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Pg… 24 STORY OF THE WEEK: New York’s Political Zoo Opens: the Bizarre Spectacle, by Murray Kempton Pg… 34 NEWFRONTS: Berlin Fuse Burns Short?Reds Shoot a Refugee..Our Troubles Move to U.N?. Senate Surveys Gambling?Coypu Menaces England?Plague Comes Out of China Pg… 42 EDITORIALS: Super–Boom, Yes?Bust, No Pg… 42 EDITORIALS: Foreign Aid, Let’s Mean It Pg… 47 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: The Mad Happy Surfers: California “Hot Doggers” Enjoy a New Way of Life on the Wavetops Pg… 54 ARTICLE OF THE WEEK: The First Lady Brings History and Beauty to the White House. By Hugh Sidey. Photographed for LIFE by Edward Clark and Nina Leen Pg… 68 THE COLOR SPECTACLE: Holiday Idyls of Long Ago: the Nostalgic Appeal of the Art of Maurice Prendergast Pg… 82 BETTER LIVING: The Big Paris Word: SHAPE?in Dresses, Suits, Corsets. Photographed for LIFE for Mark Shaw Pg… 75 DEPARTMENTS: Close–Up: ‘I’m Looking for a Market for Wisdom.’ Leo Szilard, Scientist Pg… 13 DEPARTMENTS: Special Report: Rousing Bravo for a Brave Brave?Warren Spahn’s Long and Hard Road to Immortality. By Paul O’Neil Pg… 10 DEPARTMENTS: LIFE GUIDE to Labor Day Festivities, Ogden Nash Records, Authentic Cowboy Book Pg… 23 DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 88 DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Hare in a Bears’ Lair