- October 14, 1971 Church Filled To See 'Cures' By Self-Proclaimed 'Prophet of God' by Bryon C. Wells, Indianapolis Star, Indiana
...The Rev. Mr. Jones, 40, was ordained a Disciple of Christ minister on Feb. 16, 1964 in Indianapolis. He founded the People's Temple in 1955...
- September 17, 1972 The Prophet Who Raises The Dead, by Lester Kinsolving, San Francisco Examiner, California via Jonestown Apologists Alert
..."Redwood Valley-A man they call the Prophet is attracting extraordinary crowds from extraordinary distances in his Peoples Temple...
...His followers say he can raise the dead"...
...The Prophet (or Prophet of God, as he prefers to call himself) is the Rev. Jim Jones...
- September 18, 1972 'Healing Prophet' Hailed as God At SF Revival, by Lester Kinsolving, San Francisco Examiner, California via Jonestown Apologists Alert
...The Rev. Mr. Jones has been consistently attracting congregations of more than 1000 people...
- September 19, 1972 D.A. Aide Officiates for Minor Bride, by Lester Kinsolving, San Francisco Examiner, California via Jonestown Apologists Alert
...Mendocino County's assistant district attorney-who has written that his pastor, the Rev. Jim Jones, has raised forty people from the dead -has confirmed that he himself has solemnized the marriage of a girl who joined his church...
- September 20, 1972 Probe Asked of People's Temple by Lester Kinsolving, San Francisco Examiner, California via Jonestown Apologists Alert
The State Attorney General's Office has been asked to investigate the People's Temple Christian (Disciples) Church in Redwood Valley - as well as the conduct of the church's attorney, Timothy O. Stoen, who is also assistant district attorney of Mendocino County...
- September 21, 1972 Former City Preacher Feels Heat Of Publicity In West, by Carolyn Pickering, Indianapolis Star, Indiana
...the People's Temple...
...claims more than 4,000 followers....
...("just call me Jim Jones")...
...claims also to have cured cancer, made the blind see and the crippled walk...
...(People's Temple faithful picket San Francisco paper)...
...They carried signs saying "invasion of privacy" and "this paper has lied."...
This article appeared on page 1 of the Indianapolis Star
- September 22, 1972 Woe-Beset Woman Says 'Prophet' And Aide Harasses Her and Mate, by Carolyn Pickering, Indianapolis Star, Indiana (News on Jim Jones.)
- September 23, 1972 Family Pleads With Aged Aunt Not To 'Throw Away Her Bible', by Carolyn Pickering, Indianapolis Star, Indiana (News on Jim Jones.)
- September 24, 1972 Prophet Tells How He Revives Dead, San Francisco Examiner, California
"Jones doesn't exactly like being called a Prophet, not that he denies he's got some powers along those lines. It's just that to him the title seems sort of unseemly."...
- September 24, 1972 'Prophet', Attorney Probe Asked, by Carolyn Pickering, Indianapolis Star, Indiana
(News on Jim Jones.)
- September 25, 1972 2 Firms Rev. Jones Founded Lax on Filing Tax Returns, by Carolyn Pickering, Indianapolis Star, Indiana
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