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Oct 28, 1983
Scientology a religion: judges — The Age (Australia)More: news.google.com
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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
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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 ...
Oct 28, 1983
Scientology wins status of church in High Court — The Australian
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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 ...
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)More: link
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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)More: link
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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)More: link
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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 newsMore: link
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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 newsMore: link
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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)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
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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)More: news.google.com
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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
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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 SentinelMore: link
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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 ...
Jun 14, 1983
Judge throws out lawsuit over Scientology dispute — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Russell Chandler Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A Riverside Superior Court judge Monday threw out a suit by L. Ron Hubbard's estranged son that claimed that his father, the controversial founder of the Church of Scientology, is either dead or incompetent. Judge David Hennigan had been "convinced" by a declaration Hubbard had filed three weeks ago that the reclusive science-fiction writer was alive. The declaration was signed and fingerprinted by Hubbard and apparently authenticated by handwriting and fingerprint experts. Hubbard, 71, had written in the document that he ...
Jun 13, 1983
[The founder and spiritual leader of the Church of Scientology diverted millions of dollars in church funds] — UPI
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UPI The founder and spiritual leader of the Church of Scientology diverted millions of dollars in church funds into his own personal accounts, it was reported Sunday. L. Ron Hubbard, the reclusive leader of the Clearwater-based church, used a "dummy" foreign corporation as a funnel for the funds, the St. Petersburg Times said in a copyright story. Church officials denied the charges. But the newspaper said court files in the United States and Canada show Hubbard collected money worldwide through the Religious ...
Jun 12, 1983
Scientology funds made Hubbard rich, files show — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
May 31, 1983
Scientology defectors charge 'dirty tricks' in Boston — Boston Globe
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Ben Bradlee Jr. Source:
Boston Globe Robert Dardano and Warren Friske were trusted members of the Boston mission of the Church of Scientology in the mid-1970s when they say they were recruited to join a group of other church members intent on carrying out "dirty tricks" against critics and others deemed enemies of the church in this area. The activities of the group included break-ins, the theft of documents, harassment and misrepresentation, according to sworn testimony by Dardano in Florida last year and affidavits from him and ...
May 23, 1983
Late Night: L. Ron Hubbard Jr. — Public Broadcasting Television (PBS)More: Youtube
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Public Broadcasting Television (PBS) [picture of L. Ron Hubbard in cowboy attire with a camera] HOST—VOICE OF: Believers think of L. Ron Hubbard as a genius and a saint; detractors call him a fraud and, according to his own son, one of the biggest con men of the century. HOST—ON CAMERA: Whether L. Ron Hubbard is alive or sane is also up for grabs. Our guests are Ron DeWolf, who is L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. He split with his father in 1959 and is now ...
May 21, 1983
Hubbard still alive, judge rules — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Russell Chandler Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A seven-page "legal declaration" purportedly written by L. Ron Hubbard, the reclusive founder of the Church of Scientology, apparently convinced a Riverside judge Friday that the science fiction-writing religionist is alive, contrary to assertions by Hubbard's son that he is dead or mentally incompetent. But Superior Court Judge David Hennigan was asked to also consider "new evidence" filed in the court Friday by the son which alleges that Hubbard's signature was forged on documents transferring his Scientology trademark rights to the ...
May 21, 1983
Judge believes Hubbard lives // Gives son three weeks to disprove — Associated Press
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Associated Press "I am not a missing person," Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard said in a signed statement that has led a judge to believe the reclusive author is healthy despite a son's claim to the contrary. Superior Court Judge David Hennigan said Friday that the declaration, which included fingerprints experts have said belong to the 72-year-old Hubbard, made him believe Hubbard still is alive. Hubbard has not made a public appearance in years. Hennigan said the seven-page document, filed with ...
May 21, 1983
Judge says he believes church founder is alive — Orlando SentinelMore: link
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Orlando Sentinel RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A Superior Court Judge said Friday he is "convinced" that Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is alive, despite claims he is dead or mentally incompetent. Judge David Hennigan said he was not sure the author was alive until he read a seven-page legal declaration from Hubbard saying he keeps his whereabouts a secret because his life has been threatened. "I am not a missing person," Hubbard said in the declaration. "I am in seclusion of my ...
May 20, 1983
Religious fraud bill killed in state Senate — Las Vegas SunMore: link
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Jim Coleman Source:
Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The Senate killed the last remnant of a bill aimed at curbing fraud by cults Thursday, but Sen. Bill Hernstadt took some parting shots at two of the so-called new religions, comparing Rev. Sun Yung Moon to Al Capone and criticizing the Church of Scientology. Hernstadt introduced and strongly backed the "cult bills," in respone to his daughter's bad experience last year with the Church of Scientology. Hernstadt, D-Las Vegas, introduced SB108, the bill to give dissident cult ...
May 3, 1983
Legality of new religion fraud bill challenged — UPIMore: link
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UPI A new bill, designed to control fraud by religious organizations, was criticized Monday by an attorney for the Church of Scientology who said it still may be unconstitutional. Lee Boothby, the lawyer for the church, told the Senate Judiciary Committee some sections of SB343 may conflict with doctrines of the Catholic and Mormon churches, putting it in possible conflict with the First Amendment. SB343 is a replacement for an earlier bill which singled out religious cults which could be sued for ...
May 2, 1983
More Nevada debate on cult bill — Associated PressMore: link
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Brendan Riley Source:
Associated Press Carson City, Nev. (AP) — More pleas for controls on cults were aired Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee reviewed a plan to allow for civil lawsuits against cults or any other groups which bilk people. No immediate action was taken on SB343, being pushed by Sen. Bill Hernstadt who had to "deprogram" a daughter who had joined the Church of Scientology. Scientology representatives were criticized by Sen. Thomas "Spike" Wilson, committee chairman, for failing to deliver promised documents outlining their ...
Apr 28, 1983
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Apr 27, 1983
Scientologists fail to obtain Hubbard's files — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Myrna Oliver Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday refused to release 21 boxes of personal letters and journals of reclusive Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to church officials, despite a handwritten letter purportedly from Hubbard claiming them as his property. The material is the subject of a lawsuit by the Scientologists against their former member and archivist, Gerald Armstrong, seeking permanent return of the documents. The church claims that Armstrong stole the material. He claims that Hubbard had permitted him ...
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