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…state. Jim Jones counts among his friends several of California’s well-known public officials. San Francisco mayor George Moscone has made several visits to Jones’s San Francisco temple, on Geary Street,…

…then abruptly pushed John into the arms of Jim Jones, and said in an angry tone, “Take him.” She then announced she was leaving. Also, Jim Jones gave her airplane…

…Birch); Daily World, 6/23/81 (Holsinger comments), and NYT, 11/24/78 (“helpful” reputation). [102] “Jim Jones was a Republican for 6 Years,” LAT, 12/17/78; Hold Hands, p. 70 (Jones held 15% vote Mendocino County). [103] Hold…

…talk by JIM JONES entitled, “News of the Day”. JONES states that Christianity oppresses the poor man with the promise of heaven. # Q 160 — Jones Speaking Transcript, Summary,…

…Jim Jones and the power of “cults.” Jones was described as “a character Joseph Conrad might have dreamt up” (Krause, 1978), a “self-appointed messiah” whose “lust for dominion” led hundreds…

…belief that one does not act, but is instead acted upon by external forces, e.g., the oppressors. Jim Jones and Rhetoric Jim Jones and other members of Peoples Temple had…

…and Jim would ever be arrested, and now we are told that if Jim came to town he would be arrested. Jim does not give a damn personally, but it…

…carry out a marriage ceremony that is against the better judgment of Jim Jones and many of the congregation. Carolyn Pickering continually refers to Jim Jones as the prophet of…

…or anyone else, which will harm the remarkable group of people who have coalesced under the leadership of Rev. Jim Jones. Individuals like Jim Jones come along rarely, and he…

…summarizes the history of Jim Jones and Peoples Temple. James Warren Jones was born in 1931during the Great Depression in Indiana, where he grew up with a great distaste for…