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Instructor George Breathitt asked an audience of 300 computer enthusiasts in Louisville, Kentucky, how many seniors in the group would like to teach other seniors about computers. A younger member of the audience quipped disdainfully, ``Wouldn't that be the blind leading the blind?'' He was promptly booed: almost half the audience was over 50. In fact, Breathitt, 61, has attracted so many seniors willing to teach -- and learn -- about computers that he founded a successful firm to employ them. So far, his Silver Fox Computer Club has taught about 7,500 students and expanded into four states...
...among its 33 million members. And with more leisure time and discretionary income than many youths, thousands of seniors -- including many who have never before used a computer -- are entering the cyberculture, burying the hoary old-dog-new-tricks axiom. ``Once they get used to handling the mouse,'' says Breathitt, ``they learn faster than teenagers...
...riposte does little to blunt the thrust of Nunn's original accusation, for her family's seignorial attitude toward the people in its domain is evidence enough of its political power. "These are my folks around here," says Mrs. Howell. "They need help." The people of Breathitt repaid such sentiments last month by flocking to Mrs. Howell's side at a public hearing held by OEO to investigate Nunn's charges against her. Howell supporters turned out in such force that Lynn Frazer, the state economic-opportunity director, walked out, claiming anti-Howell witnesses were being...
...Howell's victory at the hearing has set back Nunn's campaign to get her out of the poverty program. It has embarrassed Breathitt County's Congressman, Carl D. Perkins, who, as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, is responsible for all poverty legislation. Pushing for a two-year extension of the OEO authorization act, Perkins fears loss of badly needed Republican support if Nunn's veto is overridden. At the same time, he finds it politically necessary to back Mrs. Howell, whose support is an important ingredient to his own reelection...
...chief, Donald Rumsfeld, who must now decide whether to sustain or overturn the Governor's veto. A decision in favor of Mrs. Howell may cost him the support of Republicans already anxious to minimize federal interference in state affairs. While he deliberates, the poor of Breathitt County, dependent upon interim OEO grants for their sustenance, remain out of pocket...