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Lots of people, including Einstein (see above), talk about gravity, the restraining force which makes people walk on floors instead of floating in midair. What worries Roger Babson, 74, economic oracle and head of the Babson Institute, is that no one does anything about...
These days Babson is doing something about it. Last week his Gravity Research Foundation of New Boston, N.H. awarded three prizes for the best essays on doing away with gravity. What Babson is after is an "antigravity screen" to insulate heavy objects from the pull of the gravity-causing earth. He likes to play with the notion that people, airplanes, etc. could be made weightless at will...
...years, Seer Babson has been nursing a grudge against gravity and studying the life of Sir Isaac Newton, who first unmasked the enemy. At first he kept his campaign secret from his 15,000 economic advisees, "for fear they would think I was a little off in my upper story." But recently he began to battle openly. "I think the time has come," he says, "when I have developed thoughts which may help millions of people...
...announcement last fall of the Gravity Research Foundation, letters have flooded in. Many came from cranks-e.g., one man described a "whirlpool of force" in Oregon where trees and people all lean toward the magnetic north. But inquiries came from impressed businessmen too. A leading shoe manufacturer offered Babson $100,000 for "something that can be put into the sole of a shoe to insulate against gravity." Floor-covering manufacturers showed a lively interest in the possibility of "flying" carpets...
...same time, the skeet club team, composed of Dave Browne, Ed Eyre, Ray Suttle, Mike Safe, and Howard Reed, lost to West Point, 470 to 447 (out of 500). Babson Institute was third with 405 in the match, which was held at the Dedham Country and Polo Club...