In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LXVI No. 24
Read the Cover StoryNATION
REPUBLICANS: If He Feels He's Able
(National Affairs / REPUBLICANS)
National Affairs: Plowing & Politics (National Affairs)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Out of Bounds? (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
AGRICULTURE: The Moon & Six Points (National Affairs / AGRICULTURE)
DEMOCRATS: Metaphoric Morsel (National Affairs / DEMOCRATS)
RACES: Armageddon to Go (National Affairs / RACES)
INVESTIGATIONS: The Receiving End (National Affairs / INVESTIGATIONS)
National Affairs: Together Again (National Affairs)
WORLD
MIDDLE EAST: The Critical Mass
(Foreign News / MIDDLE EAST)
COMMUNISTS: Bhai Bhai in India (Foreign News / COMMUNISTS)
WEST GERMANY: Here I Stand (Foreign News / WEST GERMANY)
BERLIN: With Flags Flying (Foreign News / BERLIN)
FRANCE: Victor Vanquished (Foreign News / FRANCE)
MOROCCO: Brainwashed Berber (Foreign News / MOROCCO)
TURKEY: Mutiny in the Ranks (Foreign News / TURKEY)
ITALY: After Eight Years (Foreign News / ITALY)
SOUTH SEAS: Silent Mystery (Foreign News / SOUTH SEAS)
AUSTRALIA: Tail Feathers (Foreign News / AUSTRALIA)
CHINA: Sugar-Coated Bullets (Foreign News / CHINA)
THE AMERICAS: Friendship As Usual (The Hemisphere / THE AMERICAS)
ARGENTINA: Reform Decrees (The Hemisphere / ARGENTINA)
CUBA: Righteous Wrath (The Hemisphere / CUBA)
URUGUAY: State Visit (The Hemisphere / URUGUAY)
VENEZUELA: Bullfighter's Comeback (The Hemisphere / VENEZUELA)
Foreign News: The Roof Leaks in Burma (Foreign News)
SCIENCE
Science: Dust on the Moon
Science: Radioactivity from Russia
Science: Birds in the Air
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Back to Abortions
(Medicine)
Medicine: Thanatopsis, 1955 (Medicine)
Medicine: Mirage (Medicine)
Medicine: Drug Lore (Medicine)
Medicine: Capsules, Dec. 12, 1955 (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: The Press, Dec. 12, 1955
(The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Excommunication in Erath
Religion: Antidisestablishmentariasm
Religion: Prayer of the Week
SPORT
Sport: Boston Brawl
Sport: Wilt the Stilt
Sport: Papa Bear
Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 12, 1955
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
They Can ana Do Come Back
CRIME: Idaho Underworld (CRIME)
BUSINESS
RETAIL TRADE: The Little King
(RETAIL TRADE) TIME CLOCK (Time Clock)
PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Dec. 12, 1955 (PERSONNEL)
AUTOS: Attack on G.M. (AUTOS)
EDUCATION
Education: How to Attract Attention
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Radio & Television: Plaudits
(Radio & Television)
The Theater: Rodger and Hammerstein's Pipe Dream (The Theater)
Pipe Dream (music by Richard Rodgers; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II).
Music: Composer Jean Sibelius, Nature Boy at 90 (Music)
Arts: The Latin American Look
Cinema: Cinema, Dec. 12, 1955 (Cinema)
Books: Personal Publisher (Books)
Radio: Old Army Game (Radio)
TELEVISION: Program Preview, Dec. 12, 1955 (Radio and Television / TELEVISION)
Radio: The Week in Review (Radio)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Dec. 12, 1955
MILESTONES
Milestones, Dec. 12, 1955
PEOPLE
People
TO OUR READERS
Publisher's Letter, Dec. 12, 1955
(Publisher's Letter)
LETTERS
Letters, Dec. 12, 1955

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