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The article focuses on the Americana collection of the Pequot Library in Southport, Connecticut. Colonial life was described in ancient, leatherbound volumes kept at the library. The library was home to papers signed by Queen Elizabeth I and Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII and autographs of the founding fathers of the U.S., among others. The collection was transferred to the Yale Sterling Library and was named Monroe, Wakeman and Holman Loan Collection of the Pequot Library Association.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including the cover story on Ray Jenkins of East Tennessee and a study of imperialism in the May 17, 1954 issue and an item on African American lawyer Thurgood Marshall and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the segregation issue in public schools in the May 24, 1954 issue.

The article focuses on the true personality of Comte de Frontec Louis de Buade, celebrated hero of the colonial era in Canada, based on a research conducted by history lecturer William John Eccles presented to the Canadian Historical Association in 1954. Eccles described de Buade as a timid commander who almost destroyed the Quebec colony as a governor. He discovered that the count has owed 440,000 dollars. Also noted is the tendency of Frontenac to quarrel with other colonial officials over graft.

The article discusses the efforts of Portugal to keep its colonies with a focus on the burning of St. John the Baptist fort in Dahomey and the pillaging of villages in Angola. It states that dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar's plans of African reforms which can give way for independence of its colonies were countered by his plan to regain the disputed fort. It adds that Portugal's decision to hold on to its colonies borders on folly because it cannot finance its colonial wars.

The article discusses the issues about the fate of Prince Akihito in Japan. Questions arise if Akihito bends to the ritual that isolates his father and if his father, the Emperor, will allow his son to be taken from him at the age of three to be raised by chamberlains in a separate palace. Akihito's princess declares that she wants her son to attend a kindergarten with ordinary children. The response makes the imperial chamberlain wince.

The article focuses on the issues discussed by the founder of Al-Fatah and head of Palestine Liberation Organization Yasir Arafat with "Time" Correspondent Spencer Davidson in Beirut, Lebanon. It states that Arafat boasted on the revolution's success in spite of a bloc of enemies including the international Zionism, international imperialism and the Central Intelligence Agency in the U.S. It notes that the Palestinian people have waited for the execution of resolutions for 25 years from the United Nations Security Council but they gained nothing. It adds some other points made by Arafat including the fedayeen operations against Israelis abroad, the Zionist-American conspiracy and the U.S. policy that does not help the interests of the Middle East.

The article reports on the death of about 15-20 people, hundreds wounded and 200,000 U.S. dollars in damage resulting from a strike following the refusal of Siham Salih of the Royal College of Pharmacy & Chemistry in Baghdad, Iraq to join fellow students in a walkout. The drive for the resignation of the college dean which was led by Iraq's 5,000 Red resulted to a drive against foreign imperialism and for the partisans of peace. General Nurid-din Mahmoud, in response, ordered the arrest of Reds and opposition leaders and suspension of newspapers.

The article reports on the visit of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Accra, Ghana. It mentions that Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah's own newspaper has criticized Great Britain of imperialism upon the arrival of Macmillan. However, Nkrumah has been civil with guests and has gotten with Macmillan at the statehouse banquet. The serious formal discussion between the two prime ministers has lasted only for two hours.

The article offers world news briefs. The underground antisubmarine warfare plotting room in Norfolk, Virginia detects unidentified contacts which are televised by Atlantic Fleet Commander Jerauld Wright. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru discusses how the nation fights against British imperialism during the country's 11th anniversary of independence. The Federal Trade Commission suggests the use of a standard test for all cigarette filters within the tobacco industry in the U.S.

The article reports that Natalia Trotsky, the widow of the Russian revolutionary and Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky, has condemned the Socialist Workers Party. The Socialist Workers Party is one of the largest groups of followers of Leon. Natalia criticized the party for its support of the armies of Stalinism in the Korean war. The party defended that it is not the armies of Stalinism which is leading the war in Korea but the American imperialism.