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Aug 6, 2007
Narconon to meet with new potential neighbors — Northwest Florida Daily News
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Heather Civil Source:
Northwest Florida Daily News MIRAMAR BEACH — Controversy over a proposed drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility has moved from one beachside neighborhood to another.
Narconon Gulf Coast Inc. wants to purchase a beach house at 263 Snowdrift Road and turn it into a 28-bed residential facility.
The nonprofit organization drew heated opposition earlier this year with its plan to buy a house on Scenic Gulf Drive for the same purpose.
That purchase has since fallen through, and Narconon is now hoping to buy the house ...
Apr 20, 2007
It's Hollywood in Chelsea at WTC 'detox' bash — NY Daily News (New York)
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NY Daily News (New York) [Picture]Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes arrive at the Altman Building for his Detox Center Benefit.
[Picture]Michael Pena and his girlfriend, Breen Schaefer, were among the attendees at the Detox Center Benefit.
Superstar actor and Scientology pusher Tom Cruise headlined a Chelsea soiree with all the excitement of a movie premiere last night to raise money for his controversial effort to "detox" Ground Zero workers.
"It is an injustice that after six years people who were down there are still ...
Apr 18, 2007
Critics: Scientologists' Va. trip a time to prey — NY Daily News (New York)
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George Rush ,
Joanna Molloy Source:
NY Daily News (New York) The Church of Scientology has dispatched "ministers" to provide "grief counseling" for shell-shocked youth at Virginia Tech - but critics suspect the sect hopes to convert the vulnerable students. "It's shameless, how they milk human tragedy to promote their organization," charges Rick Ross, whose CultNews.net has long tracked the group, which counts Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley among its members. "These young people [at VT] are experiencing trauma. What they need are qualified mental health professionals." HollywoodInterrupted.com's Mark Ebner ...
Jan 24, 2007
Drivers angered at signs — MetroWest Daily News
Jan 24, 2007
Today's CCHR demo in Sudbury, MA — Daily KosMore: link
Aug 28, 2006
Paramount-Cruise plot thickens: Spielberg left in dark — Seattle Times
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Phyllis Furman Source:
Seattle Times This summer's biggest Hollywood breakup has left Steven Spielberg caught in the middle. The director was blindsided by Paramount Pictures' decision to dump Tom Cruise, Spielberg's spokesman said Thursday. Sumner Redstone, chairman of Paramount parent Viacom, dropped the bombshell in an interview in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal. Spielberg is a Paramount powerbroker, but he "had no advance knowledge of Sumner Redstone's position," rep Marvin Levy said Thursday. "The story broke when Steven was on an airplane. He found out when the ...
Oct 14, 2005
Getting behind the ruckus over 'silent births' — Chicago Tribune
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Nara Schoenberg Source:
Chicago Tribune Just when Tom Cruise was starting to look good again, we hear from the New York Daily News that Cruise's pregnant fiance, Katie Holmes, is supposed to sign on for a "silent birth," without screams or painkillers. Ouch. But is "Quit yellin', it's only childbirth," as the News headline so succinctly put it, the true position of the Church of Scientology, of which Cruise is a member? Not according to Greg LaClaire, vice president of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre ...
Jul 3, 2005
An expanding universe // Scientology believes in aliens - and in buying lots of Manhattan real estate — NY Daily News (New York)More: rickross.com
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Author(s):
Adam Nichols Source:
NY Daily News (New York) TOM CRUISE's leap of faith into Scientology is a visible example of the religion's hold on its followers — but the Church of Scientology already has a multimillion-dollar grip on Manhattan. The controversial group, now blitzing the media after Cruise became its most outspoken advocate, has a massive city empire used by tens of thousands of devotees. And New York's church president the Rev. John Carmichael said, "Interest is increasing markedly." Its huge seven-story city headquarters was opened last year at ...
