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Churchwide News
| Polygamist Green Given Five Years, $78,000 Judgement |
| News that polygamist Tom Green had been given a five-year
jail sentence and ordered to pay $78,000 in restitution for fraudulent
welfare payments spread worldwide this past weekend. The case had already
attracted worldwide attention when Green was prosecuted and then convicted
in May and June, and now the news of his sentence was carried on all major
international news wires, including the Associated Press, United Press
International, Reuters, Agence France Press as well as other local news
wires. The news was carried in virtually every news outlet. |
| Elder Nelson Visits Brazil's Top Elected Officials |
| Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints paid a visit to
several of Brazil's top elected officials on August 15th and 16th, sharing
information about the Church's worldwide efforts in support of families.
Elder Nelson met with Brazilian Vice President Marco Antonio de Oliveira
Maciel, Aecio Neves, President of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (equivalent
of the US House of Representatives), Edson Lobao, acting president of
Brazil's Senate, and of its Congress, and Jose Serra, Brazil's minister of
Health. |
| Cedar City 150th to Feature President Hinckley |
| Cedar City's 150th anniversary celebration November 10th
will feature a keynote address by LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley.
The address will be part of day-long celebrations in the southern Utah town
of 20,000 people, which expects record attendance at this year's birthday
celebration. |
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