LIFE

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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

Our greatest week in space
18
Space flight
Echo heard around world
20
Communications satellites
Earth's recapture of its own
22
Space vehicles (Landing and recovery)
Higher than man ever was
24
Aviation records
Earth orbiters and what they do
26
Artificial satellites
Sons and lovers
43
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
Ballads and tales of the frontier
48
American folk literature, Frontier and pioneer life
Storyteller's map of American myths
57
United States (Maps)
Happy birthday for ex-hubby
66
John MEYER
Lighting up the brain waves
68
Anatomical models

Charlie and George
28
Charles FINN, George FINN
Sad answer to Sleeping Beauty case
33
Fratantonio family, Barbiturates
New face, new chaos in Laos
36
Laos (Politics and government)
New vigor for the Old World in economic renaissance
80
Western Europe (Economic conditions)
Plush pleasures for the new rich
84
Western Europe (Social life and customs)
Winsome pair heads fastest U.S. team
92
Lynn BURKE, Susan Christine VON SALTZA, Swimming

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