PTL Partners March for Independence at Heritage USA
About 500 PTL partners marched peacefully near Fort Mill proclaiming independence on the nation’s birthday. They demanded board representation, discussed ousting Rev. Jerry Falwell, and planned legal action to replace the current PTL board while urging donations withholding.
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Fort Mill
PTL
Heritage USA
George Trakas
Association of
PTL Partners
Jim Bakker
Jerry Falwell
U.S
PTL Partnership Push Reaches 70,000 Towers Deals
Jim Bakker and PTL leaders promoted lifetime partnerships starting in 1984 detailing Grand and Towers memberships. They aimed for 30,000 in the Grand and 30,000 Towers totaling about $30 million for Towers, Partner Center, and TV airtime, with 70,000 Towers sold by 1986.
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Charlotte
N.C
Jim Bakker
PTL
Ministry
Bakker
Heritage Partner Center
Richard Dortch
Branson Lindstrand Cross Atlantic in Hot Air Balloon
Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand are credited with crossing the Atlantic by hot air balloon and set records for largest balloon, fastest hot air craft, and longest distance, despite a crash landing off Scotland. The federation notes crossing criteria and landing rules remain under review while Guinness verifies the feat.
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London
Richard Branson
Per Lindstrand
Guinness Book of Records
Atlantic
International Aeronautics Federation
Guinness
Anna Nicolson
Nigel Tasker
International Ballooning Committee
Tasker
Federation
Haiti rejects demands as stores reopen ahead of strike
Haiti's military controlled government refused to resign despite calls from strikers who resume plans for a general strike next week. Shoppers stocked up on food and gasoline as shops opened for a second time this week amid rising violence, with reports that at least 23 people have been killed since the protest began.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Gerard Noel
Supreme Court
Independent Provisional Electoral Council
Noel
Autonomous Central of Haitian Workers
CATH
Telstar celebrat es 25 years of bringing world together
In Vermont a 10 foot satellite dish has linked James and Alice Murphy to the world for three months. Telstar I launched in 1962 changed long distance, video and phone communication, shrinking the world as satellites became fixtures.
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Telstar
Montpelier
James Murphy
Ronald Reagan
Boston Bruins
First Baptist Church Choir
del City
Okla
Vermont
Murphy
Alice
Earth
Telstar I
Lyndon B. Johnson
Samuel F.B. Morse
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Link Resources Corp
United States
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March For Independence
Falwell
Trakas
Jesus
Harry Hargrave
The
Association of Ptl Partners
Paul Wood
Horn
World Outreach Center
Heritage Grand
Knight-Ridder Service
Tammy
Tammy Bakker
North Channel
Ireland
Scotland
Lindstrand
America
Henri Namphy
William Regala
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Edgefield Greenwood
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