Thursday, July 18, 2013

House Staff Report News Articles

August 1, 1977, New West Magazine, Inside People's Temple, by Marshall Kilduff and Phil Tracy,
August 23, 1977, Ukiah Daily Journal, Ukiah Weekly Target of $5 Million Lawsuit, by George Hunter,
November 10, 1977, The Sun Reporter, Charles Garry Visits Jonestown: 'I Have Been to Paradise,
November 13, 1977, San Francisco Examiner, Scared Too Long, by Tim Reiterman,
November 19, 1977, San Francisco Examiner, Jones Temple Asked to Return Child, Parents Awarded Custody, by Tim Reiterman,
April 12, 1978, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, People's Temple in Guyana is 'Prison,' Relatives Say, by Bob Klose,
April 12, 1978, New York Times, Reverend Jones Accused of Coercion,
June 15, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Grim Report From Jungle, by Marshall Kilduff,
October 4, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, People's Temple Harassed,
November 8, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Ryan To Visit Reverend Jones' Jungle Refuge, by Marshall Kilduff,
November 15, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Expedition to Reverend Jones' Refuge, by Ron Javers,
November 15, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, Probers Head for a Reluctant Rev. Jim Jones, by Tim Reiterman,
November 16, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, Temple Probe Hits Wrangling, by Tim Reiterman,
November 16, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, Ryan, at People's Temple, Learns Jones Is Very Ill, by Tim Reiterman, [hathitrust]
November 17, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Reporter's Account: Guyana Adventure, by Ron Javers,
November 17, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Reporter's Account of Guyana Detention, by Ron Javers,
November 17, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Angry Meeting in Guyana, by Ron Javers,
November 17, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, Ryan's Ready To Lead Group to Temple Base, by Tim Reiterman,
November 17, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, A Visa Error and People's Temple Is More Remote Than Ever, by Tim Reiterman,
November 17, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, People's Temple Invites Ryan in and Nobody Else, by Tim Reiterman,
November 20, 1978, Washington Post, Reverend Jones Became West Coast Power, by Larry Kramer,
*November 21, 1978, The Baltimore Sun, Suicide Carnage Follows Jones' Tribute to Death,
*November 21, 1978, The Washington Post, Cult Head Leads 408 to Deaths in Suicide-Murders, by Leonard Downie, Jr.,
*November 21, 1978, The Washington Post, People's Temple Had History of Threats, Violence, by Art Harris,
*November 21, 1978, The Washington Post, Survivor: They Started With The Babies, by Charles A. Krause,
*November 22, 1978, New York Times, Son Depicts Leader of Cult As a Fanatic and a Paranoid, by Jon Nordheimer,
*November 22, 1978, New York Times, Cult Chief's Beginning in Indianapolis Recalled, by James Feron,
*November 22, 1978, The Washington Post, Indianapolis to Guyana: A Jim Jones Chronology,
*November 22, 1978, The Washington Post, Bodies in Guyana Cause Confusion, by Charles A. Krause,
November 26, 1978, Los Angeles Times, Psyching Out the Cults Collective Mania, by Louis Jolyan West and Richard Delgado,
November 27, 1978, New York Times, Note Found on Jones' Body, by Nicholas M. Horrock,
November 27, 1978, New York Times, I Never Once Thought He Was Crazy, by Jon Nordheimer,
November 27, 1978, The Washington Post, Suicides Called 'Punishment, by Karen DeYoung,
November 29, 1978, New York Times, Consular Officers: Babysitters, Etc. by Graham Hovey,
November 30, 1978, New York Times, Jersey Psychiatrist, Studying the Guyana Survivors, Fears Implications for U.S. Society From Other Cults, by Jon Nordheimer,
December 1, 1978, Washington Post, What the Media Did, by Charles B. Seib,
December 1, 1978, Los Angeles Daily Journal Report, Religious Totalism: Gentle and Ungentle Persuasion Under the First Amendment, by Richard Delgado,
December 4, 1978, Newsweek, The Cult of Death,
December 6, 1978, The Guyana Chronicle, Saturday Night Horror, by Neville Annibourne,
December 7, 1978, New York Times, Investigating Cults, by Richard Delgado,
December 8, 1978, The Baltimore Sun, Jones' Suicide Calls, Gunshots Heard on Tape Recording Found at Jonestown,
December 9, 1978, Washington Post, Jones' Tape of 'White Night' Reveals Dissent to Suicides, by Leonard Downie, Jr.,
December 20, 1978, New York Times, Paper Calls Jones Communist in 1950's, by Nicholas M. Horrock,
December 21, 1978, Washington Post, * * * And What Government Can't Do, by William Raspberry,
December 24, 1978, New York Times, Mass Cult Immigration Violated Jones' Agreement with Guyana, by Nicholas M. Horrock,
December 28, 1978, The Baltimore Sun, Jonestown Explosion May Be Yet To Come, by Bill Rhoden,
December 29, 1978, New York Times, Jones Commune Found Stocked With Drugs To Control the Mind,
December 29, 1978, New York Times, Profiles of Seven Whose Faith in Jim Jones Carried Them to Death in Guyana,
January 7, 1979, New York Times Magazine, The Appeal of the Death Trip, by Robert J. Lifton,
January 7, 1979, New York Times, Some in Congress Seek Inquiries on Cult Activities, by Miss Jo Thomas,
January 7, 1979, New York Times, Many Find Coercion in Cult's Hold on Members, by Nathaniel Sheppard and Jo Thomas,
January 21, 1979, New York Times, Practices of Cults Receiving New Scrutiny, by Miss Jo Thomas,
January 21, 1979, San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle, DA Accuses Deputy of Pro-Temple Ploy, by James A. Finefrock,
January 29, 1979, Washington Post, FBI Has Copy of Cult's Radio Order To Kill, by Charles A. Krause,
February 8, 1979, San Francisco Examiner, Jones' Last Will: Estate to Wife, 5 of 7 Children, by Tim Reiterman,
February 25, 1979, New York Times Magazine, Why 900 Died in Guyana,
March 1979, American Enterprise, Institute Reprint No. 94, Jonestown, by Michael Novak,
March 5, 1979, New York Times, Portions of a Transcript of Tape From Jonestown,
March 15, 1979, New York Times, Copy of Jonestown Tape Reveals How Jones Persuaded 900 to Die,
March 15, 1979, The Baltimore Sun, Tape Hints Early Decision by Jones on Mass Suicide,
March 15, 1979, The Baltimore Sun, Jones Aide Dies After Shooting Himself,
March 26, 1979, Nation, Hurry My Children, Hurry, A recording reveals the death throes of the Jim Jones cult,
April 17, 1979, National Enquirer, Real Story Behind the 900 Guyana Suicides, by Jeanne Mills,
April 18, 1979, San Francisco Chronicle, Voices From Guyana Back Reverend Jones,

