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...past two years, Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church has stirred more controversy in the maritime town than anyone there can recall. "You'll have to strap marks on your ass before I give you a permit...you're not welcome here," Mayor Leo Alper told two church representatives when they applied for a harbor development permit in 1978. And since they opened shop in Gloucester four years ago, the world has started to watch. Members of Moon's church have gradually established a profitable fish processing plant there in addition to their even more lucrative operations in Kodiak...
...there are contradictions. When Salonen and Barry first informed Alper of their presence in Gloucester, they assured the fire-and-brimstone mayor that Tong Il--the former corporate name of International Seafoods--did not plan to buy property within Gloucester. But Moon purchased waterfront land, and gradually, Tong Il set up shop in Gloucester. ("Tong Il" was changed to "International Seafoods" in 1976, because of "terrible PR," the church's director for marketing services says "Tong Il" is also the name of Moon's Korean corporation which manufactures arms and weapons at an estimated annual profit of $2 million...
Sullivan is quick to point out that Alper has a personal stake in all of this--a friend of the mayor's sister left his family for the Unification Church. Reportedly, Alper's sister felt bereaved...
...BOSTON--Mayor Kevin H. White said Saturday the city will ban most vehicles from a large area of central Boston for 24 hours before and during the visit of Pope John Paul...
...trucks and vans making deliveries must leave the area by 10 a.m. on Oct. 1. The city will allow cars to use the roads surrounding the area but will prohibit them from entering. Authorities will permit only taxis and buses with special permits to enter the restricted zone, the mayor said...