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FAMOUS FLAGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY 11 because— MY BROTHER HO by Bob Dykeman 12 AN UNFORGETTABLE FRONTLINE FRIENDSHIP.

THE LADIES AND THE PAMPHLETEERS by Russell Turner 14 THE MEN BEHIND THE FREEDOM AGENDA BOOKLETS.

HOW MUCH IS YOUR GUN WORTH? by Robert Uhl 16 YOU MAY HAVE A FORTUNE IN YOUR HAND.

WILL '56 BRING A FLU EPIDEMIC? by Tom Mahoney 18 THE CYCLES SPELL TROUBLE AHEAD THIS YEAR.

BEHIND THE PINK ACADEMIC FOG by Dr. A. H. Hobbs 20 HOW THE COLLEGIATE THOUGHT-POLICE OPERATE.

INVITATION TO LOS ANGELES by Wesley Haynes 22 SEVERAL REASONS FOR ATTENDING THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

BASEBALL'S BIGGEST LEAGUE by Irving Herschbein 24 THESE KIDS MAKE UP A LEAGUE THAT IS TRULY NATIONAL.

GO NORTHWEST, YOUNG MAN! by Ed Grunwald & Elliot Marple.. 26 IT'S A PLACE FOR MEN OF VIM, VIGOR, VITALITY.

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