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66 articles

August 1, 1977, New West Magazine, Inside People's Temple, by Marshall Kilduff and Phil Tracy, 319

August 23, 1977, Ukiah Daily Journal, Ukiah Weekly Target of $5 Million Lawsuit, by George Hunter, 327

November 10, 1977, The Sun Reporter, Charles Garry Visits Jonestown: 'I Have Been to Paradise, 328

November 13, 1977, San Francisco Examiner, Scared Too Long, by Tim Reiterman, 329

December 1, 1978, Los Angeles Daily Journal Report, Religious Totalism: Gentle and Ungentle Persuasion Under the First Amendment, by Richard Delgado, 241

December 7, 1978, New York Times, Investigating Cults, by Richard Delgado, 273

November 26, 1978, Los Angeles Times, Psyching Out the Cults Collective Mania, by Louis Jolyan West and Richard Delgado, 274

November 19, 1977, San Francisco Examiner, Jones Temple Asked to Return Child, Parents Awarded Custody, by Tim Reiterman, 335
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April 12, 1978, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, People's Temple in Guyana is 'Prison,' Relatives Say, by Bob Klose, 337


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April 12, 1978, [dated 1979 in House Ryan staff report] New York Times, Reverend Jones Accused of Coercion,
515
 Peoples Temple leader Rev. Jim Jones is using intimidation and coercion to keep his followers on his agricultural religious center in Guyana, a group of parents and relatives of Temple members says.

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June 15, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Grim Report From Jungle, by Marshall Kilduff,
340


October 4, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, People's Temple Harassed,
342


November 8, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Ryan To Visit Reverend Jones' Jungle Refuge, by Marshall Kilduff,
343


November 15, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, Probers Head for a Reluctant Rev. Jim Jones, by Tim Reiterman,
344


November 15, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Expedition to Reverend Jones' Refuge, by Ron Javers,
345


November 16, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, Temple Probe Hits Wrangling, by Tim Reiterman,
347

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November 16, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, Ryan, at People's Temple, Learns Jones Is Very Ill, by Tim Reiterman, [HoR Link]
349



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November 16, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Reporter's Account of Guyana Detention, by Ron Javers,
351

November 17, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Reporter's Account: Guyana Adventure, by Ron Javers,
360

November 17, 1978, San Francisco Chronicle, Angry Meeting in Guyana, by Ron Javers,
355

November 17, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, Ryan's Ready To Lead Group to Temple Base, by Tim Reiterman,
353

November 17, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, A Visa Error and People's Temple Is More Remote Than Ever, by Tim Reiterman,
357

November 17, 1978, San Francisco Examiner, People's Temple Invites Ryan in and Nobody Else, by Tim Reiterman,
359

November 20, 1978, Washington Post, Reverend Jones Became West Coast Power, by Larry Kramer,
361
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November 20, 1978, Washington Post, Reverend Jones Became West Coast Power, by Larry Kramer, 361



