Life Magazine August 2 1968 Last Trains and similar items

Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! * LIFE Magazine Classic LIFE Magazine, with all the great photographs, features, writers, vintage advertisements and MORE -- Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! * ISSUE DATE: August 2 1968; Vol. 65, No. 5 IN THIS ISSUE:- [Detailed contents description written EXCLUSIVELY for this listing by MORE MAGAZINES! Use 'Control F' to search this page.] * This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COVER: GEORGE WALLACE, The Spoiler from the south. By Lurie. THE WALLACE CLOUT: The third party surge brings growing alarm about the spoiler. A bantam who is fast with talk and the facts. By Susanna McBee. LAST TRIPS OF THE LONG TRAINS: The railroads are giving up their historic passenger runs. Photographed by Farrell Grehan. Text by William A. McWhirter. Any friend of trains is a friend of mine. By RAY BRADBURY. Editorials: Tourists should be welcomed, not tolerated As the iron horse heads for pasture. [Marvelous feature, with many pages, on the last passenger trains in America. Sad and wonderful feature! With a nice paeon to trains from Ray Bradbury!] TENSE CZECH WATCH: A besieged nation wonders if the Red Army will ever leave. By Richard B. Stolley. The beaver vs. the rhinoceros. By James H. Billington. NO-NONSENSE HEART MAN: Dr. Denton Cooley of Houston is a bold surgeon who pioneers new high-speed techniques of transplants. BUSINESS: Uncle Sam's silver: a quaint hangover from a bygone era finally fades away. By Timothy Green. IDEAS IN HOUSES: Part 31: A driftwood elegance in the dunes. Open house of sea views and no hiding places. By Jordan Bonfante. THE PRESIDENCY: Quiet pride in the old home town. By Hugh Sidey. Reviews: Book: Elliott Baker's The Penny Wars, reviewed by Leonore Fleischer. Movie: The Man with the Balloons, reviewed by Richard Schickel. John Osborne's new plays, reviewed by Tom Prideaux. Letters to the Editors. Miscellany. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Oversized magazine, Approx 10" X 13". COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition. (See photo) A great snapshot of the time, and a terrific Birthday present or Anniversary gift! Careful packaging, Fast shipping, ALL GUARANTEED --