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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: October 7th, 1957 | Vol. LXX, No. 15 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # October 7, 1957 | Vol. LXX No. 15October 7, 1957 | Vol. LXX No. 15  Issue name October 7th, 1957 | Vol. LXX, No. 15 | U.S. Issue date October 7, 1957 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1957-10-07/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [THE NATION: The Meaning of Little Rock](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809940,00.html)[National Affairs: Quick, Hard & Decisive](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809941,00.html)[National Affairs: Just Around tne Backbone of North America](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809942,00.html)[THE SOUTH: The Prick of the Bayonet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809943,00.html)[POLITICS: Crumbled Foundation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809944,00.html)[ARMED FORCES: Death of the Big Bird](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809945,00.html)[LABOR: Farewell to Loom-Wrecking](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809946,00.html)[THE ECONOMY: The World's Crisis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809947,00.html)[National Affairs: Two-Edged Act](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809948,00.html)[National Affairs: Brickbats at the Threshold](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809949,00.html)[JUSTICE: The Girard Case (Contd.)](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809950,00.html)[PENNSYLVANIA: War of Nerves](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809951,00.html)[WASHINGTON: Tale of the New West](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809952,00.html)[FRANCE: Moment of Decision](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809953,00.html)[ALGERIA: Capture of the Chief](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809954,00.html)[TUNISIA: Shopping for Arms](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809955,00.html)[THE MIDDLE EAST: Arms & Friends](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809956,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: The New Boy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809957,00.html)[WEST GERMANY: Looking Eastward](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809958,00.html)[THE HIGH SEAS: End of a Windjammer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809959,00.html)[RUSSIA: Sounding the Retreat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809960,00.html)[UNITED NATIONS: Able Servant](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809961,00.html)[NATO: All Ashore](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809962,00.html)[HUNGARY: Everyone Wonders](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809963,00.html)[WORLD COURT: Acid Test](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809964,00.html)[INDIA: Private Little War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809965,00.html)[GHANA: I Love Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809966,00.html)[CENTRAL AFRICA: Jungle Drums](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809967,00.html)[THE CARIBBEAN: Free Elections](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809968,00.html)[CHILE: Let Jorge Do It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809969,00.html)[THE AMERICAS: Scrimshaw's Porridge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809970,00.html)[MEXICO: Long Arm of Hate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809971,00.html)[Science: Sex to Order?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809999,00.html)[Science: Project Stratoscope](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810000,00.html)[Medicine: The Flu Situation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809978,00.html)[Medicine: Old Folks & Bright Lights](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809979,00.html)[Medicine: First Aid Revised](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809980,00.html)[Medicine: Penicillin Safety](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809981,00.html)[The Press: Dark Valley](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809992,00.html)[The Press: Glass House, Dirty Windows](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809993,00.html)[Religion: Crime & Sin](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809994,00.html)[Religion: The Pool of Gibeon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809995,00.html)[Religion: The Other Wesley](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809996,00.html)[Sport: Big Leaguers at Last](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809982,00.html)[Sport: What Makes Robert Run?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809983,00.html)[Sport: Scoreboard, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809984,00.html)[STATE OF BUSINESS: Market Break](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810001,00.html)[WORLD TRADE: Hold That Line](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810002,00.html)[Time Clock, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810003,00.html)[Business: Facts of Life](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810004,00.html)[AGRICULTURE: The Great Sorghum Game](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810005,00.html)[CREEPING INFLATION: CREEPING INFLATION](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810006,00.html)[AUTOS: No End of Fins](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810007,00.html)[RETAIL TRADE: A. & P. Unlocked](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810008,00.html)[OIL: Triple Play](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810009,00.html)[Education: God & Man at Princeton](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809974,00.html)[Education: Report Card](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809975,00.html)[Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809976,00.html)[Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809977,00.html)[Television: Highbrow Raiser](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809985,00.html)[Television: Eyes on Little Rock](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809986,00.html)[Television: Review](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809987,00.html)[Television: First Peep Out of WEEP](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809988,00.html)[Music: Pipe & Drum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809989,00.html)[Music: Ballet's New Wares](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809990,00.html)[Music: New Pop Records, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809991,00.html)[Art: Pas de Deux](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809997,00.html)[Art: OUT OF THE RUINS](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809998,00.html)[Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810011,00.html)[Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810012,00.html)[Books: One Who Survived](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810013,00.html)[Books: Master Gossipmonger](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810014,00.html)[Books: The Ugly Sibling](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810015,00.html)[Books: Mixed Fiction, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810016,00.html)[Miscellany, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810017,00.html)[Milestones, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810010,00.html)[People, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809972,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809939,00.html)[Letters, Oct. 7, 1957](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,809938,00.html) October 7th, 1957 | Vol. LXX, No. 15 | 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":"October 7th, 1957 | Vol. LXX, No. 15 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3564913/october-7th-1957-vol-lxx-no-15-u-s/"}]}]} ```