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Report dated February 5, 1979. I mentioned then that the only distribu
tion system approved by Mr. Armstrong is the regular newsstand program.
Some areas are resorting to many different ideas, none of which have been
checked out with us in Pasadena. Once again, we MUST NOT put PT
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s in
people's mail boxes -- this is against U.S. Post Office regulations and
is offensive to the potential reader. W13 do not want to force ourselves
or our message on anybody.
Please be sure that your Plain Truth coordinators are aware of this.
--Roger G. Lippross, Director of Publishing
PLANS FOR S.E.P. 1979 ARE GO!
Plans for the 1979 S.E.P. are now in full swing. Due to the events of
the last several months, we are behind on our processing.
Consequently,
we'd like to encourage all of you to actively promote S.E.P., 1979.
Here are the vital statistics:
DATES: Session I -- June 19 - July 9
Session II - July 12 - August 1
DEADLINE: All applications must be received by May 15
COSTS: $300.00 -- This includes food, lodging, some clothing, and all
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equipment used at S.E.P.
Additional facts about the program will be mailed to all church pastors,
along with 10 S.E.P. application forms. Applications can also be obtained
by writing or calling the
Y.o.u.
office. The Worldwide News will also
be printing an application in their next issue.
We are now in the final stages of staffing, and plan to notify all staff
applicants by the end of April.
As always, we appreciate your support of the program and thank you in
advance for your help in making S.E.P. a continued success.
--Jim Thornhill,
Y.o.u.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT FALLS; NEW ELECTIONS SET Last Wednesday, British Prime
Minister James Callaghan's minority Labor government was toppled from
power by one vote in the House of Commons. The vote -- 311 to 310 on a
censure motion brought by the opposition Conservatives under the leader
ship of Margaret Thatcher -- placed Callaghan in the embarrassing position
of being the first prime minister to be ousted on a confidence vote since
Ramsay MacDonald was ejected from office some 55 years ago.
Callaghan has set May
3
as the date for the national election, which could
bring Britain its first woman prime minister ever (see Isaiah 3:12 for
a possible election forecast).
The no-confidence vote comes as no surprise in light of the events of
recent months. Crippling strikes of public-service and other workers
led to widespread disorder inside Britain this past winter, reminiscent