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LIFE Magazine Classic LIFE Magazine, with all the great photographs, features, writers, vintage advertisements and MORE -- Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! * ISSUE DATE: December 14 1959; Vol. 47, No. 24 IN THIS ISSUE:- [Detailed contents description written EXCLUSIVELY for this listing by MORE MAGAZINES! Use 'Control F' to search this page.] * This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COVER: The volcanoes of Hawaii put on periodic shows of grandeur, and this time Kilauea Iki does the honors, erupting in a spectacular display of fireworks (see pp. 21-23). Cover-Robert Wenkam. THE WEEK'S EVENTS: What happened the night the dam burst: survivors tell of a tragedy on the French Riviera. Text by David Snell and Gabrielle Smith. A new round in the TV row: investigators will ask if a slavish dependence on ratings makes so many programs mediocre. Ike's rainy Roman holiday: the President's trip to Europe and Asia has an upbeat beginning in a downpour. Mickey Cohen, his dog and a blonde: the hoodlum claims to be just innocent bystander at a murder in Los Angeles. Return of the Wanderer from an idyl: after taking his kids on a schooner to the South Seas, Sterling Hayden faces a custody battle back in Hollywood. A Look at the World's Week. EDITORIAL: A twelfth month look around. PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: The papers of Benjamin Franklin, Part II: he was an incorrigible civic booster and helped make Philadelphia the leading colonial city. Photographed for LIFE by Andreas Feininger. PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: The farm problem, Conclusion. Too many farmers crowd the field but solutions are posed by experts, including some presidential hopefuls. ARTICLE: The Astronauts get their prodigious chariot: the spacemen's cramped capsule almost thinks for itself. By Don Schanche, LIFE Staff Correspondent. ANIMALS: Gentle bristling little hedgehogs. FASHION: Lavish lounging pants are the latest mode for dressing up. MOVIES: A job as star for Ingemar Johansson. SPORTS: A rough trio of linebackers with feminine nicknames lead the Giants. PARTY: Somerset Maugham visits Japan and goes on a giddy geisha gambol. OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors. Speaking of Pictures: fiery fury in the sky Miscellany: a pigeon's pretty pass, alas. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Oversized magazine, Approx 10oe" X 13". COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)
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