LIFE Magazine April 21, 1961: Cover-Gagarin greets Khrushchev, 19 pages on space

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LIFE Magazine April 21, 1961: Cover-Gagarin greets Khrushchev, 19 pages on space:
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19 pages on Space : inside Yuri\'s capsule, celebration in Moscow, Impact on Washington, US space future. At the Eichmann trial. Full page color Valiant ad with car in front of blimp. Photo essay - work to preserve wilderness areas, Cape Romain, South Carolina, Olympic forest, Cascade Pass, Okefenokee Swamp, Big Bend Texas, Quetico-Superior. Black magic in Africa, witchcraft and sorcery. New concepts for space flight, concept illustrations by Robert McCall. Sidney Poitier in \" Raisin in the Sun.\" Surveyor of the moon is expected to transmit direct information by 1963. Kind way for mouth X-ray is developed. Latin version of \" Winnie-the-Pooh\" is surprise best seller of 1961. Elastic fabric in high style. Close-up - Alan Watts and Zen. Gary Player, Masters champ\'s curious victory, golf. Red Skelton is top US clown, backstage photos of a worrier. Party - teen age astronauts take a flight, including Tommy Marks and Mark Depp and Judy Herr. Full page color Carnation evaporated milk ad with recipe for stuffed hamburgers. Cute full page color Lucky Whip ad with small boy putting mound of whipped cream on bowl of gelatin.