Times Record News from Wichita Falls, Texas (2024)

July 28, 1977

Publication:

Times Record Newsi

Location:

Wichita Falls, Texas

Issue Date:

Thursday, July 28, 1977

Page:

45

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wm Tkurtfsy Mantinf My 1WT Wictilfa Kails Ttnl 19A Court Rules Seizure Illegal FIESTA DAY SPECIALS frontations between the government and the church from earlier life or past incarnations Church officials say they use an E-meter" a small transistor-operated device to help locate traumatic areas by measuring skin reactions The E-meter led to one of the first con- Clauititd Adt or rood by hundreds every day Sell your "don't needs quitkly with one today US KEDS Washable Tennis Shoes Reg $10 to $15 SELECT GROUP SANDALS CLOGS $3)99 GIRLS LADIES SANDALS Sizes Infants 3-ladies 10 $499 FIESTA SALE GIRLS' LEATHER SCHOOL SHOES large Group Reg- $18 to $22 $1fl99 $1199 Sizes to 12 12 Vi to 4 IU I I SIDEWALK SALE SATURDAY! DON'T MISS IT! Sfad's Sbc Center "ivory Pair Pmfotvonally Fit" Parker Square Acre From Cinema II WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the government's seizure of hundreds of documents in a raid at the Washington office of the Church of Scientology was illegal and that the papers must be returned However US District Judge William Bryant stayed the effect of his order to give the government a chance to appeal lie impounded the documents In his ruling Bryant said the search warrant authorizing the July 8 raid was too broad and therefore the Fourth guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures A Justice Department spokesman said the case will be reviewed to decide whether to contest the judge's decision FBI agents raided church offices in Washington and Los Angeles on July 8 and accused the church of conspiring to steal government files and planting spies in the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service Bryant's order did not apply to the documents seized in Los Angeles The judge said warrant directed the agents to leave no stone unturned" and to examine every document in the fourth flow files of the church my view this warrant invited the agents to seize any documents in the church's flies that struck their Bryant said Bryant said he was not suggesting there were overtones of Jury Rejects FBI Testimony SAN ANTONIO Tex (AP) -A federal court Jury Wednesday rejected the testimony of an FBI undercover agent and acquitted two men of charges they conspired to rob the Dilley State Bank The jury returned the verdicts in favor of Frio County Constable CW Rosenauer and Dilley oilfield worker Eugene Parker Rosenauer had testified during his trial he thought a man who approached him about a proposal to rob the bank was a bank robber" He said he planned to arrest the who was later revealed to be an FBI undercover but FBI agents and Texas Rangers turned the tables and arrestedhhim for allegedly plotting to rob the bank May 20 The bank was never robbed religious persecution in the investigation of the church but added there is a clear for increased sensitivity in cases in which religious organizations are involved irrespective of the nature or gravity of the charges against them" Bryant ordered the return of the documents and destruction of any copies and notes any information otherwise gleaned during or as a result of the Phil Hirschkoph an attorney for the church commented: whole episode bears out the church's continuing rente i that government agencies hare been conspiring and acting illegally toward the Church of Scientology The warrant is so plainly illegal that it would be a travesty on the taxpayer for the government to appeal the government affidavit filed in connection with the raids indicated that Scientologists took government documents to discover the government's strategy in dealing with lawsuits filed by the church and in making -decisions about its tax-exempt status The affidavit said is probable cause to believe" that church officials conspired from 1974 through 1978 to plant spies at the Justice Department and IRS to burglarize government offices repeatedly and to bug a high-level IRS conference The search warrant for the raids was obtained by the FBI based largely on the statements of Michael Meisner a former high-ranking church official who allegedly supervised covert operations until he was arrested and decided to cooperate with federal investigators Meiser is under protective government custody under an assumed name because he and federal officials fear for his safety The affidavit said the church planted one of Its members as a clerk in the IRS and another as a secretary in the office of a Justice Department lawyer Those two alleged undercover agents for the church stole scores of documents from government files duplicated them kept the copies in church offices in Washington and Los Angeles and returned the originals to the government offices according to the affidavit The Church of Scientology was 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