OCLC Newspaper Abstracts search: 1994
Ron Newman
The following are search results for the keyword "Scientology"
in the OCLC/FirstSearch Newspaper Abstracts database.
These results are for 1994 only.
SEARCH STRING: su:scientology
NEWSABS NO: 03322396
AUTHOR: Bellinger, Wendy
TITLE: Facts about the Church of Scientology
SOURCE: Detroit News
SEC,PG:COL: A, 10:4
DATE: Dec 23, 1994
ABSTRACT: In a letter to the editor, Wendy Bellinger of the Church of
Scientology in Ann Arbor MI refers to a Detroit News article
about the marriage of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley
and provides some facts about Scientology and its methods.
ARTICLE TYPE: Letter
ARTICLE LENG: Medium (6-18 col inches)
DESCRIPTORS: Letters to the editor; Marriage; Religion
NAMED PEOPLE: Jackson, Michael; Presley, Lisa Marie
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60496.00
JOURNAL CODE: DN
JOURNAL ISSN: 1055-2715
NEWSABS NO: 03302819
AUTHOR: Leiby, Richard
TITLE: Scientology fiction: The church's war against its critics--
And truth
SOURCE: Washington Post
SEC,PG:COL: C, 1:4
DATE: Dec 25, 1994
ABSTRACT: Richard Leiby describes the history of his investigation into
whether Scientology is a real religion or a cult and
describes the memories of former members regarding L. Ron
Hubbard and clandestine operations of church members who
tried to take over government operations in Clearwater FL.
ARTICLE TYPE: Commentary
ARTICLE LENG: Long (18+ col inches)
SPECIAL FEAT: Illustration
DESCRIPTORS: Journalism; Investigations; Religious cults
NAMED PEOPLE: Hubbard, L Ron
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60208.00
JOURNAL CODE: WP
JOURNAL ISSN: 0190-8286
NEWSABS NO: 03282727
AUTHOR: Broadway, Bill
TITLE: The pain is gone: Bart Simpson's 'voice' talks about her
discovery of Scientology
SOURCE: Washington Post
SEC,PG:COL: B, 7:2
DATE: Dec 10, 1994
ABSTRACT: Nancy Cartwright, the voice of animated TV character Bart
Simpson, is profiled in regard to her role as a spokewsoman
for the Church of Scientology.
ARTICLE TYPE: Feature
ARTICLE LENG: Medium (6-18 col inches)
SPECIAL FEAT: Photograph
DESCRIPTORS: Personal profiles
NAMED PEOPLE: Cartwright, Nancy
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60208.00
JOURNAL CODE: WP
JOURNAL ISSN: 0190-8286
NEWSABS NO: 03278529
AUTHOR: Thomas, Karen
TITLE: Celebrities find haven and a stage
SOURCE: USA TODAY
SEC,PG:COL: D, 1:4
DATE: Nov 30, 1994
ABSTRACT: Celebrity members like Kirstie Alley, Juliette Lewis, Anne
Archer, Isaac Hayes and others spend hours studying the
doctrine of the late L. Ron Hubbard at the Church of
Scientology's Celebrity Centre International in Los Angeles.
Followers say Scientology offers celebrities a place for
quiet worship, or "auditing," the church's term for gaining
degrees of higher understanding.
ARTICLE TYPE: Feature
ARTICLE LENG: Long (18+ col inches)
SPECIAL FEAT: Photograph
DESCRIPTORS: Religion; Public figures
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60430.00
JOURNAL CODE: US
JOURNAL ISSN: 0734-7456
NEWSABS NO: 03277959
TITLE: Church programs touch communities nationwide
SOURCE: Chicago Defender
SEC,PG:COL: 8:1
DATE: Nov 26, 1994
ABSTRACT: The Church of Scientology, celebrating its 40th anniversary
in 1994, is featured.