Apr 4, 2005
Homophobia Claims Dog Scientology — NY Daily News (New York)
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NY Daily News (New York) John Travolta and Tom Cruise have forcefully denied allegations that they turned to Scientology to "cure" them of their supposedly gay urges. But critics continue to claim the religion is rife with homophobia. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote in his 1950 best seller, "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health," that gays were "sexual perverts" and "very ill physically." That apparently went for Hubbard's son, Quentin, who was said to have been confused about his own sexual orientation. "[Ron] thought ...
Jan 15, 2005
City rejects tsunami-aid appeal — Daily News
Oct 29, 2004
Subway-tology! // MTA poster full of plugs for religion — NY Daily News (New York)
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Author(s):
Owen Moritz Source:
NY Daily News (New York) A poster being sold to mark the 100th anniversary of the subway has an underground message - and it has nothing to do with trains. The poster, which depicts a crowded Times Square subway station, contains what seems like an endless number of plugs for the controversial Church of Scientology. On the left side is a plug to visit Scientology's Purification Center on W. 46th St. and a promotion for a book by the late L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of ...
Dec 13, 2003
Bravest taking the Cruise cure — NY Daily News (New York)
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Greg Gittrich Source:
NY Daily News (New York) Not many medical clinics frame and display a filthy gym towel.
But then, not many medical clinics are bankrolled by Tom Cruise, target ailing firefighters who worked at Ground Zero and follow the teachings of the Church of Scientology.
"We're helping people," Jim Woodworth, director of Downtown Medical, said the other day as several firefighters sat in the clinic's 168-degree sauna.
As for that soiled towel in the frame above his desk, Woodworth said its purple stains prove toxins still lurk ...
Oct 2, 1996
L. Ron Hubbard Way endorsed / Council backs request to rename street in front of church — Daily News (Los Angeles, California)
Mar 7, 1993
Cult awareness and education must be taught — Daily NewsMore: link
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Cynthia Kisser Source:
Daily News THE drama of David Koresh that has been played on the front pages of newspapers and on the televisions in living rooms across America has stirred many troublesome questions about cults. Groups such as Koresh's Branch Davidians are certainly not a new phenomenon. And the real story is not that this violence has occurred, but that there are many other groups in society that could turn to such dangerous behavior. It is true, however, that there are some groups that are ...
Jun 30, 1989
Collaboration with Hubbard led Winter to 'Earth' — Daily NewsMore: link
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Bruce Britt Source:
Daily News Initially labeled a blues-rock singer, Edgar Winter went on to record popular hard-rock albums like "Frankenstein," "They Only Come Out at Night" and "Shock Treatment" during the 1970s. Winter has been out of the spotlight lately, but he has kept busy touring with former Doobie, Brothers singer Michael McDonald as well as singer-songwriter Leon Russell. He also performed on David Lee Roth's rendition of Winter's 1974 hit "Easy Street." Recently Winter returned to the recording studio to record in album titled ...
Aug 11, 1988
On the Ron — NY Daily News (New York)More: link
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Anne L. Adams Source:
NY Daily News (New York) A brutal bio of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, will get to see the light. Again. The News' Alex Michellini reports that New Era Publications, a Danish corporation related to the church, tried to enjoin the distribution of Russel Miller's "Bare-Faced: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard." New Era charged that the book and its publisher, Henry Holt & Co. infringed on certain copyrighted material. Maybe it does, just a little, said Federal Judge Pierre Leval. ...
Dec 20, 1987
Writers contest is Hubbard's thanks to science fiction — Daily News
Apr 21, 1987
Scientology appeal rejected — Daily NewsMore: link
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Daily News WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court let stand Monday a ruling that could force the Church Scientology of California to post a $60 million bond — an amount the church said would bankrupt it — to appeal a judgment against it. The court refused to hear arguments in the case, brought by the church seeking review of a California appeals court ruling. "We feel it's a grave injustice,” said Kathleen Thorn, president of the Church of Scientology of California. She refused to ...
Jan 30, 1986
Officials confirm Hubbard's death — Daily News
Jan 29, 1986
Confirmation of Hubbard's death sought — Daily NewsMore: link
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Ira Rifkin Source:
Daily News The San Luis Obispo County coroner attempted to independently confirm Tuesday that Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard has indeed died, while church critics voiced skepticism over the circumstances surrounding the death. Sheriff-Coroner George S. Whiting said his office was trying to verify Hubbard's death by checking fingerprints taken from what church officials said was Hubbard's body shortly before it was cremated Saturday. Whiting said he would take several days to match the prints with a copy known to be ...
