WWN 1981 (No 14) - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives

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NEWSOF(] PEOPLE, ' PD'~T E .
PLACES &
EVENTS IN THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
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The WORLDWIDE NEWS MQnday, July 27, 1981
~ PASADENA - A U.S. postal
, strike [WN; July 13] was averted
July 21 when the two majo( unions
involved tentatively agreed tq a
three-year. S4.~ billion contract,
according to Associated Press (AP)
and United Press International
r
.. (UPI) wire services.
The Canadian mail strike, which
began June 2'9, continues with no
end in sight, said George Patriekson,
an assistant to Canadian
regional director CoHn Adair:
Mr. Pa.tfickson reported that no
literature was being scnt out other
than The Worldwide News. which is
bulk-shipped to the ministry and
distributed in services. uWhile no
one can mail in literature requests.
we now have a nationwide W A TS
[Wide Area Telephone Service]
number that people hearing the
radio or television broadcast can use
to request literature."
. "We now have a large backlog of
mail ready to be put into the system .
! . when the strike e.,ds," he said. The
Canadian Office staff 'is _"keeping
busy doing catch·up work. We just
ordered 10,000' copies of Mr. [Herbert}
A,rmstroag's Missing Dimension
in Sex book. and we need to
prepare those for distribution."
'j Mr. Patrickson said the Canadian
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