Pg… 18 STORY OF THE WEEK: Up Front with the Peace Corps: Teams Get to Work in Colombia as Young Americans Busy Themselves Around the World. Photographed for LIFE by Don Uhrbrock

Pg… 4 EDITORIAL: Kennedy's Next Three Years: there are 'Ifs' but He Can Resolve Them

Pg… 26 NEWSFRONTS: Fun with Grandpa Ike?A Low Blow at Goa?Paris Riot Over Algeria?Modest Hero Caught?Shock in J.F.K.'s Holiday?An A–Blast for Peace

Pg… 40 THE COLOR SPECTACLE: Gay Go–Round for Lear's Lyrical Lovers: the Owl and the Pussycat are Recreated by William Pene du Bois

Pg… 48 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Charity U.S.A.: Friends You Can Count On?Good Neighbors Help Out In Zwingle, Iowa and Committees Give Glittering Balls in New York. Photographed for LIFE by Burk Uzzle

Pg… 60 ARTICLE OF THE WEEK: Is the U.N. Worth All the Effort? Yes, But it is in Deep Danger and We Should Save it. By Robert Wallace

Pg… 74 SPOTLIGHT: A Lusty Return by Lucy, a Tuneful Romp for Julie: Two Queens Prepare for TV Shows. Photographed for LIFE by Leonard McCombe

Pg… 36 DEPARTMENTS: Science: New Shapes for the Jet Age: Plastic Octopus Helps Repair Engines

Pg… 69 DEPARTMENTS: Sports: Fast–Moving Tinkerer?a 17–Year–Old Racing Champ

Pg… 10 DEPARTMENTS: Special Report: the Great but Very, Very Late Bank Robbery. By Ted Hall

Pg… 12 DEPARTMENTS: LIFE GUIDE to Theater Groups Across the Country, Art, Mink Show, Chicago's Coal Mine

Pg… 17 DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 80 DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: a Pane in the Neck