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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, August 22, 1980
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monthly once again, with
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pages, and printed at Donnellys in Glasgow,
Kentucky. This change in printing facilit s will also involve the re
gular Canadian subscription PLAIN TRUTH, beginning with the September issue.
Considerable savings will be effected by these moves and hopefully an in
crease in newsstand response levels. There will be an increase too in
church member involvement in the program,which will be announced in the
next few weeks.
July income for Canada finished at a plus 24%, giving a year-to-date in
crease of 22%.
News From the United Kingdom: PLAIN TRUTH circulation has grown sub
stantially over the past few months. Once again over 100,000 copies
per month are being sent to the entire area served from Radlett, with over
60,000 of these within the U.K. and Eire. This represents a 69% increase
for the U.K., a 97% increase for Scandinavia and a 28% increase for
Europe and the Middle East over July 1979. 100,000 magazines is a level
which has not been achieved since 1975, so hopefully this level can be
maintained and built upon.
Even though new subscribers are continually added at an encouraging rate
via advertising, direct mail, exhibitions and leaflets, the file is also
regularly "pruned" through the renewal program. This process retains
readers with a genuinely keen level of interest, which ensures every
magazine is used to the greatest advantage.
In July, God blessed the Work in the U.K. with the highest income ever
in a single month. The percentage of increase was 47% over the same
period last year, giving an overall year-to-date increase of 36%! And
this is during a time when Britain is going through a serious recession
along with the rest of the world, and the threats of unemployment and
short-time working are always on the news. However, inflation has fallen
for the first time in many months--now standing at 16 1/2%--and the high
value of the pound (which gives the
UK
income greater spending power) is
still being buoyed upwards by the flow of North Sea oil.
Tapes of Mr. Armstrong's Books Available to Blind
The books by Mr. Armstrong, The Incredible Human Potential, and Tomorrow,
What It Will Be Like are available to the blind and physically handicapped
through the "Recordings for the Blind
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in New York. Anyone who is legally
blind or disabled can request these tapes from this company. We believe
that Mr. Armstrong's new book will also be able to be recorded on tape as
soon as it is made available. The address is as follows:
RECORDINGS FOR THE BLIND
215 East 59th St.
New York, N.Y. 10022
Hard-of-Hearing Equipment
We need to make a change in the methods of handling hard-of-hearing
headsets. Instead of being stored at the church meeting place, or being
carried to and fro by a deacon, headsets should be
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checked out'' to each
member needing one.