Pg… 16 STORY OF THE WEEK: Stompin’ It Up at the Savoy–Marx: Goodman Plays and the Reds Sing, Sing, Sing. Photographed for LIFE by Stan Wayman Pg… 30 EDITORIALS: Businessman’s Letter to J.F.K. and His Reply Pg… 26 NEWSFRONTS: No Prayer?No Water?No Clothes?But Anyway We’ve Got a Neutrino?And a Belgian Queen Pg… 42 COLOR SPECTACLE: One Town’s Strenuous Fourth Celebrates the Happiest of Birthday. Photographed for LIFE by Leonard McCombe Pg… 51 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: A Big Ball Aloft in a Balloon. By Rosemary Alexander. Photographed for LIFE by Robert Halmi Pg… 58 ARTICLE OF THE WEEK: Great Day in ’76?July 2. History’s Real Story of the Declaration. By Robert Wallace Pg… 73 SPOTLIGHT: On the Washington Hot Seat: Advise and Consent, a Patriotic Movie?or Not? Photographed for LIFE by Mark Shaw Pg… 37 DEPARTMENTS: Sports: Short Snorkel in the Park Pg… 66 DEPARTMENTS: Art: Let’s Twist at the Biennale Pg… 69 DEPARTMENTS: Modern Living: Comeback for a Curlicue: Bentwood Furniture Pg… 13 DEPARTMENTS: Special Report: an Unfond Farwell to Irish Arms. By Dominic Behan Pg… 4 DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Guide to Shakespeare, Music, Dance, Art, Festivals Pg… 15 DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 80 DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Planked Duck