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91 items found between Jan 1983 and Dec 1983.
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Dec 10, 1983
Scientology a religion in Australia — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 30, 1983
Church of Scientology buys into Oklahoma oil company — Las Vegas Review Journal
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Type: Press
Author(s): Jack Taylor
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
DENVER — The Church of Scientology, one of the nation’s wealthiest and most controversial religious organizations, has moved into the oil business with the purchase of a significant interest in an Oklahoma City oil and gas exploration company, The Denver Post has learned. The church also has provided $3.3 million to finance drilling for the company, HG&G Inc. The investment was made through a Florida-based, non-profit unit of the church, and is the religious group’s first venture into active participation in ...
Nov 27, 1983
Scientology church enters oil business — Denver Post
Nov 24, 1983
The true Austalian story — West Australian
Nov 23, 1983
Religion: When fervour leads a faithful flock astray — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Alan Gill
Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
If Moses did not receive the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, but only said he did, Judaism would still constitute a valid religion. This hypothetical argument was put to the High Court in the recently concluded Scientology case. Mr D. Bennett, QC, representing the Church of Scientology, said that a movement's claim to be accepted as a religion did not depend on the sincerity or honesty of its founder or leaders - what counted was the attitude of the members. The ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Nov 5, 1983
Custody battle // Woman struggles to regain grandchildren — Evening Independent (Florida)
Nov 1, 1983
City rejects complaint against church — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Nov 1, 1983
Scientologists reveal plan for renovation — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Jill Hancock
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology plans a $3-million restoration of the former Fort Harrison Hotel and the church-owned Sandcastle Motor Inn. Speaking before television cameras at a press conference called in the ornate hotel lobby, church spokesman Richard Haworth said the project indicates that "we are obviously in Clearwater to stay." But the church's upbeat affirmation of its downtown presence brought chuckles of skepticism and moans of disapproval from some local officials and civic leaders. The controversial sect's reasons for ...
Oct 30, 1983
Tide turning // Scientologists may be losing battle with Clearwater — Miami Herald
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Type: Press
Author(s): Anders Gyllenhaal
Source: Miami Herald
CLEARWATER — A poker-faced doorman bows slightly at the entrance of the Fort Harrison and motions visitors to the lobby, where a crowd waits at the front desk and dozens of guests rush up and down the marble staircases beneath the crystal chandeliers. A larger-than-life portrait of L. Ron Hubbard, the reclusive founder of Scientology, stares down upon his followers from high on the wall. Many of them wear the sea merchant uniform that is part of their code. Most criss-cross ...
Oct 29, 1983
Sects welcome court decision on Scientology — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Oct 28, 1983
Judges define a religion — The Age (Australia)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Garry Sturgess
Source: The Age (Australia)
The High Court yesterday gave a broad meaning to what in law constitutes a religion, with all five judges holding that a belief in God was not an essential criterion. The Full Victorian Supreme Court, upholding the decision of a single judge of that court, had earlier found that a belief in God was essential and that Scientology did not qualify as a religion. But this finding was yesterday unanimously overruled by the High Court. Acting Chief Justice Mason and Mr ...
Oct 28, 1983
Judges: Scientology is a religion — West Australian
Oct 28, 1983
Scientologists celebrate good news -- now to bring it to the people — The Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Louise Carbines
Source: The Age (Australia)
Hours after hearing the good news, Melbourne scientologists were deciding how they were going to spread it. "We're going to have TV ads, and we'll promote the book 'Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health', the young scientologist said. David Griffiths, 28, son of a Uniting Church minister, was sitting on a pile of books in the foyer of the church's Russell Street headquarter. He was delighted by the victory, and by the knowledge that finances were going to improve with ...
Oct 28, 1983
Scientology a religion: judges — The Age (Australia)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Garry Sturgess
Source: The Age (Australia)
The High Court yesterday unanimously ruled that Scientology was a religion and declared that a belief in God was not an essential qualification for an organisation to be a religion. The decision, a rebuff to the Victorian Full Supreme Court, means that Scientologists are entitled to tax exemptions under the Victorian Payroll Tax Act. Although the case was fought over a relatively small amount of money, $897.80, the decision could have major implications for Federal and State revenue raising authorities if ...
Oct 28, 1983
Scientology recognised as religion by High Court // The question is 'What is religion?' — Australian Financial Review
Type: Press
Author(s): David Solomon
Source: Australian Financial Review
Scientology is a religious institution and exempt from State payroll tax, the High Court ruled unanimously yesterday. It was the first time that the court came head on with the question "What is religion?". All the judges rejected the view that belief in a supreme being was essential to religion. Justices Mason and Brennan, in a joint judgment, stressed the importance of the case in determining fundamental questions of religious freedom in Australia and the extent to which an individual is ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Oct 28, 1983
Scientology wins status of church in High Court — The Australian
Type: Press
Author(s): Carol Simmonds
Source: The Australian
THE High Court yesterday decided to end God's exclusive reign over the nation's religious affairs, opening the way for many non-mainstream religions to claim the legal status of a church and all the financial and other privileges that go with that status. In a landmark decision handed down in Perth, the Full Court unanimously rejected a narrow definition of religion and moved towards the American judicial view under which Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture and Secular Humanism have been held to be ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Sep 27, 1983
Former Scientologists charge church harassed them for money — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 16, 1983
3 ordered to pay Church damages — West Australian
Sep 2, 1983
Plans are made to publish here the new novel from one of the most mysterious authors — Publishing News (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Fred Newman
Source: Publishing News (UK)
In a newish sort of castle in Sussex a suite of rooms, with private bar, an electric organ, and an elegant writing desk complete with pens and an unopened pack of his favorite cigarettes, await one of the world's most prolific and richest authors. Yet the rooms, cleaned regularly, remain unused; the chair behind the desk has not been sat upon for over fifteen years, though the man for whom all this is carefully — even lovingly maintained — has sold ...
