Life Magazine, January 19, 1959 - Castro triumphs

Full page color Pepsi-Cola ad with art by Roy Besser. Photo of a whole tree full of Tarzans, handsome, muscular guys in brief shorts, they were hopeful for the role, Mike Lane, GAtes Brown, Michael Forest, Bill Kruse, Bart Summers, and William Browne. Full page Milk Bone dog biscuits ad with lovely Cocker Spaniels dogs art by Mary Baker. All the Democrats that won last November are now taking over. Six lovely color photos of Democrats wives, Mrs. Cornelius GAllagher, Mrs. William Moorhead, Mrs. Robert Kastenmeier, Mrs. Robert Cook, Mrs. Daniel Brewster, Mrs. John Managan, and others. Crash diets are no good. A new record is set for Hot Air Balloon flight, 94.5 hours, they had made the gondola sea-worthy and floated back to land, Bushy Eiloart and son, Colin Mudie and wife. Houses architects live in, includes Juan O'Gorman, Kenzo Tange, Eero Saarinen, Oscar Niemeyer. Actress Julie Harris, with her son, on the road. Television show "Maverick" with James Garner. Basketball players Lou Pucillo and John Richter. Lovely two page General Motors ad with full page art of semi truck on Golden GAte bridge at sunset. An article about Anastas I. Mikoyan, includes another photo of that neat three horse team given to Cyrus Eaton (see LIFE September 22, 1958). Turmoil on Capitol Hill - new kind of congress. Warning of Mechta. Danish author Isak Dinesen. Ben-Hur. Neat full-page color ad for Edsel Corsair 4-door hardtop with skiers. Extremely cute photo of monkey kissing the basset hound Lonesome Sam, belong to William Such of Asbury Park, New Jersey. Full page color Schlitz beer ad with skiing theme. Full page color Kraft jelly ad with basket of strawberries.