Today is Mormon Pioneer Day, marking the 122nd anniversary of entering the Great Salt Lake Valley by the advance party of the Saints. Associated with that date is Brigham Young's prophetic pronouncement, "This is the right place! Drive on."
Appropriately America's modern pioneers, the three astronauts, safely returned from their journey to the moon. Although they went into incubation confinement immediately after leaving the space capsule, President Richard M. Nixon was aboard the naval carrier that picked them up to give them an appropriate heroes welcome.
President Johnson celebrated his birthday today. His age was not open for discussion.
Yesterday 11 new elders arrived in the mission from the States. Because someone somewhere goofed up in the documentation process, they remained in Rio overnight and could not go out as initially planned. With all the transfers and changes, a new city (Anápolis) was opened and a new district (Santa Tereza) created in the Tijuca Zone. Elder Michael Knight, Jardim Botânico district leader, was transferred. He used to be Elder Stewart’s companion.
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