Life Magazine, October 20, 1952 - Italian woman

Letter and photo to editor about Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Atomic bomb orphan adopted by Ben N. Fuson and wife. Full page color portrait of Queen Elizabeth done by Douglas Chandor. Political races, including a number of photos from Richland county, Ohio, Earl and Stanley Huston, Farmers Orly Amstutz, with sons Dean, Lester and Wayne, more. Juvenile cruelty encases a cat in plaster - South Bend, Indiana, cat was finally OK, parents paid vet bills. Penn beats Princeton in Nation's big football game. Train wreck near London - commuters, two express trains, 108 people died. Adirondacks in autumn - photo essay. Michael Patrick O'Brien, trapped without a passport on the ferryboat Lee Hong, goes back and forth between Hong Kong and Macao, but can't get off - like Tom Hanks in the movie Terminal. Two page color General Motors ad with art by Melbourne Brindle. World Series Stare - people can hardly move away from the TV during the Yankee Dodger baseball week, lots of photos. Full page color Jell-o ad with cowboy art by Whitney Darrow, Jr. Actress Beatrice Lillie. Incentives help insane - medicine. Clear Plastic boxcar so handlers can see freight damage as they cause it. Confederate General Stewart is found guilty. French Cave produces a bonanza in neolithic human bones - near Treves, close to cave with caving fatality (see LIFE September 1, 1952). Big Marion Davies party. Full page Sanforized fabrics ad with cartoon art by Mary Gibson.