Word: robertses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cultist Larry Layton is charged with the Ryan slayings. Roberts said an effort is being made to schedule a preliminary hearing for Layton next week. His hearing is now set for mid-January.
Cecil A. Roberts, deputy crime chief, said that some of the remaining American survivors in Guyana could be released late this weekend. Eight elderly survivors have already been allowed to return to the United States because of their age.
Roberts declined to comment on whether more indictments were expected. He did say that all the survivors had been interviewed and that their statements were being reviewed to determine if they were needed as witnesses.
Jones followed in the dubious tradition of megalomaniacal American religious leaders. The obvious parallel lies between Jones and his self-declared idol, Father Divine. Sun Myung Moon also comes to mind; but somehow the connection to more mainstream evangelists--the Billy Grahams and Oral Roberts of the world--does not...
The Mirror was the very model of restraint, running only its usual page 7 pinup. Chairman Percy Roberts had been quoted as promising, "The Daily Mirror will not go down into the gutter to join the war between the Star and the Sun.' Some Britons thought the Mirror had...