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EDITORIAL SERVICES--RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Mr. Herbert
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Arm'strong
has now directed that the name of the Worldwide News be changed to
'!'he Good News. This change will be carried out next issue. The
tabloid format will continue however -- at least for the time being.
Non-members will not be renewed and the subscription price will be
removed.
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The only basic change, other than the logo change, will be that Mr.
Herbert Armstrong will be contributing regular editorials to the
paper. The first is to explain the kind of gove�nment structure that
is to be used in the church. Otherwise the regular features to which
you have become accustomed will be retained. Any minister interested
in contributing articles to the Good News please send us your co �� -
--Brian Knowles/Dexter Faulkner, Editorial Services
TWO NEW BOOKLETS BRING EXCELLENT RESPONSE New publications are always
received with enthusiasm by our subscribers and members, and these
two new booklets were no exception: A Tale of Two Prophets written
by David Jon Hill, and Coming--A New Age by Brian Knowles. As you
will recall, the Tale of Two Prophets booklet had appeared in serial
form in The PLAIN TRUTH, and during past months·we have received
numerous requests for it to appear in booklet form.
The booklets were offered to co-workers and members in a member/co
worker letter from Mr. Ted Armstrong, and thus far the response has
been excellent. Our statistics show that about a 50% response was
received from members, and a 25% response was received from co-workers.
This has been the highest response to a booklet offer which we've
obtained in some time.
Mail and WATS Update: A total of 118,000 letters and 26,000 telephone
registries have been received through May 25. This brings the yearly
mail count to approximately 802,000, and phone registries to around
214,000.
That's all for this time.
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
ON THE WORLD SCENE
NEW WORRY FOR WEST: ENCIRCLEMENT OF IRAN: This week's NATO confer
ence has turned out to be a sounding board for widespread concern
over growing Soviet penetration in areas of the world vital to Western
interests. Recent events in Africa and the Middle East have drawn
the most attention.
The carnage in Zaire, and resultant French-Belgian counterthrust to
drive out the Communist-trained invaders have finally alerted even
Washington to the fact that, indeed, Russia really is up to something.
There is another area of the world too, that bears serious watching.
That is the strategic Near East region of Iran, Afghanistan and
Pakistan.
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"The Iranian government," reports the Los ll.ngeles Times, "is deeply
worried by recent events in Afghanistan and Pakistan, its neighbors.
to the east, fearful that a leftist takeover combined with ethnic
pressures and political instability could produce a Soviet toehold
on the Arabian Sea astride Iran's oil routes.