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Pg… 31 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Nation Tackles Its School Crisis
Pg… 38 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: History’s Ghosts: A British Amateur Gets First Picture of Lenin and Stalin in Their Moscow Tomb
Pg… 40 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 42 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Adenauer Gets German PWs Back but Pays a Hard Soviet Price
Pg… 51 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Tension and Jitters in the American League Home Stretch
Pg… 57 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Tall Long–Shot Aims to Upset Democrats in Philadelphia Election
Pg… 67 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Russians Play a Swan Song as They Pull Out of Austria
Pg… 133 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Miss America’s Photo Album from Age 4 Months to Today
Pg… 49 EDITORIALS: Ike and the Elders
Pg… 49 EDITORIALS: Moses and the Jackals
Pg… 87 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Washington as Truman Saw It: Nine Pages in color of the Capital City’s Beauty as the President Saw It on His Early Morning Walks. Photographed for LIFE by Eliot Elisofon
Pg… 82 ARTICLES: THE TRUMAN MEMOIRS. The First Instalment of a President’s Unique Personal Account of the Decisive Years Recalls the Vast Decisions that Confronted Him as He Took Office. By Harry S. Truman
Pg… 167 ARTICLES: Blue Yonder Traditions: A Reporter Hoping to be Present as Hallowed Old Customs are Born at the Air Academy Discovers They are Already There Full Grown. Written and Illustrated by Bill Mauldin
Pg… 62 SCIENCE: An Illinois Professor Makes Bubble–Blowing a Serious Business
Pg… 73 BUSINESS: GM Stages a Multimillion–Dollar Extravaganza in Chicago
Pg… 79 NATURE: Eight Tiny Asian Lizards Make a Flying Start in Captivity
Pg… 123 MOVIES: Hollywood Goes to Phenix City for a Realistic Crime Thriller
Pg… 141 ART: Paris Police Art Show of Famous Fakes Warns Unwary Art Lovers
Pg… 153 SPORTS: Old Tennis Pro Kramer Comes Up with Bold Plan for Amateurs
Pg… 161 FASHION: Furriers Bring Out a Medium–Priced Item Called “Slunk”
Pg… 181 TELEVISION: Contest–Winning Marine Dines in Style on His $64,000 Victory Menu
Pg… 17 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 22 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Concept for a Flying Airfield
Pg… 184 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Cat in a Cold Iron Box
