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April 5, 1984 |
£120,000 Reward Offered by Sect |
A reward of £120,000 had been offered by the international body of the Church of Scientology for information leading to the recovery of what are said to be scriptures stolen from its European headquarters in Denmark. Meanwhile, forty "disenchanted" placard-carrying Scientologists went on a protest march through East Grinstead town centre in a demand for reforms at the UK headquarters at Saint Hill. |
disconnection, East Grinstead, Press |
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January 24, 1984 |
Ad Offers $100,000 In Check Mystery |
A private investigator, acting on behalf of a West Coast law firm that represents the Church of Scientology, placed a full-page advertisement that appeared yesterday in The Boston Globe offering a $100,000 reward for information about a $2-million counterfeit check. Eugene M. Ingram of Los Angeles, the private investigator who signed the ad, declined to say whose account the forged check was drawn on because, he said, he wants to screen out crank telephone callers by asking for the name of the account. |
Eugene Ingram, Press |
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April 12, 1983 |
Scientology Suit Allowed to Go to Trial |
A federal judge opened the way Monday for four former Scientologists to sue the church for fraud over a variety of claims including promises that it could prevent colds, raise intelligence and solve obesity. The judge ruled that while Scientology is a religion, many of the claims it makes appear to involve non-religious matters, such as statements that it can improve a person's health and career. |
fraud, harassment, lawsuits, Michael Flynn, Press |
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January 30, 1983 |
Clearwater Sun: National Image of Suncoast Clouded by Sect |
For many in Clearwater, the Church of Scientology and 1,500 disciples of L. Ron Hubbard said to live here still inspire widespread apprehension, distrust and even fear. |
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January 18, 1983 |
Clearwater Sun: Scientology Faces Rival for Elks Club |
A private developer wants to buy the downtown Clearwater Elks Club, if the city of Clearwater will issue $600,000 in industrial revenue development bonds. The Church of Scientology offered the Elks $240,000 for the building in December. |
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January 15, 1983 |
Scientologist Faces Jail Term |
Mary Sue Hubbard, 51, wife of the founder of the Church of Scientology, is scheduled to begin serving a four-year federal prison sentence for her role in a conspiracy to burglarize federal buildings, following the failure of a series of appeals. She was the last of eight Scientologists to be sentenced in a 5-year-old case that grew out of efforts by church members to burglarize federal buildings and illegally obtain government records on the church. |
crimes, Guardian Office, Mary Sue Hubbard, Press |
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January 8, 1983 |
Wife of Scientology Founder Jailed |
Mary Sue Hubbard, whose husband founded the Church of Scientology, was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for her role in directing a conspiracy to steal U.S. Government documents about the church. U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson also fined the wife of L. Ron Hubbard $10,000 after telling her she had committed "not only a serious but a heinous offence." The judge said she could not accept Mrs. Hubbard's contention that she had violated the law because she believed the federal Government was harassing the church. "Your crime cannot be excused for perceived harassment," the judge said. "I must consider how your crime has affected your fellow citizens." Ten others who were previously convicted for their roles in the church conspiracy have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to six years. |
crimes, Mary Sue Hubbard, Press, Washington DC |
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January 6, 1983 |
Fight Over Funds Divides Scientology Group |
The Church of Scientology is embroiled in a bitter internal battle over the control of hundreds of millions of dollars. The church is described by its leaders as a religion and by its critics as a highly profitable business with cultlike overtones. It has long been a target of investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law-enforcement agencies in this country and abroad. |
finances, lawsuits, Press |
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November 20, 1982 |
Promotion for Ron Hubbard's book |
The Church of Scientology is spending more than $3-million in the United States and Canada this year on television advertising to promote the book that forms the keystone of its religious message. The group's first TV commercials have been broadcast 14 to 17 times a week on a Toronto television station since early November. |
Press, Toronto |
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May 12, 1982 |
Clearwater Sun: Editorial - A $1.29 Value |
The City Commission deserves some credit for undertaking the hearings, but was it worth $110,000? |
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