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November 21, 1978, The Washington Post, Cult Head Leads 408 to Deaths in Suicide-Murders, by Leonard Downie, Jr., 363




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November 21, 1978, The Baltimore Sun, Suicide Carnage Follows Jones' Tribute to Death, 368





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November 21, 1978, The Washington Post, People's Temple Had History of Threats, Violence, by Art Harris, 371

November 21, 1978, The Washington Post, Survivor: They Started With The Babies, by Charles A. Krause, 373


November 22, 1978, The Washington Post, Bodies in Guyana Cause Confusion, by Charles A. Krause, 375


November 22, 1978, New York Times, Son Depicts Leader of Cult As a Fanatic and a Paranoid, by Jon Nordheimer, 378


November 22, 1978, New York Times, Cult Chief's Beginning in Indianapolis Recalled, by James Feron, 380


November 22, 1978, The Washington Post, Indianapolis to Guyana: A Jim Jones Chronology, 382


November 27, 1978, New York Times, I Never Once Thought He Was Crazy, by Jon Nordheimer, 383


November 27, 1978, The Washington Post, Suicides Called 'Punishment, by Karen DeYoung, 385


November 27, 1978, New York Times, Note Found on Jones' Body, by Nicholas M. Horrock, 388

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November 29, 1978, New York Times, Consular Officers: Babysitters, Etc. by Graham Hovey, 390



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November 30, 1978, New York Times, Jersey Psychiatrist, Studying the Guyana Survivors, Fears Implications for U.S. Society From Other Cults, by Jon Nordheimer, 392


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December 1, 1978, Washington Post, What the Media Did, by Charles B. Seib,
393


December 21, 1978, Washington Post, * * * And What Government Can't Do, by William Raspberry, 395


December 4, 1978, Newsweek, The Cult of Death, 397

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December 6, 1978, The Guyana Chronicle, Saturday Night Horror, by Neville Annibourne, 436








Scan from the University of Michigan copy below; Purdue copy scan above


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December 7, 1978, New York Times, Investigating Cults, by Richard Delgado,


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December 8, 1978, The Baltimore Sun, Jones' Suicide Calls, Gunshots Heard on Tape Recording Found at Jonestown, 441



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December 9, 1978, Washington Post, Jones' Tape of 'White Night' Reveals Dissent to Suicides, by Leonard Downie, Jr., 443



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December 20, 1978, New York Times, Paper Calls Jones Communist in 1950's, by Nicholas M. Horrock,445



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December 24, 1978, New York Times, Mass Cult Immigration Violated Jones' Agreement with Guyana, by Nicholas M. Horrock, 447





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December 28, 1978, The Baltimore Sun, Jonestown Explosion May Be Yet To Come, by Bill Rhoden,451





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December 29, 1978, New York Times, Jones Commune Found Stocked With Drugs To Control the Mind, 455
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December 29, 1978, New York Times, Profiles of Seven Whose Faith in Jim Jones Carried Them to Death in Guyana, 456






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January 7, 1979, New York Times Magazine, The Appeal of the Death Trip, by Robert J. Lifton, 461






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January 7, 1979, New York Times, Some in Congress Seek Inquiries on Cult Activities, by Miss Jo Thomas, 472




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January 7, 1979, New York Times, Many Find Coercion in Cult's Hold on Members, by Nathaniel Sheppard and Jo Thomas, 475




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January 21, 1979, New York Times, Practices of Cults Receiving New Scrutiny, by Miss Jo Thomas, 466
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January 21, 1979, San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle, DA Accuses Deputy of Pro-Temple Ploy, by James A. Finefrock, 469




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January 29, 1979, Washington Post, FBI Has Copy of Cult's Radio Order To Kill, by Charles A. Krause, 478



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February 8, 1979, San Francisco Examiner, Jones' Last Will: Estate to Wife, 5 of 7 Children, by Tim Reiterman, 480




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February 25, 1979, New York Times Magazine, Why 900 Died in Guyana, 483
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March 1979, American Enterprise, Institute Reprint No. 94, Jonestown, by Michael Novak, 495











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March 5, 1979, New York Times, Portions of a Transcript of Tape From Jonestown, 505


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March 15, 1979, New York Times, Copy of Jonestown Tape Reveals How Jones Persuaded 900 to Die, 507




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March 15, 1979, The Baltimore Sun, Tape Hints Early Decision by Jones on Mass Suicide, 509



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March 15, 1979, The Baltimore Sun, Jones Aide Dies After Shooting Himself,
511


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March 26, 1979, Nation, Hurry My Children, Hurry, A recording reveals the death throes of the Jim Jones cult, 512





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April 17, 1979, National Enquirer, Real Story Behind the 900 Guyana Suicides, by Jeanne Mills, 516


April 18, 1979, San Francisco Chronicle, Voices From Guyana Back Reverend Jones, 521

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