Life Magazine Lot of 4 Full Month August 1956 6, 13, 20, 27 Civil Rights Era

Pg… 18 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: An epic sea rescue: photographs show sinking of "Andrea Doria" and the saving of her passengers; Walter Lord describes the hours of fear in this night of terror

Pg… 41 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Stassen stumbles badly in his stop–Nixon move

Pg… 104 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Shavian centennial is celebrated in Chicago

Pg… 35 EDITORIALS: The best answer to Nasser

Pg… 35 EDITORIALS: The vice presidency has changed

Pg… 64 ARTICLE: A lost love and new adventure, by Samuel E. Chamberlain: Part III of "My Confession", a soldier–artist's Mexican War memoirs

Pg… 91 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Russians bear down for the Olympics: athletes train zealously to improve their already formidable performance. Photographed for LIFE by Lisa Larsen

Pg… 45 AGRICULTURE: Cold calamity for cotton: artificial hail measures cotton damage from storms

Pg… 48 MOVIES: A sad and saucy star: the U.S. gets a look at Italy's Giulietta Masina

Pg… 53 NATURE: The big stork handout: Alsace furnishes everything free for its feathered friends

Pg… 63 RELIGION: A pulpit on the deck: English village worships on a boat in a fisherman's museum

Pg… 101 ART: Doubles in grace: Giacomo Manzu classic style makes him one of Italy's best contemporary sculptors

Pg… 106 FASHION: Waiters give a style tip and women adopt their Chinese working jackets

Pg… 109 MUSIC: Baby Doe and her silver king: A historic American love story is an operatic hit

Pg… 115 PARTY: Nuns in a musical frolic: Notre Dame speech class pokes pleasant fun at convent living

Pg… 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: How to pat a whale

Pg… 118 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Tiers of tattered trolleys

Pg… 17 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Smiling Stevenson Sews It Up as Democrats Prepare for Convention and the President Answers Some Searching Questions

Pg… 24 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Specter of Polio Stalks Chicago

Pg… 26 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Egypt's Suez Seizure Arouses the West

Pg… 31 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Look at the World's Week

Pg… 34 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Rebels on a Rock Pile Break Their Legs in Prison Protest

Pg… 28 EDITORIAL: Suez?Chess and Morals

Pg… 68 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Mecca for Fun and Sunners: Blackpool Holiday Gives 7 Million Britons Their Unique "Annual Resurrection." Photographed for LIFE by Leonard McCombe

Pg… 84 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: The Pony Gallops Into U.S. Popularity: Rich Man's Luxury Becomes a Familiar Child's Pet

Pg… 51 CLOSE–UP: The Man Who Helped the Sergeant: Emile Zola Berman's Plea for McKeon Brings Fame to Great, Little–Known Lawyer. By Joe McCarthy. Drawings by Franklin McMahon

Pg… 93 ARTICLE: The Boy Buffoons of Baseball: Unripe Rookies Used as Big Leaguers Brought on Hilarious Pirate Mishaps. By Marshall Smith

Pg… 39 SPORTS: Carin Cone is Best U.S. Bet for Olympic Backstroke

Pg… 43 FASHION: German and Austrian Designs Bring Schmaltz to U.S. Style. Photographed for LIFE by Mark Shaw

Pg… 63 MUSIC: A College Combo Plays One–Night Stand in Memory of Its Old Trombonist, Glenn Miller

Pg… 77 ART: Portrait Painting Becomes a Big Business

Pg… 107 PARTY: A Sales Convention Grants a Wealth of Wishes

Pg… 12 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Camera in a Sea Tomb

Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 110 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Good Head for Machinery

Pg… 19 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Muffled roll for the Grand Army: the death of the last Union soldier and end of an era. By Bruce Catton

Pg… 26 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Harry Truman raises a pre–convention hubbub.

Pg… 28 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Suez Canal becomes setting for an International showdown.

Pg… 36 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A look at the world's week.

Pg… 59 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A millionaire makes things harder for the golfers at Long Island club.

Pg… 35 EDITORIALS: Let's get the news in Red China

Pg… 35 EDITORIALS: Don't let the doldrums fool you.

Pg… 46 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Delights for delegates: San Francisco offers some of the nation's best food and nightclub entertainment for Republican conventioneers. Photographed for LIFE by Nat Farbman and Loomis Dean.

Pg… 86 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: The camera eye vs. Dr. Cook: after half a century, photos testify against his claim that he climbed Mt. McKinley.

Pg… 95 ARTICLE: Why ministers are breaking down: too many kinds of jobs make the clergyman's role "impossible". By the Reverend Wesley Shrader.

Pg… 41 NATURE: Hoods protect heads at Europe's main bee market.

Pg… 53 MODERN LIVING: Yoga exercises give a new twist to Rhode Island society.

Pg… 62 MOVIES: Tolstoy's titanic tale of war: "War and Peace" is made into a spectacular movie.

Pg… 81 SPORTS: Russia masses its muscle: Olympic tryouts begin with a whopping show in Moscow.

Pg… 107 PARTY: A band of jeepers go on a mountain jaunt.

Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a startling stirring of starlings.

Pg… 110 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: an inclination to the dance.

Pg… 20 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Emergence of a New Democratic Party Pg… 41 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week Pg… 42 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Suez Conference and a Mood for Compromise Pg… 36 EDITORIALS: Adlai’s New Party Pg… 36 EDITORIALS: Harry’s New–Old Platform Pg… 72 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Country Sport Gets Citified: Lights and Gadgets Make Trots Bigtime. Photographed for LIFE by Hank Walker Pg… 101 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS: Elvis Presley – A Different Kind of Idol: Presley Impact Piles Up Fans, Fads and Fears Pg… 117 ARTICLE: Our New Weather, by Herbert Brean Pg… 49 SPORTS: Golfer’s Daughter Takes Puzzled Peek After Peak Prize Pg… 111 SPORTS: Skindivers’ Flippers Flail for Lake Loot Pg… 55 MILITARY AFFAIRS: Two–Way Radio in a GI Hat Pg… 58 ART: A Tragic End for Rebel Artist Jackson Pollock Pg… 63 NATURE: Swallow Sanctuary on an Old Barn Wall Pg… 69 YOUTH: Ex–U.S. Treasurer Helps Town Learn to Whistle Again Pg… 79 MOVIES: “Bus Stop” Unveils a New Marilyn Monroe Pg… 85 RECREATION: A Crowd of Climbers Shinny Up Devil’s Tower Pg… 90 FASHION: “My Fair Lady” Inspires Elegant Fall Fashions Pg… 133 PARTY: Guests Indulge in Horseplay at Plush Dublin Horse Show Pg… 13 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 14 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Portrait of a Bullet Head On Pg… 136 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: a Riddle in the Middle of the Rails