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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 20, 1984
As predicted in a 1965 issue, there is vast unemployment today;
there are also arcades which are full of gambling equipment.
People in general are getting no richer in wealth or knowledge.
The streets are full of crime, etc. I really could go on. I do
wish people would take this magazine seriously.
I have missed not having an up-to-date copy of The PLAIN TRUTH. I
was unsure whether you were still printing until I happened to
see a friend with a copy. I was very pleasantly surprised to see
the magazine is still in existence.
I.P. (London, ENGLAND)
I really do enjoy reading your booklets and The PLAIN TRUTH maga
zine. I have been reading them now for many years. My mother and
I used to listen to your radio broadcasts back in the 30s and 40s
and it looks like you had it pictured right.
C.H. (Tuscumbia, MO)
I want to thank you for all the PLAIN TRUTH magazines and the let
ters I have received from you. I listen to your programs on TV
and radio. Sometimes it scares me--all the things that you tell
are coming on the earth--but I can see them happening before my
eyes.
You have been telling of the drought and famine and how every
thing is going to dry up. Well, I can look out the window and see
everything here drying up. We have 90 to 100 degree temperatures
most every day, and now and then we get a sprinkle of rain. The
grass looks like straw, which is not like Michigan weather. I
can listen to one of your programs and learn more than all the
years I did going to our church.
Mrs. G.R. (Stevensville, MI)
I want you to know how much I appreciate The PLAIN TRUTH maga
zine. Each month I read it from cover to cover. I have seen so
many predictions contained in it come true. Each morning I lis
ten to you on radio and watch you on TV on Sundays. I wish you
good health and pray that God will bless you for many years.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
Mrs. L.B. (Redondo Beach, CA)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
POLITICS, POLITICS--IN EUROPE AND AMERICA While American eyes have been
focused--1n myst1f1cat1on mostly--at the curious antics of the Democratic
convention in San Francisco, Europeans have their own hot political cli
mates to watch as well.
In Britain, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is reeling under a series of
economic and political setbacks. On July 10, Mrs. Thatcher told the House
of Commons: "The economy is in good shape. Inflation is well under con
trol." The next day the value of the pound fell against the dollar to an
all-time low (in the $1.30 range) and the banks were forced to raise
interest rates by another two percent.
The building societies (called
savings-and-loans in America) quickly followed.