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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
 

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Contents

Literary picture gallery by a publisher
14
Alfred Knopf, Authors (Photographs)
Small state takes the limelight: West Virginia primary
24
Primaries
In Logan county, the half-pint vote, slating and Lever brothers
26
Logan County (W. Va.), West Virginia (Politics and government)
Big debate on capital punishment
45
Caryl Chessman (American criminal.); 1921-1960
Death sentence: its pros, cons
46
Capital punishment
Showy water lilies
71
Water lilies
Blonde called me-me-oh
85
Yvette Mimieux; 1942-.
Embattled democracy
90
Greece (Politics and government, Social conditions)
Hopeful second chance
102
Business and education, Dropouts, Detroit (Mich.) (Education)
Old Rome on the range
110
Chariot racing

Carney steps out and up
53
Art Carney
Escape at sea after orbiting
59
Space vehicles (Landing and recovery)
Our flashy, lovable, open-handed banks
114
Banks and banking
U.S.A. as host to Charlie
129
Charles de Gaulle; 1890-1970

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