Jan 28, 1986
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard dies — Daily News
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Daily News Tag(s):
American Medical Association (AMA) •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Corfu (Greece) •
Daily News •
David Miscavige •
Earle C. Cooley •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
Ken Hoden •
L. Ron Hubbard's death •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawsuit •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Membership •
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) •
Operation Snow White •
Ronald "Nibs" Edward DeWolf (L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.) •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Oct 16, 1985
Scientology church loses its bid to avoid punitive damages in suit — Daily News (Los Angeles, California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ira Rifkin Source:
Daily News (Los Angeles, California) Attorneys for the church of Scientology lost a series of key pre-trial motions Tuesday as a $25 million lawsuit seeking to challenge some of the controversial sect's most fundamental aspects got under way in a Los Angeles courtroom. The Superior Court trial began in a circus atmosphere similar to the one that permeated the recent Scientology-related case in Portland, Ore., complete with demonstrators and courtroom outbursts by church supporters. One ruling by Judge Alfred L. Margolis was to deny a church ...
May 19, 1985
Busloads of Scientology members protest verdict — Daily NewsMore: link
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Author(s):
Gilbert Bailon Source:
Daily News Pushing a baby stroller towering with blankets, Jennifer Decker of Eagle Rock was among hundreds of Church of Scientology members who boarded buses, planes and trains Saturday bound for Portland, Ore., to protest a $39 million court judgment against the international church. An Oregon jury awarded the multimillion-dollar judgment on Friday to a woman who claimed the church defrauded her, which prompted church president the Rev. Heber Jentzsch to organize the pilgrimage to Portland. Decker was among 200 people who filled ...
Apr 1, 1985
Advertisement: IRS tyranny revealed — Daily News
Sep 26, 1984
Scientology heads to appeal tax ruling — Daily News
Aug 16, 1984
[Letter to the Editor] No hard proof — Daily NewsMore: link
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Daily News As I read the article about the Church of Scientology in your paper I was reminded of all the earlier, similar claims and allegations I've read in various publications over the years — and I've never seen any hard proof. It seems to me that if even a small part of these tales were true we'd see a decline in the activities of the church. It seems to be prospering more than ever! I have seen literally hundreds of proclamations signed ...
Jul 12, 1984
Charges Hubbard diverted funds called "garbage" — Daily NewsMore: link
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Daily News Charges by church defectors that Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard diverted more than $100 million in church funds to foreign bank accounts was described Wednesday as "garbage" by the sect's president. "I call it hyperspace junk writing," said Heber Jentzsch, president of the Church of Scientology International. The former senior church officials, who have testified about the church's inner workings in Los Angeles court, told the New York Times that Hubbard directed them to establish shell corporations to channel much of ...
May 14, 1984
Scientology church pays $500,000 in back taxes — Daily NewsMore: link
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Daily News SACRAMENTO — The Church of Scientology paid the state $500,000 in back taxes last week and agreed to pay another $500,000 in five monthly installments, the Employment Development Department said. The payment from the organization, which claims tax immunity as a religion, was made as state authorities prepared to seize between 70 and 80 bank accounts belonging to the church. The wealthy church, which claims to teach self-awareness and fulfillment of human potential, was founded in the 1950s by science fiction ...
Apr 20, 1984
Scientology founder's papers ruled OK for trial — Daily NewsMore: link
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Daily News A judge Thursday denied a motion to bar voluminous personal papers of reclusive Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard from being introduced as evidence at the Los Angeles trial of a suit against the sect's former archivist. But Superior Court Judge Paul Breckenridge Jr. left open the possibility he will ban some of the papers from the trial of one-time church archivist Gerald Armstrong, accused by the sect of stealing the documents. Breckenridge said he will rule on the admissibility ...
Feb 15, 1983
Religious group sues lawyer for $42 million — Daily News
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