Pg… 25 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Savage, Secret War is Waged in Korea, Photographed for LIFE by Margaret Bourke–White

Pg… 37 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Finger is Missing, so is "Three Finger" Brown

Pg… 38 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Weather is Fine for the Elk, but Traps Some Hunters

Pg… 43 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: President–Elect Finds Faces new to Government

Pg… 46 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: LIFE On the Newsfronts of the World

Pg… 67 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Rug is a Jeweler's Extravaganza

Pg… 36 EDITORIAL: The State, Schools and Sects

Pg… 82 PICTORIAL ESSAYS: The Customs of Christmas, Painted for LIFE by James Lewicki

Pg… 121 PICTORIAL ESSAYS: Richard Gets His Chance in a Texas Boys' Home, Photographed for LIFE by Edward Clark

Pg… 51 ARTICLE: What Ike Faces in Korea, by Charles J.V. Murphy

Pg… 128 CLOSE–UP: Shirley Booth, New Queen of Drama, by Robert Coughlan : FASHION: Eye–Catching Dress Trimmings are Not Functional : SCIENCE: Man's Breath Runs Typewriter : ART: Royal Danish Portrait Comes to Life : MUSIC: Pearl Baily Marries a White Drummer : TELEVISION: The Networks Go Hollywood : SPORTS: Ancient Basque Wins Again at Court Tennis : MOVIES: A Gallery of Young French Actresses : OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors : OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: "Milk Run" by Unweaned Colts Supplies Fun and an Odd Photograph at Track : OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Goes to the Biggest U.S. Cat Show : OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Music in the Air

Pg… 31 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: C.I.O Brass Fights Out Leadership Battle

Pg… 37 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Korean Children Produce Mansei for Visitor

Pg… 38 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: New Administration Inspires Gowns, Hope and a Staff

Pg… 40 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Three Prosecutors Engage the Numerous Du Ponts

Pg… 44 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Snow Brings Woe to West

Pg… 49 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: LIFE On the Newsfronts of the World

Pg… 52 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Iranian Assassin Gets Religious Welcome

Pg… 57 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: General Pick Ends Career of Construction

Pg… 70 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Prince Akinito Comes of Age

Pg… 81 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Poltergeist Called Brutus Disrupts a Household

Pg… 36 EDITORIALS: The Collapse of Price Controls

Pg… 36 EDITORIALS: How Communists Use "Projection"

Pg… 36 EDITORIALS: Huns and Repatriation

Pg… 85 PICTORIAL ESSAY AND ARTICLE: The World Around Us, Part I: The Earth is Born, paintings by Chesley Bonestell, text by Lincoln Barnett

Pg… 103 CLOSE–UP: Loesser and the Art of the Hit Tune, by Ernest Havemann

Pg… 65 EDUCATION: Boy Scout Aid in the Dark

Pg… 104 MOVIES: Suicidal Cyd

Pg… 121 MODERN LIVING: Electric Workman

Pg… 129 FASHION: New Bedtime Clothes for Children

Pg… 137 SPORTS: A Yale Dream of Glory Come True

Pg… 145 THEATER: "The Seven Year Itch"

Pg… 152 HISTORY: Prize Epitaphs

Pg… 158 ANIMALS: Black Bear in a Tree

Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 24 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: The Old Masters Acquire Startling New French Look

Pg… 176 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Goes to a Holiday Masquerade

Pg… 181 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Sequel: Jimmy Does Get to be Chief

Pg… 186 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Strictly for the Humans

Pg… 23 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Man and His Mission, Eisenhower in Korea

Pg… 30 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Eisenhower's Cabinet Gets a Plumber, the C.I.O. Gets a Leader

Pg… 32 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Waterfront Witnesses Tell of Easy Dollars on the Docks

Pg… 34 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Mexico Fiesta Celebrates President's Inaugural While Venezuela Dictator Cancels Vote

Pg… 41 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Orlando, Last of the Versailles Big Four, Dies

Pg… 43 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: LIFE On the Newsfronts of the World

Pg… 49 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Accident Means Curtains for the Senior Play

Pg… 36 EDITORIAL: U.S. Labor: The View From a Plateau

Pg… 116 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: The Prairie, Photographed for LIFE by Howard Sochurek

Pg… 126 ARTICLE: Fighting with the French Foreign Legion in Indo–China, by Adrian Liddell Hart

Pg… 57 ENTERTAINMENT: Heaving Hands

Pg… 64 MODERN LIVING: Chinese Cooking

Pg… 77 MOVIES: Film Stars with Fins

Pg… 87 EDUCATION: From DP to College Queen

Pg… 93 FASHION: Fancy Vests Get Louder and Odder

Pg… 99 ARMY: Amphibious Barc.

Pg… 102 MUSIC: "Amahl and the Night Visitors"

Pg… 105 TELEVISION: "Omnibus," a $2 Million Experiment

Pg… 111 SPORTS: Big Fish's Last Fight

Pg… 113 SCIENCE: Biggest Sphere for the Atomic Sub Engine

Pg… 7 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Pope's Pronouncement on Nuns' Habits Leads Designers to Surprising Suggestions

Pg… 62 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Sequel to a Sequel: Boy Takes Linda Joy's Place

Pg… 144 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE'S Party: The Amsterdam Egg–Blowers

Pg… 146 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: An Eyeful at the Movies (Polaroid 3–D glasses used to watch movie "Bwana Devil")

Pg… 10 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The Steel–Hungry Nation Gets a Mighty New Mill

Pg… 15 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Indomitable Soccer Goalie Carries on in English Fog

Pg… 16 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The World Toll of Wind, Fog and Snow

Pg… 18 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Arab Daggers Spring to Fight French in Morocco

Pg… 20 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Talking Horse Writes Her Own Headline

Pg… 22 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: LIFE On the Newsfronts of the World

Pg… 27 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Uncle Joe's Miracle Mile in Red Berlin

Pg… 14 EDITORIALS: Good News form Lapointe

Pg… 67 EDITORIALS: Heretics or Conspirators

Pg… 76 ARTICLE: Herbert Brownell, Eisenhower's Right Hand, by Robert Wallace

Pg… 33 MODERN LIVING: Furniture That Saves Space

Pg… 41 THEATER: Hokum and More Hokum

Pg… 47 FASHION: Glamour Caps for the Shower

Pg… 49 MOVIES: Kings of Comic Opera

Pg… 54 ANIMALS: Horses Smaller than a Dog

Pg… 59 NIGHTCLUBS: Merry Marrakech Opens New Casino

Pg… 60 SPORTS: Oxygen Gives New Life to Athletes

Pg… 62 TELEVISION: A Raft of Illusions in Sea Rescue

Pg… 64 RELIGION: Church Art in Haiti

Pg… 2 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Prizewinners Take a Long Leap from Traditional Christmas Card Designs

Pg… 7 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 86 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE'S Party: Company Gives the Children a Treat

Pg… 88 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: A Frenzy in Feathers