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March 30th, 1959 | Vol. LXXIII, No. 13 | U.S.

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March 30, 1959

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## Table of Contents

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[THE NATION: Toward the Summit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892396,00.html)[FOREIGN RELATIONS: Talks at Camp David](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892397,00.html)[National Affairs: Parallel Roads](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892398,00.html)[DEFENSE: Voyage of Norton Sound](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892399,00.html)[National Affairs: Thors Soar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892400,00.html)[THE CAPITAL: A Word for the Taxpayer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892401,00.html)[National Affairs: To the Aid of Aid](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892402,00.html)[THE ECONOMY: Cow Kicker](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892403,00.html)[National Affairs: To the Dumps](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892404,00.html)[AMERICANA: Number, Please?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892405,00.html)[SEQUELS: The Same Mother](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892406,00.html)[HAWAII: Nominations in Order](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892407,00.html)[INVESTIGATIONS: Intelligence Gap?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892408,00.html)[ARMED FORCES: General Lem](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892409,00.html)[COLD WAR: That Certain Smile](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892410,00.html)[THE MIDDLE EAST: Double Trouble](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892411,00.html)[SOCIALISTS: The Flexibles](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892412,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Labor's Bad Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892413,00.html)[WESTERN EUROPE: Progress of a Sort](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892414,00.html)[GREECE: Home Is the Hunted](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892415,00.html)[EAST GERMANY: Inside Job](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892416,00.html)[CENTRAL AFRICA: Which Way to Go?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892417,00.html)[Foreign News: DR. BANDA: Menace or Martyr?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892418,00.html)[TIBET: Fighting in the Dark](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892419,00.html)[BELGIUM: The Sudden Guests](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892420,00.html)[POLAND: Gomulka's Victory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892421,00.html)[HUNGARY: Putting on the Pressure](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892422,00.html)[COLOMBIA: Guilty Dictator](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892423,00.html)[CUBA: The Talk & the Act](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892424,00.html)[BOLIVIA: On the Tightrope](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892425,00.html)[MEXICO: Treasure Traffic](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892426,00.html)[Science: Veil Around the World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892447,00.html)[Science: Up from the Elevator](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892448,00.html)[Medicine: Fats & Facts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892439,00.html)[Medicine: Mother & Child](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892440,00.html)[The Press: The Times & the Secret](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892442,00.html)[The Press: Free, Equal & Ridiculous](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892443,00.html)[Religion: New Sayings of Jesus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892431,00.html)[Religion: The Key of St. Peter?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892432,00.html)[Religion: Franco's Protestants](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892433,00.html)[Sport: Change of Tune](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892428,00.html)[Sport: Mao's Muscled Minions](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892429,00.html)[Sport: Scoreboard, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892430,00.html)[STATE OF BUSINESS: Rolling Out the Autos](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892453,00.html)[Business: Scramble for Copper](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892454,00.html)[Business: The No. 1 Phrase](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892455,00.html)[Time Clock, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892456,00.html)[WALL STREET: The Other Exchange](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892457,00.html)[OIL: The Squeeze](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892458,00.html)[Business: SALLY VICTOR](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892459,00.html)[FASHION: Proper Toppers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892460,00.html)[TYCOONS: A Fast $70 Million](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892461,00.html)[RETAIL TRADE: No. 3 for Hoving](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892462,00.html)[AGRICULTURE: Bigger Surpluses Ahead](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892463,00.html)[PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892464,00.html)[Education: Multiple Confusion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892444,00.html)[Education: Battered Bulldog](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892445,00.html)[Education: A Challenge for Larry](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892446,00.html)[The Theater: New Musical on Broadway, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892434,00.html)[Music: Trial Songs at the Met](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892435,00.html)[Music: Gorgeous Ray](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892436,00.html)[Music: Variations on a Brake Drum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892437,00.html)[Music: Boogie-Woogie for Organ](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892438,00.html)[WESTERNS: The Six-Gun Galahad](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892441,00.html)[Art: Jangling Man](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892449,00.html)[Art: ENIGMATIC MYSTIC -](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892450,00.html)[Cinema: New Picture, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892451,00.html)[Books: Meet Mr. Hodgson](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892465,00.html)[Books: Mystery-Plus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892466,00.html)[Books: The Widow Britannia](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892467,00.html)[Books: Bedrooms & Back Alleys](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892468,00.html)[Books: Time Bomb](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892469,00.html)[CINEMA,TELEVISION,THEATER,BOOKS: Time Listings, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892470,00.html)[Miscellany, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892394,00.html)[Milestones, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892452,00.html)[People, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892427,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892395,00.html)[Letters, Mar. 30, 1959](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892393,00.html)


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