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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 18, 1983
It would be great if each church area could show the film "Behind
the Work" this winter or spring. I'm sure our brethren who were
unable to attend the Feast and nonmembers who attend services
would be inspired. We would like to see it again. I'm sure
everyone would too.
Mr. & Mrs. H.H. {Galveston, KY)
I appreciated the program "Behind the Wot·k," not only for the in
sight it gave us, but also because my husband {who is not a
member) was very obviously moved to a deeper and more balanced
insight as to why and how Mr. Armstrong came to be where he is
today. I think he may have even grasped a little of what the
Church is doing and why. This acceptance makes it so much easier
for me and for our relationship.
Mrs. L.W. {Bismarck, AR)
We want to thank you very much for a wonderful Feast this year.
We especially enjoyed the film about the Work and the history of
God's Church. I would like to encourage you to have it put in
printed form so we could study it and remember the historical
facts better.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
Mrs. L.A. {Lincoln, NE)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
THE "RAINBOW" ISSUE: SOUTH AFRICA'S HISTORIC VOTE The results of last
week's spate of municipal and state elections in the United States and the
attempt this week to reintroduce the controversial Equal {meaning women's )
Rights Amendment signify again the growing challenges to politics-as-usual
in America for 1984 and beyond. Reported NEWSWEEK magazine in its November
21 issue:
Off-off-year elections don't necessarily reveal deep truths about
the national mood. But last week's state and local elections did
seem to carry one plain message--especially for the presidential
contenders of 1984. The lesson:
don't make too many enemies
among black and women voters....
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Jesse Jackson's drive to register black voters seemed to make a
difference in some campaigns. In Charlotte, N.C., black Democrat
Harvey Gantt won the mayoralty with a boost from Jackson as well
as solid support from whites. In Flint, Mich., black mayoral
candidate James A. Sharp trailed until Jackson flew in for a
rally--then Sharp squeaked out a 1,200-vote victory. And even
without Jackson's magic, Philadelphia became the fourth of the
six biggest cities in the nation with a black running city hall.
[The winner was W. Wilson Goode, 45, who was already Philadel
phia's city manager.]
Women did equally well. In Kentucky a woman breezed to victory
in the state's gubernatorial election •... Martha Layne Collins
...easily won election as the first woman governor in Kentucky's
191-year history.... Collins becomes the most prominent woman in
state-level
American
politics--and
thus
has
already