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LIFE

Front Cover
17 Oct 1955
206 pages
Vol. 39, No. 16
ISSN 0024-3019
Published by Time Inc
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
  

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Contents

Gigantic Jack-o'-lantern
16
Gas tanks
Brooklyn rolls, the U.S. rocks
38
Johnny Podres (American baseball player and coach.); 1932-2008, Baseball, Celebrations
Mercy lift for neighbor
44
Floods (Mexico), Rescue work
Old-style labor war explodes in Indiana
46
Perfect Circle Company, Strikes (Automobile industry workers), New Castle (Ind.)
After hot Indonesia campaign a cold shoulder for the reds
48
Elections (Indonesia)
Mechanization of gadgets and guns
110
Inventions
John Ericsson's deadly cheese box
113
John Ericsson, Monitor (Ironclad)
Octagonal houses and gymnastic rooms
114
Houses, Octagonal
England exports an Alice
117
Gillian BARBER
Toy to figure out
121
Paper work (Art), Toys

Colonialism is a U.S. problem
50
Colonies (Administration)
Seared scars of a disaster
55
Aviation (Accidents), Rescue work
New titles and tunics for red China's army brass
58
China People's Liberation Army
Old pro sharing laugh with a political hopeful
60
Harry S. Truman; 1884-1972, PRESIDENTIAL campaigns (1956)
Super intersection of the expressways
65
Roads (Interchanges and intersections), Express highways
Princely professor in Japan
72
prince of Japan TAKAHITO
Trial
77
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
Belated blessing
89
Milwaukee County Zoological Park, Cranes (Birds)
Romantic decades
98
Architecture, Gothic
John Belter's Victorian parlor
102
House decoration, Victorian
Smart equipment for the horse-drawn age
104
Carriages
Thoroughbred racers of the seven seas
107
Clipper ships
Shakers' gathering room
108
Furniture, American
Gamble on an incorrigible
123
Allen John MOORE, Parole
Lighting up children at night
135
Clothing and dress (Children), Reflective clothing
Fishy catch in dry desert
141
Shrimp
Victor indicts his fleeing foe
147
Juan Domingo Peron; 1895-1974, Argentina (Politics and government)
Songbirds doff duds
157
Eartha Kitt, Patrice Munsel; 1925-., Nightclubs, Singers
Broadway's big beginning
161
Susan Strasberg, Drama (Themes), Theater
Diary of Anne Frank
162
Frances Goodrich; 1891-1984, Albert Hackett; 1900-1995, Theater reviews (Single works)
Tiger at the gates
164
Jean Giraudoux; 1882-1944
View from the bridge
166
Arthur Miller; 1915-., Theater reviews (Single works)
Two stars float a tv show
172
Noel Coward (English actor, dramatist and composer.), Mary Martin (actress and singer.); 1913-1990, Richard Halliday
Cold war starts at Potsdam
174
Potsdam Conference
Royal setting for big three
177
Palaces
Prince weds his princess
202
Alphonse Maximilien HOHENLOHE-LANGENBOURG (prince), Virginia Ira HOHENLOHE-LANGENBOURG, Weddings

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