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"The public has been hampered in its knowledge of scientology by the fact that so far as I can establish, on every occasion that the organisation has been named by a newspaper, that newspaper has been served with a writ of libel."
-Mr Peter Horden, MP: Parliamentary Debate, quoted in News of the World, 4 May 1969
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Daily Mail | 22/Aug/66 | Minister is asked to investigate... The case of the processed woman | Karen Henslow, a mentally ill woman, is told to "love death" and encouraged to disconnect from family and friends |
The People | 18/Feb/68 | Unknown title | Voyage of the Royal Scotsman. Cited in A Piece of Blue Sky |
East Grinstead Observer | 13/Jun/68 | Scientology is slammed in court as 'evil cult' | An ex-scientologist is declared a "suppressive person" and "fair game" |
East Grinstead Courier | 13/Jun/68 | Scientology 'Brainwash': JP's comment as ex-student is cleared of theft | More about the case of Maurice Johnson |
Sunday Express | 14/Jul/68 | Unknown title | Scientologists boycott local businesses in East Grinstead. Cited in A Piece of Blue Sky |
Scottish Daily Express | 27/Jul/68 | Mind cult hits back | Scientology statements react to Kenneth Robinson's denunciation |
Daily Sketch | 03/Aug/68 | Unknown title | Cited in A Piece of Blue Sky |
Daily Mail | 03/Aug/68 | Unknown title | LRH's drug use and Swiss bank accounts exposed. Cited in A Piece of Blue Sky |
Daily Mail | 06/Aug/68 | Unknown title | Hubbard interviewed aboard the Royal Scotsman. Cited in A Piece of Blue Sky |
Daily Telegraph | 08/Aug/68 | Scientology 'A High-price Racket' | Paulette Cooper's article in Women's Wear Daily is quoted |
Daily Mail | 11/Aug/68 | Unknown title | Death of 35-year old scientologist James Stewart. Cited in A Piece of Blue Sky |
The Times | 13/Aug/68 | Head bars son of cult man | Fonthill School refuses Neil Gaiman |
The Times | 19/Aug/68 | Scientologists hear Hubbard message | A Scientology congress in Croydon |
Sunday Times | 17/Nov/68 | Over the side go the erring Scientologists | |
World in Action (Granada TV) | ?/?/68 | The Shrinking World of L. Ron Hubbard | |
News of the World | 04/May/69 | Bid to Muzzle us Fails | Brief history of Scientology and its ill effects after its lawsuit against News of the World collapses |
BBC TV | 13/Nov/69 | BBC News | Short item on the Minister of Health's inquiry into Scientology |
Sunday Times | 5/Oct/69 | Revealed for the first time... The odd beginning of Ron Hubbard's career | Hubbard's ties to Aleister Crowley and Jack Parsons |
BBC TV | 14/Nov/69 | BBC News | Short item: High Court Judge rules that Scientology Chapel at East Grinstead is not a place of worship |
BBC TV | 21/Dec/70 | BBC News | In an interview, Geoffrey Johnson-Smith MP denies running a "witch-hunt" against Scientology |
BBC TV | 22/Dec/71 | BBC News | Foster Report recommends that practice of psychotherapy kept to professionally qualified people. Scientology spokesman David Gaiman interviewed. |
The Times | 23/Dec/71 | QC criticizes ban on entry of foreign members but urges legislation on psychotherapy | Summary of Foster Report |
The Times | 23/Dec/71 | What is Scientology? What can be done | Editorial |
The Times | 06/Jun/73 | Church of Scientology to pay libel damages to former Minister | Kenneth Robinson successfully sues the Church of Scientology for libel |
East Grinstead Courier | 22/Feb/78 | Scientology Boss Gets Jail Term | Hubbard's conviction in absentia in France |