The Press: Peace Corpsman Buchwald

Respectfully observing the rush to join President Kennedy's volunteer Peace Corps, New York Herald Tribune Columnist Art Buchwald last week decided to sign up himself—in a typically Buchwaldian way. Excerpts:

"One of the most urgent areas requiring technical skills and help is the French Riviera. There are people on the Riviera walking around half naked, lacking shelter, and many still don't have their own boats.

In the under-developed towns of Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo, long lines of unemployed and untrained people stand around roulette wheels and chemin de fer tables hoping for financial aid and technical assistance.

"We would be willing to drop...

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