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Sep 19, 1981
Clearwater begins move against Scientology — Clearwater Times (Florida)
Sep 16, 1981
Scientologists file suit to remove lawyer hired by Clearwater from case — Evening Independent (Florida)
Aug 30, 1981
Sect courses resemble science fiction — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) At the Fort Harrison Hotel in downtown Clearwater, Scientologists are learning to leave their bodies, control other people's thoughts and communicate with plant life. They learn this by reliving a galactic holocaust carried out by space creatures millions of years ago. So say top-secret Scientology documents spelling out the highest level of training available to church members. It is training that costs thousands of dollars and, according to church defectors who provided the documents, amounts to nothing but a swindle dreamed ...
Aug 25, 1981
Psychiatrist: Sect drove man insane — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Leiby Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) A downtown Clearwater businessman who last year joined the Church of Scientology was committed to a Mental hospital Monday after a psychiatrist testified that Scientology apparently contributed to the man's insanity. Francis G. Diamond, 45, a successful antique dealer before his breakdown, told Circuit Judge William Walker that other Scientologists' "thetans," or spirits, had invaded his body during counseling sessions and now control him. "It's not something out of Star Trek-it happens," insisted Diamond, who brought a book by Scientology founder ...
Aug 4, 1981
Scientologists accuse city of collusion — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Jul 29, 1981
Church releases 'financial report' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.ca , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gary McElroy Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology is a visible, viable Clearwater institution, church spokesman Milt Wolfe said Tuesday morning: "We're here. We're going to stay here." And in an attempt to make that fact more palatable, the church released a "financial report" during a Tuesday press conference, contending that the controversial organization spent exactly $10,028,000 in the Tampa Bay area in 1980. Reading from a prepared press release in a chapel inside the church's Fort Harrison Hotel headquarters, Wolfe said the ...
Jun 20, 1981
Jailed scientologist seeks freedom pending appeal — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Scientologist Mitchell Hermann, who was jailed Wednesday for refusing to testify before federal grand jury, has appealed to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Hermann, who was still in the Hillsborough County Jail as of Friday evening, also asked the appeals court to order him released on bail pending the outcome of his appeal. Deputy court clerk Kembra Smith said late Friday afternoon that the court had taken no action on Hermann's motion to set bail which she said ...
Jun 4, 1981
Scientologists get okay on programs — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
May 26, 1981
Scientologists to open parochial school — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Roberton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Citing "social problems" in the public schools, the Church of Scientology has decided to open its own parochial school for children of its staff members. Church spokesman Milt Wolfe said Monday the school will open by this fall in the former Quality Inn in the 2000 block of U.S. 19S, just north of Tri-City Plaza at U.S. 19 and E Bay Drive. The church bought the former motel in 1979 and uses it for staff quarters. The school will ...
Apr 24, 1981
Appeals court upholds contempt conviction of Scientology official — Clearwater Times (Florida)
Apr 1, 1981
Priscilla Presley a Scientologist — The Advisor
Feb 18, 1981
Scientology spokesman faces 40 days in jail — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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