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Pg… 25 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Crisis in Education: Two Pupils?One in the U.S., the Other in the U.S.S.R.?Point Up a U.S. Weakness. Photographed for LIFE by Howard Sochurek and Stan Wayman. It’s Time to Close Our Carnival, by Sloan Wilson Pg… 38 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week Pg… 46 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Banishment of Lovely Queen: Still Seeking a Son to Succeed Him, Iran’s Shah Divorces Childless Soraya Pg… 48 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Scare Felt Around the World: Atom Bomb Falls Accidentally Near South Carolina Home but Doesn’t Go Off Pg… 53 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: “Mike” vs. “Dief” in Canada: Battered Liberals Buck Odds as Conservatives Try for More Power in General Election Pg… 45 EDITORIAL: The Recession in Politics: the Republican Remedies, Adequate Now, Should Look a Lot Better than the Democratic in 1960 Pg… 112 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Exciting Commotion Off–Broadway: from Makeshift Stages New Vitality is Pumped Into U.S. Theater. Photographed for LIFE by Gjon Mili Pg… 120 ARTICLE: A Lifetime Thrown Away by a Mistake 59 Years Ago: Mental Homes Wrongly Hold Thousands Like Mayo Buckner. By Robert Wallace Pg… 64 MODERN LIVING: New Carpets Provide Charm for Stairs (in Color) Pg… 69 CLOSE–UP: George Romney of American Motors Succeeds in Long–Shot Gamble on Short Cars Pg… 77 ART: Weird Woodwork of Lunar World: Sculptress Exhibits Her All–Black Moon Garden Landscape Pg… 82 MOVIES: The Seeable Songs of South Pacific: Film Cast Interprets the Visual Aspects of the Famous Melodies. Photographed for LIFE in Color by N. R. Farbman Pg… 87 SPORTS: The Theatrical Victories of Silky Sullivan: Derby Candidate’s Unlikely Finishes are Hard on Ailing Hearts, Especially His Owners’ Pg… 92 MEDICINE: Do They Keep the Doctor Away? Michigan State University Professor Tests Apple–a–Day Adage Pg… 99 RELIGION: A Prestidigitating Preacher Enlivens Sermons with Amateur Magic Pg… 107 FASHION: Fast–Breaking Plaids, Checks: Race Track Patterns are Spring’s New Bold Way of Wearing Conservative Colors Pg… 138 PARTY: Viennese Waltzing in Grand Style at the Opera Ball Pg… 15 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 22 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a Twirling Toy Run by Sun?Gadget is Forerunner of Future Solar–Power Machine Pg… 142 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: a Grate Pair of Eyes
