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Dec 6, 1968
Letters to the Editor // Scientology — Life MagazineMore: books.google.com
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Life Magazine Sirs:
"Scientology—a Growing Cult Reaches Dangerously into the Mind" (Nov. 15) is the most frightening article or story I
ever read! Poe should wither away in his grave. Jan Fortune North Hollywood, Calif. —– Sirs: Alan Levy entered Scientology ("A True-Life Nightmare") with the concealed intention of writing a suppressive (or exposing) story afterward. He wonders why he got to feeling guiltier and guiltier and developed headaches. I think I would have felt mighty uncomfortable in his shoes too. Is ...
Dec 1, 1968
SCIENTOLOGY – Menace to Mental health — Today's HealthMore: link
Type: Press
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Ralph Lee Smith Source:
Today's Health Couched in pseudoscientific terms and rites, this dangerous cult claims to help mentally or emotionally disturbed persons—for sizable fees. Scientology has grown into a very profitable worldwide enterprise . . . and a serious threat to health. [Picture / Caption: L. Ronald Hubbard, Scientology's founder.] [Picture / Caption: Bust of Hubbard flanks "altar" in Scientology "church" near London. Among his accomplishments, Hubbard claims to have been dead and recovered, to have visited Venus and heaven. ] LAST SUMMER in New York City, ...
Nov 15, 1968
Scientology: A growing cult reaches dangerously into the mind — Life MagazineMore: blog.modernmechanix.com , lermanet.com
Nov 14, 1968
Labor M.P.s Seek To Quit Committee — The Advertiser (Australia)
Sep 18, 1968
50 Books Of Cult Seized; Damages Claim — The Advertiser (Australia)
Sep 17, 1968
Customs seize 50 Scientology books — Herald (Australia)
Sep 10, 1968
Cult threatens critics — The Australian
Sep 7, 1968
Scientology and the kangaroo court — The Australian
Aug 23, 1968
Meddling with Minds — TIME Magazine
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TIME Magazine Not many modern religions can claim the distinction of being denounced by a major European government as "socially harmful . . . a potential menace to the personality" and "a serious danger to health." Yet those were the words chosen by Britain's Health Minister Kenneth Robinson when he took the floor of the Commons last month to censure the little-known and less understood Church of Scientology. Dreamed up by L. Ron Hubbard, a onetime science-fiction writer, Scientology originally surfaced as "Dianetics," ...
Aug 1, 1968
Britain curbs activities of cult of Scientologists // Refuses to admit Americans known to be followers of the semireligious group — New York TimesMore: link , select.nytimes.com
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Anthony Lewis Source:
New York Times LONDON, July 31—On successive days this week groups of Americans arriving in Britain have been turned back because they are followers of a semi-religious cult known as scientology. The ban on scientologists, as they call themselves, was imposed by the British Government after a study. The Minister of Health, Kenneth Robinson, said in the House of Commons that he was satisfied that "scientology is socially harmful." "Its authoritarian principles and practices are a potential menace to the personality and well-being of ...
Aug 1, 1968
British bar Scientology 'students' // 'Socially harmful,' authorities claim — New York TimesMore: link
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Author(s):
Anthony Lewis Source:
New York Times LONDON — On successive days this weeks groups of Americans headed for Britain have been turned back because they are followers of a semi-religious cult known as "Scientology." The Bar on Scientologists, as they call themselves, was imposed by the British government after a study. The Minister of Health, Kenneth Robinson, told the House of Commons he was satisfied that "scientology is socially harmful." He said: "Its authoritarian principles and practices are a potential menace to the personality and well-being of ...
Jul 26, 1968
How the cult deals with its critics — The Times (UK)More: link
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Henry Stanhope Source:
The Times (UK) The Minister of Health, who announced the Government's plans to clamp down on the cult of scientology yesterday, must consider himself in imminent danger of a "noisy investigation". "Noisy investigations" were recommended to scientologists by their guide and mentor, Mr. Lafayette Ron Hubbard, a Nebraskan, two years ago as one way to deal with the cuIt's growing number of critics. "You find out where he or she works or worked—doctor, dentist, friends, neighbours, anyone—and phone 'em up and say: 'I am ...
Jul 25, 1968
Public inquiry made history // Scientology development appeal heard — East Grinstead ObserverMore: link
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East Grinstead Observer THE PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE PLANNING APPEAL BY SClENTOLOGISTS CONCLUDED AT EAST GRINSTEAD ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER LASTING THREE-AND-A-HALF DAYS — THE LONGEST INQUIRY EVER TO BE HELD IN THE TOWN. The appeal by the Church of Scientology, California, was into the refusal by East Grinstead Urban Council to allow development extending to 23,500 square feet at the Scientology headquarters at Saint Hill Manor on the outskirts of the town. The Urban Council had booked East Grinstead Parish Hall for the ...
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