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...international elite. Although their figures may well be inflated, Scientologists claim 3 million members in the U.S. and another million abroad. Until now the courses have been offered aboard the 3,300-ton yacht Apollo, the roving residence of Scientology's founder, L. (for Lafayette) Ron Hubbard, 65. Rarely photographed or seen by outsiders, Hubbard turned up briefly in Clearwater last month, portly, in apparent good health and decked out in a khaki jumpsuit and matching tam-o'-shanter. Flamboyant and authoritative, Hubbard barked out orders to a crew of young people, opened a five-figure checking account...
Raise I.Q.s. A brilliant and eccentric man, who, despite disclaimers, still controls the cult, Hubbard was once a successful science-fiction writer. In 1949, he seemed to predict his own future in a jocular speech to a convention of fellow authors: "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion...
...next year Hubbard expounded his psychological theories in Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, which later became Scientology's scripture. Through Dianetics, he claimed, I.Q.s could be raised, bad eyesight corrected, the common cold cured. His technique amounted to counseling, known as "auditing," to eradicate "engrams"-negative memories recorded in the "reactive mind" (similar to Freud's unconscious). A person freed of engrams was known as a "Clear." As early as 1952, Hubbard began auditing with the "E-meter," a crude version of the lie detector, which is still...
...something about them. But the anti-nuclear forces seem to be gathering momentum. Last month a trio of middle-level engineers at GE's nuclear-energy division in San Jose, Calif, suddenly resigned their jobs in protest. The trio, Dale Bridenbaugh, 44, Gregory Minor, 38, and Richard Hubbard, 38, announced that they would instead work full time for Project Survival, the organization coordinating the anti-nuclear referendum drive in California. Another engineer, Robert Pollard, 36, quit his job with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission in protest over conditions at Consolidated Edison's Indian Point nuclear power plants...
...Hubbard and Raines are confident about next week's meet in Middlebury where the Crimson goal will be to finish in at least tenth place so it can return to Division 1 next year...