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Feb 11, 2009
Scientology project raises questions, ire in Wyoming — Associated Press
Type: Press
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Mead Gruver Source:
Associated Press SWEENEY CANYON, Wyo. (AP) — The construction began last summer, stirring up dust that wafted down this desert valley and into a small community of off-the-grid homes.
As many as 20 heavy trucks a day hauling construction materials and equipment rumbled down the valley's main gravel road, passing into a gate marked with a "No Trespassing" sign. Helicopters flew in sling loads of cargo. Powerful work lights lit up the valley at night.
Public planners in southwest Wyoming's Sweetwater County — ...
May 6, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 3: Thistle Street Lane
Feb 18, 2006
Scientology awards reach out to black community — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Oct 28, 2005
25 years later, a high-profile Superior Court case is still on the active list — Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Roger M. Grace Source:
Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, California) A jury trial is slated to start in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday in a case in which an attorney who failed to secure a written representation agreement is seeking to recover the reasonable value of her services. So far, that probably seems hum drum. What makes this case worthy of note is that the proceeding will take place in Case No. C332027 — which was filed on July 28, 1980. The name of this 25-year-old case will probably sound familiar. ...
Jun 9, 2004
Scientology link to public schools / As early as the third grade, students in S.F. and elsewhere are subtly introduced to church's concepts via anti-drug teachings — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Type: Press
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Nanette Asimov Source:
San Francisco Chronicle (California) As early as the third grade, students in S.F. and elsewhere are subtly introduced to church's concepts via anti-drug teachings A popular anti-drug program provided free to schools in San Francisco and elsewhere teaches concepts straight out of the Church of Scientology, including medical theories that some addiction experts described as "irresponsible" and "pseudoscience." As a result, students are being introduced to somebeliefs and methods of Scientology without their knowledge. Anyone listening to a classroom talk by Narconon Drug Prevention & ...
Dec 1, 2003
A Church's Lethal Contract — Razor Magazine
Jan 1, 2002
Clear Expansion Committee Directory 2002 — Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO)
Sep 1, 1998
When Scholars Know Sin — Skeptic magazineMore: skeptic.com
May 1, 1997
Scientologist Lisa McPherson's tragic death — Watchman Expositor
Type: Press
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Craig Branch Source:
Watchman Expositor The death of 36 year old Lisa McPherson while in the "care" of fellow Scientologists at the Clearwater headquarters has led to an ongoing investigation by Clearwater police and has been the focus of numerous stories in the Tampa Tribune , St. Petersburg Times , New York Times , local media, NBC Nightly News , and episodes on Inside Edition . Lisa's tragic story began when she joined Scientology upon high school graduation. But two weeks before Thanksgiving, 1995, Lisa "told friends that she was ready ...
Feb 21, 1997
Scientology had woman in isolation — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: groups.google.ca , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Dec 15, 1996
Mystery surrounds Scientologist's death — Tampa Tribune (Florida)More: scientology-lies.com , rickross.com , link
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Cheryl Waldrip Source:
Tampa Tribune (Florida) CLEARWATER — After spending half her life as a member of the Church of Scientology, Lisa McPherson told friends she was ready to get out. At 36, she yearned to reunite with her mom and old friends and start a new life in Dallas. She hoped to visit them at Thanksgiving and vowed to be home for good by last Christmas. "She said she couldn't get into it over the phone but she said she had a lot to talk about," ...
Jun 29, 1990
The Scientology Story: Attack the Attacker // On the Offensive Against an Array of Suspected Foes — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joel Sappell ,
Robert W. Welkos Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) "Never treat a war like a skirmish. Treat all skirmishes like wars." —L. Ron Hubbard The Church of Scientology does not turn the other cheek. Ministers mingle with private detectives. "Sacred scriptures" counsel the virtues of combativeness. Parishioners double as paralegals for litigious church attorneys. Consider the passage that a prominent Scientology minister selected from the religion's scriptures, authored by the late L. Ron Hubbard, to inspire the faithful during a gala church event. "People attack Scientology," the minister quoted Hubbard ...
Jun 6, 1989
High court strikes at Scientology // Ruling will stop tax deductions — Tampa Tribune (Florida)More: link
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Tampa Tribune (Florida) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that taxpayers can't deduct the cost of Church of Scientology courses and counseling. In Clearwater, where the church has its headquarters and is locked in legal battles with the city and the Pinellas County Property Appraiser, local officials were encouraged by the ruling. The 5-2 ruling written by Justice Thurgood Marshall said that money paid to the church by Scientologists for training and a form of counseling called "auditing" are more like fees for ...
Feb 3, 1984
Private eye says he conducted covert operation for church — Sarasota Herald-Tribune
May 9, 1982
Ex-Scientologists describe illegal activities — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Harwood Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Why, Robert Dardano was asked, had he done it — why had he participated with other Scientologists in burglaries and theft of documents and smear campaigns against the church's perceived enemies? Because he was convinced, the slender, soft-spoken Dardano told Clearwater city commissioners, "that Scientology was going to save the planet and free the world. "That we were right and everyone else was wrong," Dardano, a 31-year-old Boston resident, was one of eight witnesses to testify Saturday during commission ...
Dec 14, 1979
Former Scientologist sues church for $200-million — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
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Thomas Brown Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) BOSTON — A 29-year-old former member of the Church of Scientology filed a $200-million lawsuit Thursday against the church, charging that the group has cheated thousands of converts by subjecting them to "mind control." Lavenda Van Schaick of Somerville, Mass. contended in the suit filed in U.S. District Court here that the church misled her into divorcing her husband, paying about $13,000 for Scientologist instruction and working for the church without pay for nine years in Clearwater and Las Vegas, Nev. ...
Church of Spiritual Technology (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library): form 990 filings
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