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Mar 14, 2010
New church offers public information center to explain Scientology — Las Vegas Review Journal
Type: Press
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John Przybys Source:
Las Vegas Review Journal With its dedication of the new Church of Scientology and Celebrity Centre Las Vegas last month, the Church of Scientology International is poised to assume a higher profile in Southern Nevada than it has during its 40-year-long presence here. Tommy Davis, spokesman for the Church of Scientology International, notes the Las Vegas center is the eighth new church the denomination has opened in the past 12 months, and that more than a dozen others are scheduled to open this year. The ...
Dec 3, 2009
Scientologists conduct stress tests in Union — Daily Utah Chronicle
Type: Press
Author(s):
Veronica Pineda Source:
Daily Utah Chronicle Scientology is a relatively new religion, but it’s been tabling on the U campus longer than most religions do.
For the past two months, Scientologists from the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation have stood at their station in the Union offering free stress tests to U students and faculty.
Volunteering Scientologists come to the U to educate people about the book, Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health, by L. Ron Hubbard, who is the founder of Scientology, Dianetics technology and previously a ...
Oct 18, 2009
Hawaii drug use continues to rise — KHON 2 (Hawaii)
Type: TV
Author(s):
Olena Heu Source:
KHON 2 (Hawaii) Recent studies show drug use in Hawaii is up and the use of narcotics continues to climb. A program recently brought to Hawaii is helping to tackle the problem. Drug abuse and addiction continue to grow by epidemic proportions in Hawaii. “Actually there’s a lot of people coming in for meth,” Bobby Newman Narconon Hawaii executive director said. The epidemic does not only include crystal methamphetamine, heroine and cocaine...abuse of prescription drugs is also on the rise. “Its increasing I would ...
Aug 19, 2009
Rapper Doug E. Fresh finds faith in Scientology — Essence (magazine)More: groups.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Terrance Dean Source:
Essence (magazine) Visit any neighborhood in the Black community and you're bound to find a church on nearly every city block. When it comes to faith-based communities, African Americans are believed to be one of the most religious and spiritual especially those who practice Christianity, Islam, Catholicism, or Judaism. There are even some Buddhists, thanks in part to iconic celebrity, Tina Turner, who introduced Black folk to the religion in her autobiography, "What's Love Got to Do With It." But, when it comes ...
Sep 8, 2008
A month for turning clean and sober — Gloucester County TimesMore: nj.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Carly Romalino Source:
Gloucester County Times September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery month, but for millions of reformed abusers of alcohol and other substances, the cause for celebration was a hard road. According to Derry Hallmark, recovered addict turned Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor at Oklahoma-based Narconon Arrowhead, only one in 10 addicts is successful in rehabilitation programs. The success rate for those addicted to drugs like crack, he said, is only about one in five people. "All drug use starts as an attempt to solve ...
Apr 23, 2008
I visited the Scientology Center of BR... and lived to write about it — Tiger Weekly
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kelley Cox Source:
Tiger Weekly Pulling up to the Church of Scientology – Baton Rouge Mission, I felt very afraid. I was intimidated not only by my own preconceived notions about Scientology, but also by the sign in front of the building with “Dianetics” written in red and an erupting volcano pictured on it. Granted, I had absolutely no reason to be scared. The director of public affairs, Craig Gehrig, called to invite me to the center and was nothing but polite and friendly. I also ...
Oct 5, 2007
'I wished I had never gone there' — Philadelphia InquirerMore: philly.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Art Carey Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer On 9/11, Bobby Morrill got a call from his cousin Bobby Stewart, project manager for a construction company, inviting him to come to Manhattan to help clean up the mess. Morrill, who lives in Newark, was there the next day. He worked for 36 hours nonstop, directing fellow ironworkers as they began untangling the mound of twisted steel beams and girders. That first night, Morrill slept under a table in Battery Park. He wound up spending 10 weeks at Ground Zero, ...
Oct 5, 2007
A skeptic, she's willing to give it a try — Philadelphia InquirerMore: philly.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Art Carey Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer Picture: "Lisa Gengo exercises before going into the dry sauna on the 23d day of her program. The exercise speeds niacin into circulation. Gengo had worked near Ground Zero."] Among medical professionals calling for further research into what's going on at the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, Lisa Gengo is unique. Since July, Gengo has been visiting the clinic once a week and she plans to go through the detox program herself. "I'm using myself as a guinea pig," she ...
Oct 5, 2007
A sprite who was sapped of spirit — Philadelphia InquirerMore: philly.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Art Carey Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer Because she lived only a block from Ground Zero, Jodi Bettis wasn't allowed to return to her apartment until the end of October, about six weeks after 9/11. On her window ledge, she found six inches of dust and soot, embedded with grim souvenirs of people who had worked in the Twin Towers - an earring, the scrap of a photograph, popcorn. Her apartment assaulted her with a variety of smells - all of them repellent. "It smelled like heavy dust," ...
Oct 5, 2007
Detox program — Philadelphia InquirerMore: philly.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Art Carey Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer [Picture / Caption: Joe O'Sullivan, 42, of Queens, and his wife Helena, 33, talk with Jim Woodworth (right), the detox project's president, during a consultation. Joe O'Sullivan's has had health problems since 9/11. The framed towel had been used by patient Tom Bulger.] It's become something of a medical mystery: This detox program shouldn't work, but it seems to. Nobody - from convention doctors to the patients - can explain why, but those suffering severe symptoms after exposure to debris kicked ...