Sep 1, 1983
Scheme loses $1.5 million for investors [exact date unknown] — Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Sue Lindsay
Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado)
Thirty-seven investors, including some who mortgaged their homes to get money, have lost $1.5 million in a Denver scheme that promised a whopping 60 percent in annual interest. Among the big losers was L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, who lost almost half a million dollars. The scheme has been investigated by the state securities division, and the FBI plans to investigate. The state has found evidence of criminal conduct and will present its findings Wednesday to the ...
Aug 25, 1983
Doubts over 'new image' // Scientologists expel 12 but... // 'I don't think it will work' says vicar — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
THE ANNOUNCEMENT that the Scientologists have kicked out 12 key members of their UK headquarters staff at Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, as part of a policy change, has received a mixed reception in the town. East Grinstead's mayor Cr Ray Boulger said that if the Scientologists were genuinely trying to purge themselves, then it was in everyone's interests to try to promote better relations. But the Rev Roger Brown, vicar of St Swithun's parish church, East Grinstead, said the history ...
Aug 25, 1983
Hubbard Day proclaimed in Gratis — Preble County news
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Type: Press
Source: Preble County news
Mayor Russell Wilson of Gratis at the August 17 meeting of the Gratis Village Council proclaimed Sept. 13 each year as L. Ron Hubbard day and made Hubbard an honorary citizen of the village. Marlyse Brock of Switzerland and Pam Schwartz, members of the Hubbard organization, attended on behalf of the author who has not appeared in public for several years. Hubbard is author of "Battlefield Earth," and has also written science fiction and Church of Scientology books. The setting aside ...
Aug 25, 1983
Letters to the editor // Hubbard recalls people in Preble County landing — Preble County news
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Type: Press
Source: Preble County news
To the Editor: I was touched to be still known in Preble County. And, not strange at all, well remember Preble County, but for different reasons than were given in your very nice article on me in your issue of July 21, 1983. You recounted that my fellow pilot Browning landed low on fuel in George Swisher's field. And it is very true that Raymond Boomershine offered to buy us gas if we would take him for a ride and ...
Aug 18, 1983
Sex and the Single Star: John Travolta — Rolling Stone
Aug 1, 1983
Scientologists' 'hiring' practices draw criticism — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Tim Johnson
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
CLEARWATER — In Pinellas County — with its 7 percent unemployment rate the signs on the four Church of Scientology buildings draw attention. Two say simply, "Now Hiring." Others promise a job with "low pay — great future." One along busy U.S. 19 touts jobs for "kitchen personnel." Two others boast: "We are recruiting." What the signs don't say is that the Church of Scientology isn't looking for employees. It is trying to recruit members. The signs also don't say that ...
Jul 24, 1983
Scientologists seem to be on buying blitz — The Ledger (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Edwin McDowell
Source: The Ledger (Florida)
A best-selling adventure novel by a controversial figure who has not been seen in public for years has become the focus of concern among some book sellers. The book sellers said they belleve that "Battlefield Earth" by L. Ron Hubbard is being bought in large numbers in their stores by members of the Church of Scientology, founded by the reclusive Hubbard, as part of an effort to boost it onto the country's best-seller lists. Some book sellers and critics of Hubbard ...
Jul 21, 1983
Controversial author-stunt flyer landed in Gratis 52 years ago — Preble County news
Jul 20, 1983
L. Ron Hubbard novel selling well in Pinellas — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jul 14, 1983
$42 Million suit filed against Scientologists — Associated Press
Type: Press
Source: Associated Press
Members of a Church of Scientology splinter group have filed a $42 million suit against the church, alleging fraud, slander and breach of contract. The suit was filed here last week on behalf of Bent Corydon, former director of the Riverside Scientology mission and member of the new Church of Sciologos. It seeks $40 million in punitive damages plus real damages of $1.83 million, said Corydon's attorney, Paul Morantz of Pacific Palisades. The suit is a cross-complaint to a $6.2 million ...
Jun 21, 1983
Judge bars couple from dropping part of Scientology suit — Orlando Sentinel
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Type: Press
Author(s): Maya Bell
Source: Orlando Sentinel
DAYTONA BEACH — The former mayor of Clearwater and his wife cannot drop just a part of a lawsuit they filed against the Church of Scientology, a Volusia County circuit judge ruled Monday. Citing case law, Judge Robert Durden said Gabriel Cazares and his wife Margaret must drop all or none of the three-count suit filed in circuit court against the controversial church. Arguing against partial dismissal of the suit, church lawyers accused the Cazares' attorneys of trying to drop the ...
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