--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: May 16th, 1955 | Vol. LXV, No. 20 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # May 16, 1955 | Vol. LXV No. 20May 16, 1955 | Vol. LXV No. 20  Issue name May 16th, 1955 | Vol. LXV, No. 20 | U.S. Issue date May 16, 1955 Location U.S. Related categories [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Education](/vault/subject/education/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1955-05-16/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [THE PRESIDENCY: The Cliff Dweller](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866327,00.html)[WORLD TRADE: Compromise Victory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866328,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: Political Peanuts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866329,00.html)[TAXES: Priorities](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866330,00.html)[National Affairs: Reversing a Trend](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866331,00.html)[POLITICAL NOTES: Two by Two](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866332,00.html)[THE LAW: Tapping and Bugging](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866333,00.html)[THE ADMINISTRATION: Key Man](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866334,00.html)[LABOR: Long Way from Pittsburgh](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866335,00.html)[CITIES: Big-Leaguer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866336,00.html)[CRIME: Return to the Poconos](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866337,00.html)[National Affairs: REHEARSAL FOR DISASTER](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866396,00.html)[WESTERN EUROPE: Milestones](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866338,00.html)[WEST GERMANY: A New Nation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866339,00.html)[AUSTRIA: On the Threshold](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866340,00.html)[SOUTH VIET NAM: U.S. v. the French](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866341,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: The Challengers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866342,00.html)[CONGO: Boom in the Jungle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866343,00.html)[FRANCE: The Road to a Comeback](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866344,00.html)[Foreign News: Vive l' Amabilit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866345,00.html)[INDIA: New Rules for Women](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866346,00.html)[SPAIN: $25 Million for Franco's Navy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866347,00.html)[CHILE: Tax Twist](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866348,00.html)[ECUADOR: Healthy Change](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866349,00.html)[CANADA: Top Railroader](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866350,00.html)[Science: Convertiplane Progress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866368,00.html)[Science: The European Approach](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866369,00.html)[Medicine: Halt!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866360,00.html)[Medicine: Hope For New LIfe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866361,00.html)[Medicine: Twin Sequel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866362,00.html)[The Press: The Hot Middle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866355,00.html)[The Press: Horror Comics (Contd.)](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866356,00.html)[The Press: Advice Taken](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866357,00.html)[The Press: Assassins at the Bar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866358,00.html)[The Press: Odnako](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866359,00.html)[Religion: Fallen Chaplains](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866370,00.html)[Religion: School on Sunday](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866371,00.html)[Religion: Not for Sale](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866372,00.html)[Sport: California Moves In](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866363,00.html)[Sport: Air-Mail Chess](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866364,00.html)[Sport: Losers at Last](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866365,00.html)[Sport: Scoreboard, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866366,00.html)[STATE OF BUSINESS: Open Throttle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866377,00.html)[LABOR: Bill for G.A.W.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866378,00.html)[TRAVEL: The Biggest Season](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866379,00.html)[Time Clock, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866380,00.html)[Business: They Need Subsidies to Fly](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866381,00.html)[BUSINESS ABROAD: Watch on the Rhine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866382,00.html)[PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866383,00.html)[HOTELS: Luck from the Shamrock?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866384,00.html)[INDUSTRY: Heavy-Duty Work](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866385,00.html)[GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866386,00.html)[Education: The Purists](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866367,00.html)[Music: Beef for Japan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866352,00.html)[Music: The Young at Harp](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866353,00.html)[Music: New Pop Records, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866354,00.html)[Art: Stone Men](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866373,00.html)[Art: The Lusty Years](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866374,00.html)[Art: The Oldest Madonna](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866375,00.html)[The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866387,00.html)[Cinema: Newsreel, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866388,00.html)[Cinema: New Picture, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866389,00.html)[Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866390,00.html)[Books: The Short & Simple Annals](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866391,00.html)[Books: My Best Soldiers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866392,00.html)[Books: Hard Scrapple](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866393,00.html)[Books: How It Started](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866394,00.html)[Miscellany, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866395,00.html)[Milestones, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866376,00.html)[People, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866351,00.html)[Publisher's Letter, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866326,00.html)[Letters, may 16, 1955](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866325,00.html) May 16th, 1955 | Vol. LXV, No. 20 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"May 16th, 1955 | Vol. LXV, No. 20 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3564641/may-16th-1955-vol-lxv-no-20-u-s/"}]}]} ```