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# May 14, 1956 | Vol. LXVII No. 20 May 14, 1956 |  

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May 14th, 1956 | Vol. LXVII, No. 20 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

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[THE NATION: Defense Under Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808393,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY: Where Does Aid Go?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808394,00.html)[INVESTIGATIONS: The Friend from California](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808395,00.html)[POLITICS: The Grand Exit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808396,00.html)[DEMOCRATS: Swingin1 on the polden Gate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808397,00.html)[OHIO: Declaration of Independents](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808398,00.html)[TEXAS: Victory for Lyndon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808399,00.html)[ALABAMA: The Wages of Moderation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808400,00.html)[OREGON: Unexpected Competition](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808401,00.html)[ARMED FORCES: The Missing Pieces](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808402,00.html)[HISTORICAL NOTES: Secret Weapons](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808403,00.html)[STATISTICS: Knock on Any Door](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808404,00.html)[THE KREMLIN: The Memories Rankle On](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808405,00.html)[Foreign News: Victims' Mistake](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808406,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: Mission Accomplished](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808407,00.html)[NATO: What Can We Do?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808408,00.html)[MOROCCO: Justice in Marrakech](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808409,00.html)[FRANCE: Shaky Hand](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808410,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Mystery in the Deep](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808411,00.html)[Foreign News: Empty Theory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808412,00.html)[EAST GERMANY: Losing the Little Finger](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808413,00.html)[YUGOSLAVIA: The High Price of Friendship](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808414,00.html)[SOUTH KOREA: Shinicky's Wake](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808415,00.html)[NEPAL: Auspicious Moment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808416,00.html)[BHUTAN: Land of the Dragon King](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808417,00.html)[SOUTH AFRICA: The Man Between](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808418,00.html)[Foreign News: Deadly Drink](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808419,00.html)[UGANDA: The Accountant](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808420,00.html)[RED CHINA: The New Look](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808421,00.html)[SOMALILAND: Beginning of a New Nation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808422,00.html)[THE AMERICAS: Club Meeting](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808423,00.html)[PUERTO RICO: Island Workshop](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808424,00.html)[BRAZIL: Hit Visit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808425,00.html)[Science: Taping the Earth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808435,00.html)[Medicine: Psychiatry Changes Course](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808432,00.html)[Medicine: Id-Bits](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808433,00.html)[Medicine: Capsules, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808434,00.html)[The Press: The Verdict](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808438,00.html)[The Press: Where Are the People?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808439,00.html)[The Press: Life Can Be Golden](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808440,00.html)[The Press: Bitter Victory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808441,00.html)[Religion: Tension in the Church](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808442,00.html)[Religion: Methodists Convened](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808443,00.html)[Religion: The Little Church](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808444,00.html)[Religion: Words & Works](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808445,00.html)[Sport: Man with a Mission](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808429,00.html)[Sport: Bluegrass Tradition](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808430,00.html)[Sport: Scoreboard, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808431,00.html)[STATE OF BUSINESS: From Cheers to Jolts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808450,00.html)[ATOMIC ENERGY: Future in the Sands](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808451,00.html)[Time Clock, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808452,00.html)[COMMODITIES: The Soaring Soy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808453,00.html)[MANAGEMENT: Featherbedding Brass](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808454,00.html)[Time Clock: \*BETTER HOUSES ABUILDING-](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808455,00.html)[BUSINESS ABROAD: Champion's Champion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808456,00.html)[WALL STREET: War Brings the Bears](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808457,00.html)[PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808458,00.html)[Education: Report Card](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808460,00.html)[Education: The Incorruptibles](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808461,00.html)[Education: How to Raise Salaries?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808462,00.html)[Education: That Normal Problem Child](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808463,00.html)[Music: Export](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808427,00.html)[Music: Teeners' Hero](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808428,00.html)[Cinema: To Aristophanes & Back](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808436,00.html)[Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808437,00.html)[Art: Heaven-Opening View](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808446,00.html)[Art: YALE COLLECTORS](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808447,00.html)[Art: Life in Paris](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808448,00.html)[The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808449,00.html)[Books: New Magazine in Manhattan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808464,00.html)[Books: Out of Night & Fog](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808465,00.html)[Books: Bad Spell in London](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808466,00.html)[Books: An Insight into Blindness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808467,00.html)[Books: Mallet of Malice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808468,00.html)[Miscellany, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808391,00.html)[Milestones, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808459,00.html)[People, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808426,00.html)[Publisher's Letter, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808392,00.html)[Letters, may 14, 1956](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808390,00.html)


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