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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

It was rougher in the horse-and-buggy days
5
Michel SILVA
Wilson's big chance
6
Sir Harold Wilson; 1916-1995, Great Britain (Politics and government)
Responsibles vs, influentials
6
Republican Party (U.S.)
Hemingway is the star in his own tragedy
10
John FERRIS
John F. Kennedy: years of lightning, day of drums
14
Motion pictures (Documentary films)
Urbane echo of a graceful past
53
Louis Auchincloss (American novelist, short story writer and lawyer.)
Wanderers from paradise
68
Bird sanctuaries, Birds (New Guinea), Birds of paradise
Friend in time of trouble
75
Edward John Lees Hallstrom (Sir.)
Puppets calm a boy's fear: John Kirchner and doll given same treatment
79
Fear
Inflation
83
Inflation (Finance), United States (Economic policy)

Don't bunt, the gizmo says hit!
17
Lady Bird's boat ride
34
Lady Bird Johnson (wife of American President Lyndon B. Johnson.); 1912-2007, Big Bend National Park (Tex.)
Closing up the gap in jet-age air safety
36
Airplanes (Safety measures)
Flame-resistant jet fuel and fireproofed people
38
Airplane engines, Jet (Fuel), Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
Split-second devices to prevent mid-air collision
40
Radar in aviation
Ducking the draft and dodging the cameras: fathers and sons face charges
47
Draft (Deferments and exemptions)
Authentic American genius
92
Louis Armstrong (American trumpet player.); 1900-1971
Interview with Louis Armstrong
94
Richard Meryman; 1926-.
Manager Joe Glaser on Louis
114
Louis Armstrong (American trumpet player.); 1900-1971
Icy rider with the gentle hands
119
Braulio Baeza; 1940-.
World's best spaghetti sauce
124
Pasta sauces

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