Word: burroughs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...victims executed was the minister George Burrough (A.B. 1671), condemned mainly on the basis of his feats of excessive strength. Burrough's hanging was urged by Cotton Mather (A.B. 1678), who three years earlier had published a book about several witchcraft cases. Mather failed to speak out even when he realized things were going awry, but later tried to atone by treating and curing two girls who decided to start a witch-hunt in Boston...
...must join the organization. Members of Hubbard's Sea Org (organization) are required to sign a billion year contract. Security Checks, recently abolished, used to be required before gaining access to upper level material. In the March 6, 1970 issue of the L. A. Free Press, former Scientologist William Burroughs mentions his twenty-three hour ordeal of a Security Check, carried out on a lie detector-at Burrough's expense! He also describes the penalties for crimes against Scientology: "a student must wear a gray rag around his arm, may not bathe, shave or change clothes, must remain...