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Aug 27, 1986
Sect: It won't happen again — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — What was thought to be a roofing job under way on the Fort Harrison Hotel's 10th-floor sundeck turned out to be gutter repairs, building officials confirmed Tuesday. So Chief of Building Inspections Dave Christiansen said he's not sure whether the Church of Scientology needed a permit for such minor repair work or even a licensed contractor. A pot of hot tar burst into flames about 4 p.m. Sunday at the sect's Clearwater retreat at 210 N. Fort Harrison Ave. ...
Jul 31, 1986
Sect's purchase ousts tenants — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology paid $4.6 million Friday for a 200-unit Skycrest apartment complex to house its growing staff. The church now owns 11 pieces of property — five of which are used as dormitories. And while sect staff members are getting new lodgings, residents at Hacienda Gardens Apartments, 551 N. Saturn Ave., are being shown the door. They can stay at the complex until their current leases expire — but no longer. "We purchased it to provide additional ...
Jun 7, 1986
Scientology tunes heading to area homes — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — Could the composing abilities of the late L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, nudge Madonna and Billy Ocean out of the top-20 in pop music? Some 600 Clearwater residents will have the chance to decide. Parishioners at the Fort Harrison Hotel, the sect's Clearwater headquarters, have forked out the money to mail out more than 600 cassette tapes that contain Hubbard's musical statement on what Scientology is all about. "The Road to Freedom" cassette — with ...
May 10, 1986
Lid to blow on church's own volcano — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — First there was Mount Vesuvius, then Mount St. Helens. And now — Mount Fort Harrison. The Church of Scientology's Clearwater headquarters is the site of an "active" volcano set to ooze molten lava — albeit the imitation kind — from a 20-foot fabrication towering above the hotel courtyard at 210 S. Fort Harrison Ave. Mount Fort Harrison, set to spew its stuff around 9:30 p.m. today, is the grand finale of the sect's anniversary celebration of the publication of ...
Feb 12, 1986
Scientology yacht project hits rough going — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Feb 11, 1986
Scientology yacht, city make waves — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Feb 8, 1986
Sect's boat set to 'sail' — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Jan 29, 1986
Skeptics question Hubbard death — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Jan 23, 1986
Tempers flare over hotel closing — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Dec 24, 1985
Scientologists mail $9,500 in 'presents' — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Dec 17, 1985
Lawsuit creates quandary — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Dec 5, 1985
A fast answer to 'Can We Ever Be Friends?' — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bob Driver Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) Scientologists use various means of indoctrinating their members. I have long suspected that boredom and confusion are two of their tools. That belief got a boost Tuesday night as I drove to Tampa. As I traveled east on Ulmerton Road and across the Frankenstein Bridge, I listened to a tape cassette recently mailed to me (and several hundred other people in Upper Pinellas County) by the Scientologists. In a Wednesday story, Sun staff writer Lesley Collins ably described the tape's contents. ...
Dec 4, 1985
Sect mails taped message — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — The "favorable" reaction from a Church of Scientology goodwill message via a cassette tape may spark additional tape mailings. The Clearwater-based group mailed about 300 cassette tapes titled "Can We Ever Be Friends?" this week to local city officials, newspapers and randomly selected residents. "We've gotten calls as to why people haven't received them," Scientology spokesman Ludwig Alpers said Tuesday. Because of the positive response, "there might be more going out," he said. A small group of Scientologists recently ...
Nov 15, 1985
Appeals court skirts decision on city's sect law — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — A federal appeals court ruling doesn't say a word about the constitutionality of a city ordinance regulating charitable solicitations, basically sending it back to a lower court. The opinion issued Wednesday by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals states there hasn't been enough legal record developed by the U.S. District Court in Tampa to warrant a decision on the law's constitutional merits. "It's an interesting opinion because it doesn't decide anything," Scientology attorney Eric Lieberman said Thursday. "Basically ...
Jul 21, 1985
Oregon decision has bearing on city, sect says — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Apr 2, 1985
Hubbard's failure to appear leads to lawsuit's dismissal — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 26, 1985
Affidavit attacks Flynn's strategy — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 21, 1985
Hubbard fails to show up — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 6, 1985
Sect wants Hubbard's birthday honored — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Feb 1, 1985
Sect won't talk about hush-hush investigation — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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