Oct 5, 2007
Patient No. 1, and a towel stained purple — Philadelphia InquirerMore: philly.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Art Carey Source:
Philadelphia Inquirer [Picture: "Tom Bulger on the roof of Stuyvesant High School in New York. To the left of his shoulder is the rebuilt 7 World Trade Center building (the tallest glass building in the background). Bulger was the first person through the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, a Manhattan clinic that follows a protocol pioneered by L. Ron Hubbard, controversial (and late) founder of the Church of Scientology."] Tom Bulger heard the sound of a jet flying low, gunning its engines. ...
May 23, 2007
Here to help — Midweek (Hawaii)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Susan K. Sunderland Source:
Midweek (Hawaii) As Chad Bloom can attest from firsthand experience, the Narconon rehab program can bring ‘ice’ addicts back to live a productive, drug-free life Lari Zelinsky-Bloom is proud of her recent graduate. No ceremony or lei hail his achievement, but thanks to celebrities Kelly Preston and John Travolta, there will be many others to follow in the footsteps of her son, 21-year-old Chad Bloom. Chad just graduated from Narconon, a drug rehabilitation center. After a harrowing nightmare suffering the effects of ice ...
Jan 30, 1986
Scientology: Application of mind's power — Telegram-Tribune (San Luis Obispo County)
Oct 11, 1984
Philosopher fights drug abuse — Sacramento ObserverMore: link
Type: Press
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Sacramento Observer Question. Who receives more fan mail per week than the Queen of England, Harrison Ford, and Pope John combined? Answer. L. Ron Hubbard. Best known through his books and as the founder of the Scientology philosophy, Hubbard receives an average of 2400 letters a week from his friends and individuals who have been helped through his philosophies. On his 73rd birthday in March, he received greetings from the Governors of 36 states and proclamations from Mayors in New Orleans, Galveston, Houston ...
Aug 30, 1984
Right track founder presents plaque — San Bernadino American News (California)More: link
Type: Press
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San Bernadino American News (California) Actor Michael Roberts, founder of the popular durg abuse prevention group, "RIGHT TRACK", was in Hollywood recently to present a plaque to best selling author L. Ron Hubbard, to acknowledge Hubbard's work in the field of drug abuse prevention. Hubbard's Public relations Officer, Sue Lawler, accepted the award on behalf of Mr. Hubbard. Hubbard has been honored across the country by mayors and governors with similar plaques and recognition, including a proclamation from Mayor Saldana of Catalina Island. Roberts said that ...
Aug 16, 1984
"Right Track" founder presents plaque — Voice (Riverside, California)
Aug 16, 1984
Summer fun for kids mean? — Voice (Riverside, California)
Aug 2, 1984
Grassroots "The Way To Happiness" — Voice (Riverside, California)More: link
Type: Press
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Voice (Riverside, California) From coast to coast companies are using a booklet to improve employee and client relations and the results are showing in increased production and rising statistics. With the rising statistics in absenteeism, sickles after a night on the town, lack of loyalty and enthusiasm, employees are shaking their heads to frustration as to what to do to get production up. How does todays business world survive in todays jungle of earning an honest buck? There is an answer. Growing in popularity ...
Feb 4, 1983
Antireligion and the Press — Washington Times
Oct 22, 1978
E-meters, personality tests form Scientology trappings — Chronicle-TelegramMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Cynthia Roberts Source:
Chronicle-Telegram Like any other religion, Scientology has its trappings. Not crisp, rich-colored vestments. Not silver chalices, nor flasks of holy water. No, there are other things. Like personality tests and E-meters. E-meters? Scientologists rely heavily on counseling methods to cure psychosomatic ills and mental blocks. They believe in the powers of the "reactive mind" — a portion of the mind which records unpleasant experiences which may later be triggered by outside influences. TO CLEAR the mind of "engrams" (the unsavory experiences), Scientologists ...
Oct 22, 1978
Scientology: Another pop psychology? — Chronicle-TelegramMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Cynthia Roberts Source:
Chronicle-Telegram Forgive the digression, but as a child, I had a fool-proof method for falling asleep. If I were lying wide-awake in bed, I would categorize my thoughts, imagining my mind was a room full of filing cabinets. Into each of these files (not unlike the ones where the Mouseketeers kept their cartoons) went one worry or problem. By the time the data was transferred, I would be asleep. The point being that I viewed my mind as something akin to a ...
Mar 22, 1974
Scientology renews the spirit — Today's Post (Pennsylvania)
Feb 1, 1974
Far out / Scientology visited — Human Behavior (magazine)
Nov 20, 1971
Scientific religion struggles... grows — Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)
Apr 30, 1971
"The Hubbard Apprentice Course teaches fundamentals of communication" // Scientology defined as knowing how to know — HoofbeatMore: link
Type: Press
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Hoofbeat Scientology is defined as knowing how to know. It is an applied religious philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge. Through the application of its technology it brings about desirable changes in the conditions of life. But, according to Scientology Literature it could be better defined as summated and organized information about you. It is everything that has been known about you for at least 2500 years, but it is summated so it is communicable, so that it is applicable and ...
May 15, 1970
The Now generation — Arizona LivingMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jr. Schlichting Source:
Arizona Living The Now generation is to be commended and congratulated for its initiative in keeping pace with the tremendous strides, both materially and spiritually, which mankind has made in the past two decades. There is an evolution, a gradual evolving, taking place which is far better than the usually catastrophic revolution. A large majority (not the small minority who are creating the furor on our college campuses and protest marches of today) are leading the way in a search for a better ...
Dec 1, 1968
Scientology, what happened to Dianetics? — Orange County Business Digest
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