Foreign Relations: Have Talking Cell, Will Travel

"Look! It's Bob Hope!" cried one canal dweller as the aquatic parade set houseboats arocking on a Bangkok klong. Well, almost. On his far-flung tour of the Far East last week, Hubert Horatio Humphrey everywhere displayed his infectious euphoria, dispensed pharmaceutical advice and ad-libbed some passable one-liners. Before leaving South Viet Nam, he was invited by Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu to come back and hunt an elephant some time. "I spend most of my time at home," replied Humphrey, "hunting elephants."

Between klong calling and baby bussing, Humphrey worked hard and...

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