Pg… 16 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: An Old–Time Winter Hits the Nation Hard: Worst Cold and Snow in 20 Years Bring Destruction, Peril and Some Pleasures to U.S.

Pg… 24 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Look at the World's Week

Pg… 26 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Man Alone in a Space Cage: Exclusive Pictures Show Donald Farrell During His 168–Hour "Flight"

Pg… 33 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The Case of Leopold's Parole: Slayer of Bobby Franks Finally Wins Freedom but Remains Subject of Controversy

Pg… 28 EDITORIAL: How to Save the Railroads

Pg… 58 ARTICLES: An Age of Unrest: Part II, Vol. IV of A History of the English–Speaking Peoples. By Sir Winston Churchill

Pg… 91 ARTICLES: A U.S. Change of Mind: New Survey Shows Surprisingly Fast Switches in Public's Ideas About Space, Schools and Spending. By Paul O'Neil

Pg… 38 FASHION: Dior's Heir Flies High with Help of Trapeze: 21–Year–Old Yves St. Laurent is Great Success at First Paris Showing

Pg… 42 ART: The "Eight" Who Made a Revolution in U.S. Art: the Country Marks "Ashcan" Anniversary

Pg… 51 THEATER: A Fiery Fair Lady Takes Over: Sally Ann Howes Replaces Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle on Broadway

Pg… 81 SPORTS: A Kansas Town with Basketball Fever: a Sport Envelops Community's Life. Photographed for LIFE by George Silk

Pg… 107 PARTY: A Hilarious Hen Party in France

Pg… 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Movie Director Plops and Hops

Pg… 13 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 110 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: a Which–Way Car

Pg… 28 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Unhappy Cuba's Cockeyed Week: Abduction, Violence and Tragedy. U.S. Gambling Mob Moves in and Splits Profits with Batista: by Ernest Havemann

Pg… 43 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Look at the World's Week

Pg… 46 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The Lost Bus with 27 Dead

Pg… 51 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Unique Show of Common Cause: Unprecedented Gathering of Old Rivals Promotes President's Foreign Aid Proposals

Pg… 54 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Mamie's High–Class Hideaway

Pg… 38 EDITORIAL: The Trouble with Bipartisanship

Pg… 60 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: The Passionate Karamazovs: Dostoevasky's Great Novel Makes a Compelling Film. Photographed for LIFE by John Bryson

Pg… 107 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Drama Beneath a City Window: Photographer W. Eugene Smith Makes a Memorable Record of Goings–On in a New York Street

Pg… 74 ARTICLES: Great Men in a Vivid Era: Vol. IV, Part III of A History of the English–Speaking Peoples. By Sir Winston Churchill

Pg… 127 ARTICLES: Captured at Sea by a Murderous Crew: U.S. Yachtsman Relates 64–Hour Ordeal at Hands of Armed Gang of Escaped Convicts. By William Rhodes Hervey Jr.

Pg… 57 SPORTS: Hydroplane Up in the Air Over a Race

Pg… 99 SPORTS: A New Look for Basketball's All America

Pg… 70 NATURE: Rescue of Stuck Duck

Pg… 118 THEATER: Olivier on the Seamy Side: Sir Laurence Breaks Loose as a Music Hall Comedian

Pg… 121 RELIGION: Holy Centenary at Lourdes: the First of an Expected Eight Million Pilgrims Crowd Roman Catholic Shrine

Pg… 141 PARTY: A Summit–Level Party: Skiers Strike Blow for U.S.–Soviet Amity

Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 21 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a Raging Rocket Inferno?First Color Close–Ups of Missile Take–Offs Evoke Images of Dante's Hell

Pg… 144 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Bending Over Backward

Pg… 25 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Crisis in Education: Two Pupils?One in the U.S., the Other in the U.S.S.R.?Point Up a U.S. Weakness. Photographed for LIFE by Howard Sochurek and Stan Wayman. It’s Time to Close Our Carnival, by Sloan Wilson Pg… 38 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week Pg… 46 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Banishment of Lovely Queen: Still Seeking a Son to Succeed Him, Iran’s Shah Divorces Childless Soraya Pg… 48 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Scare Felt Around the World: Atom Bomb Falls Accidentally Near South Carolina Home but Doesn’t Go Off Pg… 53 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: “Mike” vs. “Dief” in Canada: Battered Liberals Buck Odds as Conservatives Try for More Power in General Election Pg… 45 EDITORIAL: The Recession in Politics: the Republican Remedies, Adequate Now, Should Look a Lot Better than the Democratic in 1960 Pg… 112 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Exciting Commotion Off–Broadway: from Makeshift Stages New Vitality is Pumped Into U.S. Theater. Photographed for LIFE by Gjon Mili Pg… 120 ARTICLE: A Lifetime Thrown Away by a Mistake 59 Years Ago: Mental Homes Wrongly Hold Thousands Like Mayo Buckner. By Robert Wallace Pg… 64 MODERN LIVING: New Carpets Provide Charm for Stairs (in Color) Pg… 69 CLOSE–UP: George Romney of American Motors Succeeds in Long–Shot Gamble on Short Cars Pg… 77 ART: Weird Woodwork of Lunar World: Sculptress Exhibits Her All–Black Moon Garden Landscape Pg… 82 MOVIES: The Seeable Songs of South Pacific: Film Cast Interprets the Visual Aspects of the Famous Melodies. Photographed for LIFE in Color by N. R. Farbman Pg… 87 SPORTS: The Theatrical Victories of Silky Sullivan: Derby Candidate’s Unlikely Finishes are Hard on Ailing Hearts, Especially His Owners’ Pg… 92 MEDICINE: Do They Keep the Doctor Away? Michigan State University Professor Tests Apple–a–Day Adage Pg… 99 RELIGION: A Prestidigitating Preacher Enlivens Sermons with Amateur Magic Pg… 107 FASHION: Fast–Breaking Plaids, Checks: Race Track Patterns are Spring’s New Bold Way of Wearing Conservative Colors Pg… 138 PARTY: Viennese Waltzing in Grand Style at the Opera Ball Pg… 15 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 22 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a Twirling Toy Run by Sun?Gadget is Forerunner of Future Solar–Power Machine Pg… 142 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: a Grate Pair of Eyes