{"id":89589,"date":"2019-05-03T10:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=89589"},"modified":"2019-05-03T10:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:22:42","slug":"serial-750","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=89589","title":{"rendered":"Serial 750"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: One of the interview subjects of this serial whose name is deleted is former Temple member Tom Podgorski, who, along with seven others, left the Temple in 1973; the other seven are named. The deleted information from the memorandum \u2013 designated by brackets \u2013 which is known to the editor has been indicated by red type. Other deleted information known to the editors is also indicated by red type.]<\/p>\n

0 051855Z DEC 78
\nFM INDIANAPOLIS (89-181) P
\nTO DIRECTOR (89-4286) IMMEDIATE
\nSAN FRANCISCO (89-215 [250]) IMMEDIATE
\nNEWARK IMMEDIATE
\nBT
\nUNCLAS
\nRYMUR<\/p>\n

On Nov. 30, 1978, [name and address deleted] [Tom Podgorski<\/span>], Indianapolis, Ind., was interviewed and advised he was a member of the People’s Temple for three years in San Francisco, Calif., and defected in [line of text deleted] advised he and others became aware of false healings of the Rev. J. Jones and rumors that Jones had members killed who tryed [tried] to defect prior to their defection.<\/p>\n

The following are former People’s Temple members who defected with [Podgorski<\/span>]:<\/p>\n

PAGE TWO IP 89-181 UNCLAS<\/p>\n

Micky [Mickey] Touchette, [address deleted], phone [number deleted].<\/p>\n

Jim and Terri Cobb, [address deleted], phone [number deleted].<\/p>\n

Wayne and Lena Pietila, [address deleted], phone [number deleted].<\/p>\n

John and Vera Beddulph [Biddulph] (address unknown).<\/p>\n

On Nov. 30, 1978, [name and address deleted], Indianapolis, Ind., was interviewed and advised she became a member of the People’s Temple in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1950\u2019s, although she and her husband [name deleted] did not go with Jones and the church to Calif. when they left in 1967. [name deleted] advised that she took care of some property for Jones in Indianapolis while he was in Calif.<\/p>\n

[name deleted] advised that her daughter, [name deleted] [Denise Davenport<\/span>], went to Calif. to join Jones in the late 1960\u2019s. [name deleted] advised her daughter defected [information deleted] and returned to Indianapolis. Davenport advised her daughter is now married and goes by [name deleted] and resides [address deleted], Marlton, N.J., phone [number deleted].<\/p>\n

San Francisco, at Petaluma, Calif, Calif., contact and<\/p>\n

PAGE THREE IP 89-181 UNCLAS<\/p>\n

interview [name deleted] and [name deleted], phone [deleted].<\/p>\n

At San Francisco, Calif., if not already contacted, interview Micky Touchette, Jim and [name and address deleted] [Terri Cobb<\/span>] phone [deleted].<\/p>\n

Newark, at Marlton, N.J., interview [name deleted], phone [deleted] re her membership in the People’s Temple.<\/p>\n

BT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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