Former cult members share disenchanted views on new messiahs
AP Special Correspondent report from East Meadow New York profiles ex cult members led by Sun Myung Moon and Hare Krishna. It describes recruitment, prolonged indoctrination, harsh living, financial exploitation, and forced deprogramming by parents. Respondents recount sleep deprivation, brainwashing, and painful clashes with families while urging youths away from similar groups.
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Karen Horowitz
Karen
East Meadow
New York
Long Island
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Associated Press
Lee Roth
Freeport
N.Y
Boston
Roth
University of Massachusetts
California
New Ideal Ranch
Mendocino
Paul Engel
Ardsdale
Engel
The
State University of New York
Winnie Swope
Winnie
Carter Cannot Give Away Peanuts in Oregon Campaign Returns
In Salem Oregon Secretary of State Clay Myers says candidates cannot give away items of value during campaigns. Only bumper stickers and similar items may be distributed not pens pencils bottle corks matchbooks or peanuts. Carter a Democrat and former Georgia governor and peanut farmer faces these rules while campaigning for the May 25 presidential primary.
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Ore
Jimmy Carter
Oregon
Clay Myers
Myers
Carter
Georgia
Lyndon Johnson
Santa-clad Hare Krishna members pass out candy canes in San Antonio
In north San Antonio six Hare Krishna followers in Santa outfits collect $1 donations from stopped drivers amid traffic. They hand out candy canes and Krishna literature, saying the act funds their literature printing and outreach. Some motorists object while police receive inquiries. Santas claim the candy is sanctified and offered to Krishna.
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Karen Horowitz
Oregon
California
Karen
Boston
India
Bangladesh
Lee Roth
Unification Church
Susan Reinbold
Associated Press
New Jersey
New York
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Tex
Krishna
Santa Claus
Jyotir Das
Houston
Chapin Parole Likely After Reduced Sentence
Dwight L Chapin former Nixon appointments secretary becomes eligible for parole next February after US District Judge Gerhard Gesell reduced his sentence from 10 to 30 months to six to 18 months. Chapin began serving at Lompoc California minimum security facility on August 11 for lying to a federal grand jury.
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Dwight L. Chapin
Richard M. Nixon
Gerhard A. Gesell
Chapin
Lompoc
Calif
Gesell
Memory Of Christmas Forty Seven Haunts Darwin
Darwin bears the long shadow of Cyclone Tracy which killed 49 and wrecked 90 percent of the city. Port Hedland, hit by Cyclone Joan, sees rebuilding aided by mining firms while Darwin pursues cyclone-proof housing and a reborn community spirit with new homes and relief efforts.
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Australia
Ella Stack
Joan
Port Hedland
Cliff Cottier
Japan
Cottier
Northern Territory
Texas
Canberra
Lyn Reid
Stack
Elizabeth Bonner
NMSU Raises Fees for Incidental Charges
The Board of Regents at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville approved a $15 per semester increase in incidental fees for full time students, effective with the 1976 fall semester.
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Board of Regents
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
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