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Scientologists lose rounds in lawsuit against Clearwater — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Mar 3, 1988
Debate over sect fades — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Debbie Long Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — In 1975 the Church of Scientology, cloaked in secrecy, made this waterfront city its international headquarters. A lengthy outcry ensued when the public became aware the sect — under another name — bought a Clearwater landmark, the Fort Harrison Hotel. The Scientologists subsequently bought many other parcels of downtown Clearwater property, posting guards to keep the curious at bay. When the public and press asked questions about the aims of the Church of Scientology, sect leaders became mum about ...
Feb 26, 1988
Art gallery planned for old Gray Moss Inn — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 28, 1987
Letters / Management techniques work — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 29, 1987
Chiropractors seeking advice find Scientology-influenced seminars — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephen Koff Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) "Our connection with the church is that it is the religion of the majority of our staff," says David Riggin, [David] Singer's marketing director. "Scientology is a completely separate thing from Singer Consultants. Someone's decision to take a course from the Church of Scientology is their own affair, and our role is simply to allow the Scientology organizations to come to the seminars." Chiropractors make ideal subjects for Scientology because "they're in a line of work that is not well accepted, ...
Nov 6, 1987
Ordinance on charities is retained — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Oct 23, 1987
Scientology loses bid to halt book — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Church of Scientology lost a bid Thursday in a British court to ban a biography of its founder, the late science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. The secretive religious movement, which has a headquarters in Clearwater, had asked the Court of Appeal for an injunction against publication of Bare Faced Messiah by London journalist Russell Miller. Such a ruling would have reversed a High Court decision dismissing their application as "mischievous and misconceived."
Sep 13, 1987
Scientology has had little changes, book's author says — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 13, 1987
Scientology lawyer threatens lawsuit — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Aug 22, 1987
Cults are now taking aim at elderly victims — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Diane Salvatore Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Seventy-four-year-old Catherine, recently widowed, joined a religious group at a neighbor's urging in the hope of learning how to prepare her soul for death. Over time, Catherine's daughter Susan noticed that her usually healthy mother was losing weight and was tired and withdrawn. After nine months, Catherine abruptly decided to move to the group's headquarters in a neighboring state. She liquidated all her assets, removed her daughter's name from their joint bank account and withdrew thousands of dollars of her life ...
Aug 14, 1987
Churches' tax-exempt status being scrutinized — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephen Koff Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Filling rows of a hearing room as if they were waiting for the service to begin, some 25 Pentecostal ministers from as far as Jacksonville came on Thursday to watch their brethren do battle with the property appraiser. To Pinellas Property Appraiser Ron Schultz, it is the proof that they still deserve the exemption. Rev. W.S. Craig, pastor of the Apostolic United Pentecostal Church in St. Petersburg, said he went for 31 years without having to justify to the ...
Jul 30, 1987
Court ruling could affect local Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jul 30, 1987
Skinheads, skateboards, Scientology prompt calls // Do you avoid downtown? — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bob Henderson Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Another caller wanted to talk about our Sunday story regarding merchants in downtown Clearwater and how they appreciate the business of their Scientology customers. How many local residents, the caller wondered, stay away from the downtown area only because they don't want to be seen with Scientologists and be considered one of them, or at least because they would feel uncomfortable with the many Scientologists scurrying back and forth on downtown sidewalks? The caller believes there are many such people, and ...
Jul 25, 1987
1 killed, 3 injured in two accidents // Clearwater man killed in car-truck crash at busy intersection — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Amelia Davis Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — A Clearwater man died Friday morning after his small car slammed into the side of a flatbed truck owned by the Pinellas County Department of General Services. The accident occurred just before 9 a.m, at one of Clearwater's busiest intersections — Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard and Belcher Road. Alain Priouzeau, who police said was in his mid-20s, was flown by helicopter to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg and died an hour and a half later of head injuries, police said. ...
Jul 11, 1987
Rip-roaring boost for paper shredders — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Karl Vick Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Secretive as ever, the National Security Council (NSC) will not reveal precisely what kind of shredder Lt. Col. Oliver L. North worked into a state of exhaustion that November evening in 1986, the night he handed Fawn Hall compromising documents at such a rate that the shredding machine jammed. It was a Datatech product, an NSC spokeswoman said. It also said Intimus on it, she added, unhelpfully, since all Datatech shredders say Intimus on them. Once again, and perhaps as never ...
May 8, 1987
New cruise ship is on the horizon // Vessel may sail from St. Petersburg — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Olinger Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) ST. PETERSBURG — City officials hope to be signing a contract soon with a company that would bring a new cruise ship to the Port of St. Petersburg. Thursday, the city sent a proposed contract to Royal Fiesta Cruises Inc., a Clearwater company that is converting a ferryboat in Europe into a ship that would embark from St. Petersburg on cruises lasting from two to five days or more. St. Petersburg has been without a cruise ship in its port since ...
May 4, 1987
Religion and taxes Series: Editorials — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Is the Internal Revenue Service out of order in trying to revoke the tax-exempt status of Jim Bakker's PTL ministries for three years? Is this IRS effort part of a campaign that picks on religious operations? Or is it a federal government agency doing its job, objectively challenging the outrageous spending practices of an organization set up for religious and charitable purposes? Anytime the IRS moves, the danger of abuse exists. Short of death or some uncertain judgment day, the IRS ...
Feb 21, 1987
Filing delay granted to estate of Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Feb 13, 1987
Scientology circus could lead to citation — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: groups.google.com
Feb 13, 1987
Sect's circus draws threats of city citations — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Jan 22, 1987
Scientology member decides to drop out of commission race — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Jan 12, 1987
Scientologists seek a port for 'Boheme' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Diane Steinle Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The cruise ship Boheme has received an engine overhaul since being purchased by a group of Scientologists, and the vessel soon will get a stem-to-stern refurbishing at a cost of more than $1-million. But it still has no home port. The 500-passenger ship sailed out of the Port of St. Petersburg for 19 months while it was owned by Commodore Cruise Lines. But the vessel was purchased this past September by the International Association of Scientologists for use as a sailing ...
Jan 3, 1987
The city won a few in 1986 - but it lost a lot more — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 2, 1987
Officials clear Gray Moss Inn for occupancy — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 1, 1987
Scientologists sue church for $1-billion — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 1, 1987
Scientology hit with suit for $1 billion — Tampa Tribune (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
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Tampa Tribune (Florida) LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 400 current and former Scientologists filed a $1 billion suit against the church Wednesday, alleging efforts to compromise or pay off two Florida judges and siphon $100 million to foreign bank accounts. The class action filed by attorney Lawrence Levy contends Church officials or their representatives committed fraud and breached fiduciary duties. It says information obtained during purportedly confidential "auditing" sessions with a lie detector-like device is used "for purposes of blackmail and extortion." The ...
Dec 30, 1986
Scientology verdict returned — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 5, 1986
Scientology group helps public defender by paying witness — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Sep 23, 1986
Court may disbar lawyer linked to Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 15, 1986
Ads spur new interest in Hubbard's 'Dianetics' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
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