Los Angeles Times reports a stolen church organ

Date (happened)

7 March 1970 (probable)

passage 541723 (lecture nid 1516), 'On March the 7th of this year the Los Angeles Times printed a little story about a lost church organ'

Told / reported

c. July 1970 (probable)
internal evidence within lecture nid 1516 (passage 541749, 'Next Monday (July 20th) will be my eleventh birthday of my birth from above'), weighed against three conflicting certain catalog claims (#584 1969-09-17, #599 1969-10-08, #641 1970-07-01)
c. July 1970 (doubtful)
internal evidence within lecture nid 1516 (passage 541749, 'Next Monday (July 20th) will be my eleventh birthday of my birth from above'), weighed against three conflicting certain catalog claims (#584 1969-09-17, #599 1969-10-08, #641 1970-07-01)

Neville tells of a Los Angeles Times story about a church organ reported stolen, whose minister had secretly hidden an identifying paperclip and note inside it beforehand ('just in case') -- offered as an example of unwittingly planting the seed of one's own loss.