With a big street rally in Times Square, Billy Graham this week wound up his New York crusade. It was the longest (16 weeks v. London's 12), biggest (1,941,200 attendance v. 1,339,400 in London) evangelistic campaign he had ever preached. By the numbers, at least, it was also the most fruitful: 56,426 made "decisions for Christ" at Madison Square Garden (38,447 in London's Harringay Arena), and 30,523 made decisions as a result of Billy's coast-to-coast TV program. Of those making decisions at the Garden, 57% were from New York City, 36% from suburbs and exurbs—Westchester, Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island.
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