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Nov 29, 1979
Editorial / The Scientologists — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 28, 1979
Clearwater official favors joint suit on Scientology tax status — 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 28, 1979
Scientologists vowed to 'crush' man, files show — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 28, 1979
Scientology files: Scientologists saw conspiracy in investigations — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 27, 1979
Cult concocted scheme to have Sun reporter fired — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Nov 27, 1979
Cult sought to shield $8 million from IRS — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) WASHINGTON—The project was so top secret and top priority that L. Ron Hubbard himself christened it. He called it "Goldmine." At stake was more than $8 million in Scientology money that the Internal Revenue Service might get if top-level sect "guardians" didn't work quickly and vigorously to protect Scientology from unfavorable IRS audits. The scheme was based in Clearwater, where in November 1975 the sect had just established its phony United Churches group. But top Scientologists around the country were prepared ...
Nov 27, 1979
Memo tells of plan to safeguard 'Red Box' documents — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Nov 27, 1979
New group seeks investigation of 'destructive cult phenomenon' — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
Nov 27, 1979
Scientology files: Frame reporter — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
Nov 27, 1979
Scientology files: Scientologists sought to infiltrate Times — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Nov 27, 1979
Sect sabotaged Cazares's '76 election bid — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Nov 24, 1979
Documents describe church efforts to get around immigration law — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
Nov 24, 1979
Tenney calls Scientologists 'private CIA' — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Nov 10, 1979
Scientologists got secret files of Times, lawyers — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link , news.google.com , news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Charles Stafford Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Secret letters and memos from the personal files of St. Petersburg Times editors and its attorneys were obtained and analyzed by members of the Church of Scientology shortly after the church moved to Clearwater four years ago. The letters and memos were used by the church in calculating its response to news media reports revealing its purchase through a front organization of the Fort Harrison Hotel. How the Church of Scientology or its agents got access to the locked filing cabinets ...
Nov 8, 1979
Tampa jury may get sect documents — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) WASHINGTON — Thousands of top-secret Church of Scientology documents now in the hands of the federal government will be used in widespread probes of the sect by the Internal Revenue Service, prosecutors in several states and grand juries In Tampa and New York, a top U.S. prosecutor said Wednesday. Scientology attorneys have filed four separate appeals requesting the return of the documents, which were the basis of recent conspiracy convictions of nine high-ranking church officials. Today, government attorneys are expected to ...
Nov 7, 1979
Opinion // Of grudges and lies — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) "Maybe it is time to stop harping on past grudges but instead work toward the goal of a safer and more charitable world. . .This is our plan, our purpose, our goal and has always been." — Nancy Reitze, Scientologist spokesman, Clearwater. THE ABOVE is a recent quote by Ms. Reitze, following the unmasking of Scientology's plans to dominate everyone from Taco Bill (former Clearwater mayor Gabe Cazares) to international financiers, mental health leaders, Clearwater Sun Editor Ron Stuart and Pinellas-Pasco ...
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
Curtain of secrecy descends on sect — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Alan Gutwein-Guenther Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — The lid clamped down hard Saturday at Scientology's headquarters, as church officials chased a reporter through the streets and ordered other church members not to talk to the press. The church had publicized an afternoon open house, but visitors found themselves quickly escorted into a closed room if they tried to wander anywhere in the building. Nancy Reitze, publicity director for the church, wouldn't answer any questions. No, she said, a reporter could not roam the building and talk ...
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. ...
Nov 4, 1979
Opinion // Documents remove last faint doubts about Scientology — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Stuart Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) JOURNALISTS PRIDE themselves on being fair and objective. Like any other profession, our barrel has its bad apples. But as a rule, we bend over backward to be fair. Seldom have I questioned my own ability to make the professional judgments required of me as a reporter, city editor, managing editor and editor. Seldom has it been charged that I did not attempt to be fair, though hindsight sometimes has shown that those attempts were somewhat less than successful. But one ...
Nov 3, 1979
Scientologists' targets say, I told you so... — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link , news.google.com , news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bill Cornwell Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) If the Church of Scientology aimed to "take control" of Clearwater, it has succeeded, former Clearwater Mayor Gabe Cazares declared Friday. "Clearwater is the first city to be occupied . . . by a master plan by a destructive cult," he said. "Until recently, the Scientologists had won the battle over the minds and hearts of Clearwater residents," said Cazares, who has long been an outspoken critic of the church, which has a headquarters in Clearwater. But Cazares said recent revelations ...
Nov 3, 1979
Shocked officials say they'll fight — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Debbie Winsor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — Church of Scientology documents released Thursday that outline the Scientologists' intention to control or "take over" the city left local government officials wondering Friday how the group planned to reach that goal — and what it should do about it. Mayor Charles LeCher and City Manager Anthony Shoemaker agreed the city’s first move is to seek copies of the documents released Thursday in Washington, D.C., by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Richey. "We have to find out what the ...
Apr 27, 1978
Scientology church gives county spending records — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , groups.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Susan Denley Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology has given Pinellas County their records showing how the church spends its money, but those records are being kept confidential under a court protective order. The records were turned over to county attorneys Monday in preparation for a civil trial that begins today to determine whether the church's Clearwater property should be tax-exempt. he property in question in the lawsuit — which deals specifically with 1976 taxes — is the former Fort Harrison Hotel and ...
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