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Vol. XXXIX No.l
Circulation : 2,591 ,988
January
1974
ARTICLES
The lssues Behind the Explosive Mideast
After January 1975: Will the Commonwealth
Have a Future?
Just What ls the Plain Truth Magazine?
ls There Life Out There?
Fifteen Years of Space Technology -
What Has lt Gained Us?
A Conversation with Dr. James Fletcher,
Administrator of NASA
Europe: Catastrophe and Reviva!- Part 111:
The German Empire of the Dark Ages
ls God Unfair to Women?
FEATURES
Personal from the Editor
Advance News
What You Can po
What Our Readers Say
Radio-TV Log
ABOUT OUR COVER
Born in Lebanon ' s mountainous
Zgharta district. Suleiman Franjieh held
a wide range of cabinet posts before
becoming president of Lebanon in Au–
gust 1970. President Franjieh is a mem–
ber of the M aronite Christian
communlty.
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Chairman ofthe Boardand Editor-m -Chiif
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Vke Chairman and Assonate Editor-tn·Chief
Garner Ted Armstrong
Executil·e Editor ·
Hermao
L.
Hoeh
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Hill.
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