ARTICLE TYPE: Feature
ARTICLE LENG: Medium (6-18 col inches)
DESCRIPTORS: Religion; Anniversaries; Organizational profiles
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: Chicago Defender, S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60616
JOURNAL CODE: BNCD
JOURNAL ISSN: 0745-7014
NEWSABS NO: 03233039
AUTHOR: Whitney, Craig R
TITLE: Scientology and its German foes: A bitter conflict
SOURCE: New York Times
SEC,PG:COL: A, 12:3
DATE: Nov 7, 1994
ABSTRACT: The Church of Scientology, founded on the basis of writings
by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, has aroused fear
in Germany and led to the creation of a government task
force, headed by Ursula Caberta y Diaz, that is trying to
combat the Scientology movement. Her group calls the
movement totalitarian and is trying to get the courts to
declare it a criminal conspiracy. The church's German
spokesman said members have been subject to systematic
persecution.
ARTICLE TYPE: News
ARTICLE LENG: Long (18+ col inches)
SPECIAL FEAT: Photograph, Map
DESCRIPTORS: Church & state; Conspiracy
NAMED PEOPLE: Caberta y Diaz, Ursula
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
GEOG NAMES: Germany
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60001.01
JOURNAL CODE: NY
JOURNAL ISSN: 0362-4331
NEWSABS NO: 03210911
TITLE: Groups protest that German exhibit is anti-minority
SOURCE: Amsterdam News
SEC,PG:COL: 6:1
DATE: Oct 1, 1994
ABSTRACT: The Church of Scientology protested a German government art
exhibit called "Against Hitler: German Resistance to
National Socialism, 1933-1945," claiming that the German
government is issuing propaganda at Columbia University and
staging its own exhibit focusing on violence against
minorities.
ARTICLE TYPE: News
ARTICLE LENG: Long (18+ col inches)
DESCRIPTORS: Demonstrations & protests; Art exhibits; Minority & ethnic
violence; Propaganda
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology; Columbia University
GEOG NAMES: Germany; New York City New York
AVAILABILITY: Amsterdam News, 2340 Frederick Douglass Blvd, New York NY
10027
JOURNAL CODE: BNAN
JOURNAL ISSN: 0028-7121
NEWSABS NO: 03196868
AUTHOR: Whitney, Craig R
TITLE: Officials in Germany denounce sect as a menace to democracy
SOURCE: New York Times
SEC,PG:COL: A, 6:1
DATE: Oct 13, 1994
ABSTRACT: Leading members of the German government and the opposition
parties have attacked the American-based Scientology movement
as a danger to democracy, and called on the next government
to ban it. The interior ministers of the 16 German states in
spring 1994 called Scientology "an organization that combines
elements of business crime and psychological terror against
its own members with economic activities and sectarian
traits, under the protective cover of a religious group."
ARTICLE TYPE: News
ARTICLE LENG: Medium (6-18 col inches)
DESCRIPTORS: Religion
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
GEOG NAMES: Germany
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60001.01
JOURNAL CODE: NY
JOURNAL ISSN: 0362-4331
NEWSABS NO: 03191431
AUTHOR: Boseley, Sarah
TITLE: Behind the babble
SOURCE: Guardian
SEC,PG:COL: 2, 12:4
DATE: Sep 21, 1994
ABSTRACT: Sarah Boseley discusses the efforts of Scientologists to gain
respectability for their religious beliefs in Britain, and
profiles L. Ron Hubbard, the movement's founder.
ARTICLE TYPE: Commentary
ARTICLE LENG: Long (18+ col inches)
SPECIAL FEAT: Photograph
DESCRIPTORS: Religion
NAMED PEOPLE: Hubbard, L Ron
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 9013.00
JOURNAL CODE: MG
JOURNAL ISSN: 0261-3007
NEWSABS NO: 03101974
AUTHOR: Leiby, Richard N
TITLE: Harmonic conversion? Ex-scientologists speculate on why
Michael and Lisa wed
SOURCE: Washington Post
SEC,PG:COL: C, 1:1
DATE: Aug 4, 1994
ABSTRACT: Former members of the Church of Scientology believe that the
church wanted to recruit Michael Jackson as a member and
therefore used Lisa Marie Presley, whom Jackson married in
May 1994, as the bait.
