Luck chain letter. Death-Lottery type. Trust title.  It Works. 73 dates. US, 1980.         DISORDERING ANALYSIS

 Trust in the Lord with all good faith and he will acknowledge and he will
 Light the way.  This Prayer has been sent to you for good luck.  The
 original copy is from the Neitherlands.  It has been around the world nine
times.  The luck has now been brought to you.  You will receive good luck
within nine days of receiving this letter providing you in turn, send it
back out.  This is no joke.  You will receive it by mail.  Send copies of
this letter to people you think need good luck.  Do not send money for fate
has no price on it.  Do not keep the letter.  It must leave your hands with
in 96 hrs. after you receive it.  An R.A.F. officer received $70,000.
Joe Elliot received $450,000 and lost it because he broke the chain.  While
in the Phillipines, General Welch lost his wide six days after he received
the letter.  He failed to circulate the prayer however, before his death he r
received $775,000.  Please send 20 dopies and see what happens to you on the
fourth day.  This chain from Venezuela was written by Saul Anthony de Apil,
a missionary from South America.  I myself forward it to you since the
chain must take a tour of the world, you must Make 20 copies identical to
this one.Send it to your friends, parents, or associates.  After a few days
you will get a surprise.  This is true, even if you are not superstitious.
Take note of the following;  Constantine Duas receiving the chain in 1953.
He asked his secretary to make 20 copies and send them out.  A few days
later he won a lottery for $2000,000in his country.  Carla Deditt an office
employee, received the chain.  He forgot it and a few days later lost his
job.  He found the chain letter and sent it to 20 people. Five days later
he got an even better job.  Sidon Farechild  received the chain letter and
not believing it, threw it away.  Nine days later he died.  For no reason
whatsoever, should this chain be broken.  Remember. Send no Money
Please do not ignore this.  It works

May 18   1979        Oct 17    1980        Apr 9    1980
Aug 7    1979        Oct 21    1980        Oct 30   1980
Aug 9    1979        Oct 26    1980        Nov 3    1980
Aug 9    1979        Dec 6     1979        Nov 12   1980
Aug 20   1979        Dec 11    1979        Nov 20   1980
Aug 24   1979        Dec 13    1979        Nov 28   1980
Aug 29   1979        Dec 18    1979        Apr 16   1980
Sept 4   1979        Jan 6     1979        Apr 24   1980
Sept 11  1979        Jan 13    1979        Apr 28   1980
Sept 25  1979        Jan 18    1979        9 May 1  1980
Sept 28  1979        Feb 7     1980        May 2    1980
Oct 1    1979        Feb 7     1980        May 7    1980
Oct 6    1979        Feb 20    1980        May 15   1980
Oct 13   1979        Feb 28    1980        May 22   1980
Oct 22   1979        Feb 6     1980        June 2   1980
Nov 5    1979        Mar 10    1980        June 5   1980
Nov 14   1979        Mar 18    1980        June 13  1980
Nov 21   1979        Mar 24    1980        June 27  1980
Nov 28   1979        Mar 28    1980        July 8   1980
Sept 18  1980        Mar 31    1980        July 22  1980
Sept 22  1980        Apr 2     1980
Sept 26  1980                              July 29  1980
Oct 3    1980                              Aug 11   1980
Oct 9 1  1980                              Aug 19   1980
                                           Aug 27   1980
                                           Aug 29   1980
                                           Dec 4    1980
                                           Dec 13   1980
                                           Dec 23   1980

Photocopy (generation 2+)  of typed original. Legal size.  Keystrokes preserved. Sic "Neitherlands", "wide" for "wife", "dopies". Last date hand printed. Excluding the first date, the 72 dates encompass 503 days for an average interval of 7.0 days. Collected by William F. Hansen in Bloomington, IN.

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DISORDERING ANALYSIS    by DWV

The disordering of the dates can be explained by five events described, below. The letters represent vertical blocks of consecutive dates:  A, B, C, D. E and F in chronological order. D is split as D-, D', likewise B as B- and B'. 

1. A    B    C      An Aug. 29, 1980 retype produces three columns each with 19 ordered entries.

2. A    B    C      Beginning in Sept. 18, 1980, 8 dates are added below the A column forming D.
    D

3. A    B    C      Beginning Nov. 3, 1980, 4 dates are added below the B column forming E.
    D    E

4. A    D'    B'     A Dec. 4, 1980 retype moves three dates at the end of the first column to
    D-   B-   E      the start of the second column (forming D') and likewise moves five dates
                 C      at the end of the second column to the start of the third column.
                         The first date of the third column in now B' - the single last
                          date of B (Apr. 9, '90) followed by the four dates of E.

5. A    D'   B'   Beginning Dec. 4, 1980, three more dates are added to the third column,
    D-   B-  E     forming F and giving the final arrangement.
                C     
                F                                                                                    

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