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Pg… 4 Editorial: Nation Nehru Made Joins East and West
Pg… 10 LIFE Reviews: Book: New Horatio Alger Series Starring L.B.J., Reviewed by Jules Feiffer
Pg… 10 LIFE Reviews: Records: Burton's Historic Hamlet for Only $15, Reviewed by Thomas Thompson
Pg… 10 LIFE Reviews: Movie: Lady in a Cage with Olivia de Havilland, Reviewed by Richard Oulahan
Pg… 29 The View from Here: Old Ev, the Good Wizard, by Loudon Wainwright
Pg… 30 Letters to the Editors
Pg… 32 The Cremation of Nehru: The Funeral of India's Leader Takes Place in New Delhi. Photographed for LIFE by Larry Burrows, Eliot Elisofon and Baldev. On the Scene Report by Lee Hall
Pg… 47 Mystery on Ship of Fear: A Freighter, Its Captain Axed to Death, Sits in Honolulu with a Murderer Aboard
Pg… 50 Beaverbrook at 85: The Publisher Celebrates His Birthday
Pg… 50B People in the News: Lady Bird Eyes a Brand–New Wing
Pg… 50B People in the News: Ike Sinks a Putt and Chips at a Senator
Pg… 50B People in the News: The Danes Put a Head on Their Mermaid
Pg… 55 Outcry Over Piet?: Michelangelo Causes Fuss at the Fair
Pg… 61 Catching Up with Guinness: A Close–Up of Sir Alec Who Tells a Funny Story
Pg… 68 Scarred Face of Verdun: World War I, Part VI: Leftovers Still Litter the Deadly Battlefield. Photographed for LIFE by Alfred Eisenstaedt. The Chaotic Legacy of the War, by William E. Leuchtenberg
Pg… 89 Sidewalk Surfers: Surfboards on Wheels Use Pavement Instead of Waves
Pg… 94A The Name is Verna Lisi: A Cool and Classy Blond Italian Dazzles Hollywood
Pg… 105 Fight Over Phonics: A California town is all Riled Up Over the Way Reading is Taught
Pg… 108 Man Conquers Mt. Eiffel: French Mountaineers Climb the Tall Tower in Paris
Pg… 113 Gemini's Astronauts: The Two Men Picked as the First American Space Team Tell Their Stories. When I Came Aboard I Felt Like a Rookie, by John W. Young. If it Goes Wrong, I'll be Responsible, by Virgil (Gus) Grissom
Pg… 123 Party Pajamas' Party Airs: New Glamor Girls Show Off Summer's Split Skirts
Pg… 130 Miscellany: All Right?if You Insist