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# September 27, 1963 | Vol. 82 No. 13 September 27, 1963 |  

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September 27th, 1963 | Vol. 82, No. 13 | U.S.

Issue date

September 27, 1963

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## Table of Contents

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[The Economy: Of Druthers & Deficits](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875152,00.html)[Nation: Where the Stars Fall](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875153,00.html)[Civil Rights: The Sunday School Bombing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875154,00.html)[Congress: Revival of Survival](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875155,00.html)[Foreign Relations: Two Dissenters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875156,00.html)[Republicans: In Front](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875157,00.html)[Nation: Down the Hatch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875217,00.html)[Nation: FOREIGN AID: HOW IT WAS SPENT IN 1962](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875218,00.html)[Venezuela: Saboteurs on the March](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875158,00.html)[Cuba: Safety in the Stars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875159,00.html)[Mexico: Company Town](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875160,00.html)[Argentina: Who's Underdeveloped?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875161,00.html)[The Americas: Apostle of the Alphabet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875162,00.html)[Great Britain: A Psychological Case?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875163,00.html)[West Germany: The Time of the Sphinx](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875164,00.html)[United Nations: The 18th Session](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875165,00.html)[World: Surprised by Jack](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875166,00.html)[World: A Look at the Woodwork](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875167,00.html)[Malaysia: This Mob for Hire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875168,00.html)[Europe: Channeling under the Streak](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875169,00.html)[Russia: Trouble by the Ton](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875170,00.html)[Congo: Back in the Bush](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875171,00.html)[Iran: A New Majlis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875172,00.html)[Middle East: Down with Nasser?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875173,00.html)[Algeria: The Nationalization Craze](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875174,00.html)[Saudi Arabia: No Place Like Home](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875175,00.html)[World: A Matter of Re-education](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875219,00.html)[Pediatrics: The Pride of Aberdeen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875191,00.html)[Cardiology: One Man's Stress . . .](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875192,00.html)[Physiatry: Ice Massage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875193,00.html)[Fashion: The Main Line](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875188,00.html)[The Marketplace: It Won't Be Make-Believe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875189,00.html)[The Highway: Charmed Life](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875190,00.html)[Foreign Correspondents: Last Men in Havana](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875177,00.html)[Syndication: Fringe Benefit From Space](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875178,00.html)[Cartoonists: The Statesman](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875179,00.html)[The Bible: One for All](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875182,00.html)[The Papacy: Wednesday in St. Peter's](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875183,00.html)[Baseball: On Top with Old Smokey](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875197,00.html)[Yachting: Victory by Design](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875198,00.html)[Scoreboard: Who Won Sep. 27, 1963](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875199,00.html)[Foreign Trade: Sales Talk from the White House](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875200,00.html)[Profits: More Power to Them](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875201,00.html)[Commodities: Betting on the Future](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875202,00.html)[Steel: Streamlining the Elephant](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875203,00.html)[U.S. Business: Personalities: Sep. 27, 1963](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875204,00.html)[Merchandising: Bargains Beneath Boston](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875205,00.html)[Management: A Change of Ideas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875206,00.html)[Common Market: The New Associate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875207,00.html)[West Germany: To Prevent Slipping, Keep Going](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875208,00.html)[Students: What Catches the Teen-age Mind](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875184,00.html)[Teachers: Why the Rules Don't Work](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875185,00.html)[Integration: Dickie's Decision](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875186,00.html)[Time Listings: Sep. 27, 1963](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875149,00.html)[Hollywood: Smoking Toad](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875180,00.html)[Movies: Ghosts Fly Backwards](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875181,00.html)[Art: Dogma Shaped in Stone](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875187,00.html)[Opera: Coming of Age in San Francisco](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875194,00.html)[Folk Singers: Little John](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875195,00.html)[Theater: Love in a Tepid Climate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875196,00.html)[Cinema: Young & Evil](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875210,00.html)[Cinema: It's That Mann Again](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875211,00.html)[Cinema: Demure & Ardent](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875212,00.html)[Books: The Way to the Depths](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875213,00.html)[Books: The Faltering Trajectory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875214,00.html)[Books: Left-Wing Villain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875215,00.html)[Books: Beauty and the Beast](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875216,00.html)[Milestones: Sep. 27, 1963](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875209,00.html)[People: Sep. 27, 1963](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875176,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher: Sep. 27, 1963](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875151,00.html)[Letters: Sep. 27, 1963](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875150,00.html)


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