ARTICLE TYPE: News
ARTICLE LENG: Long (18+ col inches)
SPECIAL FEAT: Photograph
DESCRIPTORS: Marriage
NAMED PEOPLE: Presley, Lisa Marie; Jackson, Michael
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60208.00
JOURNAL CODE: WP
JOURNAL ISSN: 0190-8286
NEWSABS NO: 03060317
TITLE: Advertising: WPP/Lilly suit settled
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
SEC,PG:COL: B, 5:5
DATE: Jul 6, 1994
ABSTRACT: A $40 million lawsuit filed by the Church of Scientology
against WWP Group's J. Walter Thompson and Hill & Knowlton
units; Martin Sorrell, WPP's CEO; and Eli Lilly & Co was
quietly settled on Jun 29, 1994, according to sources from
both sides.
ARTICLE TYPE: News
ARTICLE LENG: Short (0-6 col inches)
DESCRIPTORS: Settlements & damages; Advertising agencies; Public
relations; Pharmaceutical industry
NAMED PEOPLE: Sorrell, Martin
COMPANIES: WWP Group; J Walter Thompson Co; Hill & Knowlton Inc; Eli
Lilly & Co; Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: Dow Jones & Co, Inc, 200 Liberty Street, New York NY 10281
JOURNAL CODE: WSJ
JOURNAL ISSN: 0099-9660
NEWSABS NO: 03025817
TITLE: Advertising: WPP/Lilly trial to begin
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
SEC,PG:COL: B, 8:3
DATE: Jun 13, 1994
ABSTRACT: Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Jun 14, 1994 in
federal court in the Church of Scientology's $40 million
lawsuit against WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson and Hill &
Knowlton units; WPP CEO Martin Sorrell; and Eli Lilly & Co.
The church alleges Eli Lilly pressured Hill & Knowlton into
dropping the church because Scientologists were critics of
the drug Prozac, which is manufactured by Lilly.
ARTICLE TYPE: News
ARTICLE LENG: Short (0-6 col inches)
DESCRIPTORS: Trials; Litigation; Public relations
NAMED PEOPLE: Sorrell, Martin
COMPANIES: J Walter Thompson Co; Hill & Knowlton Inc; Eli Lilly & Co;
WPP Group PLC; Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: Dow Jones & Co, Inc, 200 Liberty Street, New York NY 10281
JOURNAL CODE: WSJ
JOURNAL ISSN: 0099-9660
NEWSABS NO: 02981636
AUTHOR: Bass, Frank
TITLE: Scientologists claim Prozac could cause pet psychosis
SOURCE: Houston Post
SEC,PG:COL: A, 13:1
DATE: May 9, 1994
ABSTRACT: The Church of Scientology, which opposes nearly all
mainstream psychiatric treatment, has launched a bitter war
on Prozac since its 1986 introduction. Scientologists are
now rallying against giving Prozac to pets.
ARTICLE TYPE: News
ARTICLE LENG: Medium (6-18 col inches)
DESCRIPTORS: Drugs; Pets; Psychiatry
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60599.00
JOURNAL CODE: HP
JOURNAL ISSN: 1060-3484
NEWSABS NO: 02953167
AUTHOR: Haggerty, Maryann
TITLE: Church of Scientology buys historic Dupont Circle mansion
SOURCE: Washington Post
SEC,PG:COL: WBIZ, 39:1
DATE: Apr 25, 1994
ABSTRACT: The Church of Scientology has purchased a historic Dupont
Circle mansion with a complex zoning and financial history,
and says it will use the building for offices and other
church purposes. The Fraser mansion at the corner of 20th
and R streets in Washington DC was built in the 1890s.
ARTICLE TYPE: News
ARTICLE LENG: Medium (6-18 col inches)
SPECIAL FEAT: Photograph
DESCRIPTORS: Commercial real estate; Historic buildings & sites; Office
buildings
COMPANIES: Church of Scientology
GEOG NAMES: Washington DC
AVAILABILITY: UMIACH; 60208.00
JOURNAL CODE: WP
JOURNAL ISSN: 0190-8286
WESFAGER
Good Job Ron,
Wes