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Pg… 20 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: An Exclusive Report on the U.S. Captives in Cuba. Photographed for LIFE by Gorge Skadding
Pg… 24 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Joy in Land of Promise: Alaska Becomes a State. Photographed for LIFE by Dmitri Kessel
Pg… 35 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Now, High Hoped for Hawaii
Pg… 37 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Look at the World's Week
Pg… 43 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Goldfine's Dramatic Official Debut
Pg… 44 EDITORIALS: Our Image at Brussels
Pg… 44 EDITORIALS: Making Democracy Look Foolish
Pg… 90 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Fat Days in the U.S. Farm Belt: Golden Fields Bring Rich Harvest, Rising Income
Pg… 104 ARTICLE: Science Nears a Goal, a Bank of Vital Organs. Techniques that Coax Body to Accept Living Tissue Other than Its Own Promise Life–Saving, Person–to–Person Transplants, Even Storage of Parts. By Leonard Engel
Pg… 47 NATURE: The Big Hunt to Get a Little Walrus: Baby from the Far North Survives and Settles Down in Coney Island
Pg… 54 ART: Wood Carvers' Comeback: Young U.S. Sculptors Revive Neglected Art
Pg… 65 TELEVISION: Puppeteer for Moppets: Shari Lewis Delights Parents by Diverting Their Children
Pg… 68 MOVIES: Rousing Epic of the Vikings: Norse Lick British in a Movie Battle
Pg… 75 MUSIC: U.S. Sounds a Summery Note: Music is a Hit all Over Outdoors
Pg… 81 CLOSE–UP: A Pro is the Key De Gaulle Aide: New French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maurice Couve de Murville Brings Vitally Needed Knowhow to an Explosive Job
Pg… 87 SPORTS: Bad Winner's Biting Finish: Hal's Boy Wins by?and with?a Nose
Pg… 101 TRANSPORTATION: The Key that Opens Continent to the Sea: 30–Ton Blast Opens Up St. Lawrence Seaway
Pg… 117 SCIENCE: Fire Ant Plague: Pest Spreads to the South
Pg… 121 PARTY: Celebration for a Dream City: Brazil Welcomes Its New Capital
Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Biggest Bridge in Vast Panorama
Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 124 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Boot by a Brash Brownie