TITLE: LIFE magazine
[Classic LIFE Magazine, with all the great photographs, features, writers, vintage advertisements and MORE -- See FULL contents below!]
ISSUE DATE: December 12, 1955; Vol. 79, No. 24
CONDITION: LARGE magazine, Approx 10oe" X 13oe". COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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COVER: Part II: THE EPIC OF MAN, The Dawn of Religion. "NEADERTHAL BEAR CULT". COVER: Early Neanderthal men prepare to add new bear heads to a ceremonial collection of skulls in the earliest known religious ritual of man (see pp. 76-96). Cover Painting by RUDOLPH F. ZALLINGER.

THE WEEK'S EVENTS:
Union labor displays new unity and a new high in affluence as A.F. of L. and C.I.O. merge.
Berlin Reds get mean again.
A national meeting on schools rings the bell for federal aid.
A Look at the World's Week.
In "Operation Pork Lift" Iowans try to bolster fallen hog prices.
Formerly a bad prison, old Angola in Louisiana goes straight.
EDITORIAL: 1980's shape of things to come.

PICTORIAL ESSAY: The Epic of Man, Part II: the dawn of religion. Awed by the phenomena of nature, man evolved a belief in higher powers and rites to honor the spirit world. Text by Lincoln Barnett. Paintings by Dmitri Kessel and Rudolph F. Zallinger.

PICTORIAL ESSAY: Underground Sweden: "Operation Granite" builds the world's best shelters against A-war. [Amazing photos!]

ARTICLE: The mystery of the "Joyita," a South Seas charter vessel that turned up mysteriously with her passengers and crew missing. By Leslie Hobbs.

RELIGION: Chicago church has a team of four specialized ministers.

ANIMALS: Eugenie the dugong, a rare sea mammal, keeps a stiff upper lip in captivity.

MODERN LIVING: Legless, hanging furniture gives a room an airy spaciousness. The Designs of Harry Jackson.

FASHION: The old-fashioned nightshirt gets new frills for the ladies.

THEATER: JULIE HARRIS creates a memorable Joan of Arc in "The Lark". [Multiple photos from the Production!]

SPORTS: Champion Carmen Basilio does a dramatic rebound to beat challenger DeMarco.

TELEVISION: Buster Keaton shoots a good old-fashioned two-reeler for TV.

BOOKS: The stately old Plaza Hotel harbors a hellcat, Eloise. [Interesting feature, with drawings by Hilary Knight and text by Kay Thompson.

SEQUEL: Outspoken Patrolman Jack Muller gets a beat in Chicago's Siberia.

PARTY: Hiking to hounds: Maryland bassets lead hunt in futile chase.

OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Speaking of Pictures: frozen fog gives dessertlike effect to Mt. Spokane landmarks.
Letters to the Editors.
Miscellany: missing the duck.

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