Volume XL No. 1
Circulation : 2,487,994
January
1975
ARTICLES
1975- A Turning Point in Human History?
"To Save a People"
Will the Real Criminal Please Stand Up?
Europe: Catastrophe and Reviva!
Part VIII: Germany Becomes
the Dominant European Power
40 Years and Still Ahead of Our Time
The Plain Truth Magazine ls Born
Publisher Announces New Format
FEATURES
Personal from the Editor
What Our Readers Say
Garner Ted Armstrong Speaks Out!
ABOUT OUR COVER
The Ford-Brezhnev arms-control in
Vladivostok has been hailed both as
a "breakthrough" and a "farce." Will
it really curb the arms race?
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Fred Ward - Btack Star
Photographed for the forthcoming book
Portrait of a Presiden!
published by Harper
&
Rowe
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