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Aug 4, 2008
Clearwater Sun alum says city desk clerk was a spy for Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Eric Deggans Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) All acknowledgement to Poynter's Jim Romenesko, whose blog [http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45] alerted me to the Reporter's Notebook Web site [http://www.reportersnotebook.net/article.php3?id_article=57], which contains a compelling collection of memories by alums of the long gone Clearwater Sun newspaper. While I'm not so sure about the contention that a newspaper 25 miles away can't provide comprehensive coverage of a community, it is illuminating and sobering to read about the Sun's glory days.
A particular standout is the essay crafted by Mike Pride [http://nenews.org/stories/639.html], a well-regarded, recently-retired ...
May 13, 1984
Trial reveals Scientology's darker side — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: gerryarmstrong.org , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) LOS ANGELES — It's 1984, and Big Brother — under the guise of L. Ron Hubbard — is being slowly exposed. Now 34 years after Hubbard created the Church of Scientology, the documents he wrote, the laws he created, the orders he issued, and the people who lied and cheated to protect him are surfacing in a court of law. They all offer evidence of a chilling tale. Since the sect orchestrated its surreptitious "takeover" of Clearwater in 1975, newspapers and ...
Apr 25, 1980
Scientologist jailed for silence in racket probe — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Roberton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Church of Scientology spokesman Milt Wolfe went to jail Thursday for refusing to cooperate in an investigation involving alleged racketeering, infiltration and harassment by church members.
Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge John S. Andrew, found Wolfe in contempt of court and sentenced him to 45 days for repeatedly refusing to answer a question put to him by investigators from State Attorney James T. Russell's office. ANDREWS ALSO refused to set bail for Wolfe, pending his appeal of the contempt citation, a ...
Jan 9, 1980
'Priority' critics of church faced special handling — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 9, 1980
Scientology brings 4 years of discord — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 28, 1979
Scientologists sought sex smear of Cazares, their documents show — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Nov 27, 1979
Cult concocted scheme to have Sun reporter fired — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Nov 27, 1979
Scientologists infiltrated Forbes magazine — Los Angeles Times (California)
Nov 27, 1979
Scientology files: Frame reporter — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
Nov 24, 1979
Documents describe Scientology infiltration of Clearwater Sun — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Nov 6, 1979
Scientologists' goal: world takeover — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) WASHINGTON — The Clearwater branch of the Church of Scientology actively participated in a master plan of founder L. Ron Hubbard apparently aimed at taking over the world, internal cult documents reveal. In Clearwater, the plan centered on removing from office political and and media figures considered "enemies" of the cult: former mayor Gabriel Cazares, Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney James Russell, Clearwater Sun Editor Ron Stuart and local broadcaster Bob Snyder. But on a grander scale, Hubbard's scheme was to "obliterate" and ...
Nov 4, 1979
Most targets not aware of infiltration attempts — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Marc Brown Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — Documents released Thursday by a federal judge in Washington indicate an effort to "take over" the city of Clearwater by the Church of Scientology, but most of the persons and organizations listed in those files said Friday they are not aware of any effort by church members to infiltrate or discredit their offices. The documents were part of a mountain of paper siezed by the FBI in raids on Scientology offices in Washington and Los Angeles in July, 1977. ...
Aug 28, 1978
'Fair Game' policy // Scientology critics assail belligerence — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert Rawitch ,
Robert Gillette Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) "If anyone is getting industrious trying to enturbulate (sic) or stop Scientology or its activities, I can make Captain Bligh look like a Sunday-school teacher. There is probably no limit on what I would do to safeguard Man's only road to freedom against persons who . . . seek to stop Scientology or hurt Scientologists." — L. Ron Hubbard, Aug. 15, 1967 It was not the first time that private investigator Eual R. Harrow had interviewed jurors following a verdict, but ...
May 16, 1978
Scientologists kept files on 'enemies' — Washington PostMore: xenutv.com , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Shaffer Source:
Washington Post The Church of Scientology, in its efforts to investigate and attack its "enemies," kept files on five Washington federal judges, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, other congressmen, Jacqueline Onassis, the Better Business Bureau and the American Medical Association, according to Scientology documents in the possession of federal investigators. The Scientologists' files, summarized in a 525-page inventory filed in court by the federal government, were in many cases marked "Eyes Only," "Top Secret," "Enemy Names" and "Battle Plans." Their contents were coded with ...
Mar 25, 1976
Scientologists name Sun, employe in suit — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephen "Steve" Advokat ,
Mark Sableman Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) Charging a reporter's enrollment in one of its courses caused members "extreme mental anguish, suffering and humiliation," the Tampa mission of the Church of Scientology sued the Clearwater Sun and a Sun employe Wednesday for $250,000. Bruce Harrell, direector of the mission, charged that Sun Assistant City Editor Tom Coat enrolled in the Tampa mission for the purpose of writing articles about the controversial group that has purchased the former Fort Harrison hotel. "Coat's unwarranted and surreptitious intrusion and invasion of ...
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