Crucial session of Congress - six pages in color. Great series of photos of ladies being served breakfast in bed : includes Mrs. John Vuolle of Calumet, Michigan; Mrs. Hugh Estell of Jackson, Mississippi; Mrs. Claude Jones of Panama City, Florida, Mrs. Elmer Houser of Knoxville, Tennessee; Jamie Chisam, Virginia Maxwell (Gazelle, California), Mrs. Claude Jone (Panama City, Florida). Follow-up letter and photo of Plymouth whale and burning it (see LIFE December 28, 1953). James Landis steals money directly from the US treasury. Great full page color Jell-o (jello) ad with a happy stork. Heiress Maria Isabella Patino y Borbon elopes with James Goldsmith. Nice two page color Mercury ad with red car. Cutest photos of Julie Shledon swimming at 9 weeks old. Death of Death Valley Scotty, Walter Perry Scott. Great Falls, Montana Catholic high school, many pages and lots of photos. Uses for rubber in the home. Full page color Western Electric ad with night watchman, art by Paul Rabut. Round Table club of Beaumont, Texas, a relative reports that some of the dancers shown are Wayne Brown and Hazel Faye Brown. Ester Williams water skis in movie "Easy to Love." Feature on the 1954 car. Amazing plane crash photo - Aeronca stuck in roof in Muncy, Pennsylvania - pilot Ronald Neece was fine. World's tallest basketball player is Wade Halbrook, 7 feet 3 inches. Paragraph and photo show how smart Forest rangers from Tacoma caught log poachers.