The Saturday Evening Post was out, as it was of course a Saturday, with a Rockwell. This one is apparently entitled "Grandpa's Little Ballerina".
The Country Gentleman went with a mid winter fox and its prey.
A magnitude 8.3+ earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula causing a twenty-five foot tsunami. Twelve people were killed by seven resulting waves in Maui.
The Soviet Union approved plans to create a civil aviation authority for passenger airlines, leading to the world's most dangerous major airline, Aeroflot.
French guns and legislative shenanigans were in the news.
