"Among the eight speakers at the positive Thinking Rally are three of the nation's most widely known radio commentators-Paul Harvey, Earl Nightingale and Dr. Tom Haggai. Entertainer and speaker Art Linkletter and Ira Hayes, an 'ambassador of enthusiasm' who has brought his message of positive action to tens of thousands of American businessmen during the past several years, also will be on hand. The rallies have been successfully produced in more than a dozen cities the last two years."
"The serious fun of positive thinking is coming to St. Louis. The Positive Thinking Rally, starring eight of America's most persuasive motivational speakers was held at the Checkerdome, 5700 Oakland Ave. 'It's all about problem solving, enthusiasm, and getting it all together to handle a difficult world,' says Pat Gray, Kansas City advertising executive who produces the rallies. 'We dare people to come and try it. Everybody needs fresh ideas or older workable ideas restated and reinforced. It's serious and it's fun,' says Gray."
"Gray says the rally is not 'sugar-coated optimism.' 'Enthusiasm and faith and self-esteem are realities, but they have to be worked at. We provide some of the best tools. The rallies bathe people with the strong notions that they can do something about problems in their lives and the directions those lives are taking. But they have to work at it. Saying it doesn't make it so,' says Gray. Many bring notebooks and tape recorders to rallies."
"The Futures of America songsters are part way through their performance with 'Has Anybody Seen My Gal' and a roster of ecstatically optimistic personalities is preparing to whip the giant crowd into a positive frenzy."
"For the thousands of people who were willing to sit up for up to half-an-hour on an enormous traffic jam outside the Checkerdome, where the rally was staged, there was at least the prospect of a great experience."
