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VTG Life Magazine April 11, 1955 Grace Kelly Academy Award Winner
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Table of Contents
Pg… 16 Speaking of Pictures: Candid Photos of Sidewalk Typists Show Some Candid Writing
Pg… 30 Letters to the Editors
Pg… 35 U.S. Gets Set for Polio Vaccine: Drug Houses Stock Up as Results are Optimistically Awaited from Salk Tests
Pg… 40 A Look at the World's Week
Pg… 44 Italy's Premier Mario Scolba Wins Friends for Himself and His Country on a Thank–You Visit to the U.S.
Pg… 46 The "Tribune's" Colonel Dies: A Rich and Full Life Ends at 74 for Robert R. McCormick
Pg… 48 Editorial: Ways to God
Pg… 53 What Goes on Inside Atomic Sub
Pg… 57 Preview for Penguins: Antarctic Visit of U.S. Navy Ship Breaks Way for an International Expedition
Pg… 64 New Radiance for Churches: The Ancient Art of Stained–Glass Windows is Revived by Modern Designers
Pg… 71 Small–As–Life Copies: Widow Dummies are Twins of Child Fashion Models
Pg… 79 Daring Quest by Jet Boat: England's Don Campbell Seeks Water Speed Record but Prepares to Do It Safely
Pg… 89 Stair–Climbing Wheel Chair: A Set of Motor–Driven Windmilling Wheels Rolls Invalids Backward Up Steps
Pg… 95 Beautiful Blooming Shrubs: Paintings in Color by Anne Ophella Todd of 12 of Best Flowering Bushes to Plant in Spring
Pg… 105 Witty Wisdom in Poet's Play: Christopher Fry's The Dark Is Light Enough is Full of Good Talk
Pg… 109 Chickens Over Glass: Photographer Gets a Worm's–Eye View of Brooding Hen
Pg… 111 High Lady's High Jinks: England's Rich Lady Docker
Pg… 117 Oscar Winners Pull a Switch: Boisterous Brando is a Perfect Gentleman and Imperturbable Kelly Breaks Down
Pg… 125 LIFE'S Photographic Essay: The Encroaching Menace of the Slums and What Chicago is Doing About It
Pg… 138 LIFE'S Article: Has the U.S. Discovered a New Religion? Paul Hutchinson Examines Our Spiritual Trends
Pg… 163 Tiny Movie–Makers in Toyland: Industrial Designer Invents a Home Movie Kit for Kids
Pg… 166 Happy Change for a Heavy: Hollywood Villain Ernest Borgnine Plays a Gentle Hero
Pg… 170 A Big Bank Merger and a Bigger One Continue a Business Trend
Pg… 172 Miscellany: Briton Swabs the Waves
COVER: Grace Kelly, who won Oscar as best actress of 1954, in the dress she wore at the award ceremony (pg. 117–120)