Which Tears Families Apart and Even Regulates Sex. By James Bell Pg… 37 EDUCATION: Chattanooga Pupils Learn Numbers as they Play Hopscotch Pg… 43 NIGHTCLUBS: Tammy Grimes, a “Kooky” Girl, is a Sprightly New Nightclub Chanteuse Pg… 78 PARTY: An 80th Wedding Anniversary in Utah Pg… 4 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a Town’s Own Snapshots of Its Record Snow Pg… 8 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 80 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: a Shadowy Ceremony