Life Magazine, July 23, 1956 - Mexican War diary

Headlong charge: a sketch from the memoirs of an American soldier, Samuel Chamberlain, who fought in the Mexican War, 15-plus pages. Photos of sand castles and sand sculptures on the beach at Rimini, Italy. G.O.P. smiles widen with Ike's decision. Anguish of Morris and Beatrice Weinberger whose one month old baby was kidnapped. Earthquake in the Aegean. Whooping crane chick hatched in New Orleans dies (see also June 11). Reporter James Shepley is not impressed on his first visit to Moscow. Professor H. W. Baker of England devises way to cut one of the copper Dead Sea Scrolls to reveal its contents. New deal for comeback of California fur seals. 5,000 Girl Scouts rough it on the first national Roundup at a " primitive encampment" at Michigan's Highland State Recreation Area, near Detroit. Photo essay- Everybody gets in the acting: five amateur productions of the same play in five cities. Full page color Friskies dog food ad with kids putting St. Bernard in a pool illustration by Douglas Crockwell. Fight over William Zorach's sculpture intended for a Texas bank and then rejected. Fraternity of Valor: Britain honors holders of 100-year-old Victoria Cross. Black and white photos- castles in the sand. Cute two page color Hamm's Beer ad with Bear on skis, images of beer can and glass in snowy scene by Carl Paulson. Full page Sealtest ice cream ad.