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Vol. LXIV No. 15

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Issue name

October 11th, 1954 | Vol. LXIV, No. 15 | U.S.

Issue date

October 11, 1954

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U.S.

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## Table of Contents

Others

[THE CAMPAIGN: The G.O.P. Argument](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936418,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY: Under the Collar, Warmer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936419,00.html)[National Affairs: The Democratic Argument](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936420,00.html)[National Affairs: The Vanishing Trend](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936421,00.html)[National Affairs: One for the Republicans?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936422,00.html)[National Affairs: One for the Democrats?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936423,00.html)[National Affairs: Buffalo Bill Rides Again](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936424,00.html)[National Affairs: What They Say](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936425,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: The Products of Patience](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936426,00.html)[National Affairs: Calm After Censure](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936427,00.html)[LABOR: Bull Session](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936428,00.html)[ARMED FORCES: On Jets & Screaming Babies](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936429,00.html)[National Affairs: Letters & Life](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936430,00.html)[WESTERN EUROPE: Agreement on Germany](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936432,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: An Ominous First](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936433,00.html)[Foreign News: DEFENSE OF EUROPE](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936434,00.html)[TRIESTE: Diplomatic Triumph](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936435,00.html)[ITALY: Solid Vote](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936436,00.html)[FRANCE: Leaks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936437,00.html)[CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Beetles & Banishment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936438,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Genius in the Gutter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936439,00.html)[GERMANY: The River Flows West](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936440,00.html)[YUGOSLAVIA: Business With Moscow](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936441,00.html)[CHINA: Parades & Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936442,00.html)[Foreign News: The Importance of Quemoy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936443,00.html)[GUATEMALA: Reds at Work](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936444,00.html)[THE AMERICAS: Thanks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936445,00.html)[Science: The Bomb Detectives](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936454,00.html)[Science: The Fleeting Flesh](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936455,00.html)[Medicine: Aviation Medicine Takes Up the Challenge of Space](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936479,00.html)[The Press: The Wayward Editor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936460,00.html)[The Press: Cassandra of the Mirror](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936461,00.html)[Religion: Words & Works](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936465,00.html)[Religion: Around the Kaaba](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936466,00.html)[Sport: Waiting for Dusty](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936447,00.html)[Sport: The Sport of Commissars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936448,00.html)[Sport: Scoreboard, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936449,00.html)[Judgments & Prophecies, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936431,00.html)[GOVERNMENT: Bad News for Bessie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936467,00.html)[INVESTMENTS: Words of Advice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936468,00.html)[Time Clock, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936469,00.html)[ADVERTISING: $100 Million Down the Drain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936470,00.html)[Business: AN ANSWER TO THE SOS](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936471,00.html)[METALS: California Treasure Hunt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936472,00.html)[PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936473,00.html)[OIL: Refinery for Williston](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936474,00.html)[HOUSING: King of the Builders](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936475,00.html)[LABOR: Strike's End](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936476,00.html)[GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936477,00.html)[Education: Racial Flare-Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936456,00.html)[Cinema: A Tiger in the Reeds](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936450,00.html)[Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936451,00.html)[Music: Prayers & Popcorn](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936452,00.html)[Music: Diskman's Dilemma](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936453,00.html)[Radio: Review of the Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936457,00.html)[Radio: Comeback for Lanza](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936458,00.html)[TELEVISION: Program Preview, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936459,00.html)[The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936462,00.html)[Art: U.S. ALBUM/Thomas Eakins](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936463,00.html)[Art: Something New](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936464,00.html)[Books: Out of the Labyrinth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936480,00.html)[Books: Coexistence with Giants](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936481,00.html)[Books: Whigs in Clover](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936482,00.html)[Books: Mixed Fiction, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936483,00.html)[Miscellany, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936484,00.html)[Milestones, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936478,00.html)[People, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936446,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936417,00.html)[Letters, Oct. 11, 1954](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,936416,00.html)


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