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...London headquarters grew to a full-time staff of 40, including twelve associate evangelists, a music director and a gospel singer. Graham's aides gave six weekly guidance lectures for 6,000 more volunteers, who will tactfully receive those stepping forward to make a decision for Christ, steer them to the nearest church of their chosen denomination -and make a follow-up phone call or house visit within 48 hours to find out if new believers are holding to their convictions...
Even these devices are just a prelude. The auto companies are experimenting with a "drivometer"-a device attached to the brake, accelerator and steering apparatus that would warn a driver when he is performing sloppily. Ford is well along with a "wrist steer"-two small wheels at the driver's side that would replace the dangerous steering shaft. Engineers at G.M. are tinkering with "unicontrol," a sort of auto pilot that would pick up directional signals from the road...
Members of Congress are reluctant to do away with a system that has been such a popular success. Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.), the President's choice to steer his health-education package through Congress, has said the House is unlikely to go along with Johnson unless he offers "concrete guarantees that no one will be hurt" by phasing out the NDEA. Rep. John Brademas (D-Ind.), who serves on the House Committee on Education and Labor with Mrs. Green, has predicted that the President will face fierce fights in both houses...
...Political Education would step up its activities on a "nonpartisan" basis, aimed only at electing liberals in this fall's congressional elections. In fact, this is what COPE has always done; most of its beneficiaries have been and will continue to be Democrats. Moreover, Meany was careful to steer the animosity away from Lyndon Johnson...
Offshore powerboat racing is no delicate art like trying to steer a skittery hydroplane around the smooth surface of a protected lake. It is simple, straightforward stuff: slamming headlong through the open ocean in anything from a souped-up outboard to a PT boat-until your ribs rattle and your face is white with salt. It is madness, of course. But as Ohio Millionaire Merrick Lewis, 41, explained on the eve of last week's Sam Griffith Memorial Race from Miami to Bimini and back: "Once in a while, you have to force yourself into doing something that petrifies...