Another red-letter day in Scientology history: When L. Ron Hubbard kidnapped his own wife

[Karen#1]

TONY ORTEGA
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[Ron and Sara]

Seventy-five years ago today, readers of the Los Angeles Examiner found a very odd story waiting for them on page five of their daily paper.

Here, give it a look. What would your reaction be, do you think, if you were at home getting ready for work and read this sordid little tale?

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Dianetics Head Gives Police Busy Day Over Wife, Baby

Los Angeles Examiner | Feb 26, 1951

Efforts of Dianetics Founder L. Ron Hubbard to reconcile with his estranged wife, Sara, yesterday kept police busy after she was reported missing under mysterious circumstances.

The strange episode was punctuated with a report that Mrs. Hubbard was whisked away in an automobile — and later, by her telephoned assurances from Yuma, Ariz., that she left Los Angeles of her own accord.

The incident was touched off Saturday when Mrs. Hubbard left the couple’s 9-month-old daughter, Alexis, at Hubbard’s Dianetic Research Foundation, South Hoover and Adams boulevard, hub of the nation-wide “mental healing” system.

Miles F. Hollister Jr., a former official of the group, told police Mrs. Hubbard — separated from her husband for several months — returned late Saturday from a hurried airplane trip to San Francisco.

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Another red-letter day in Scientology history: When L. Ron Hubbard kidnapped his own wife

Seventy-five years ago today, readers of the Los Angeles Examiner found a very odd story waiting for them on page five of their daily paper.

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[I M Dex]

This one little tidbit is new to me, but wow. So much for the character of L Ron Hubbard:
Last December 18 Hubbard was fined $50 by Municipal Judge Kenneth Holaday for leaving the baby unattended in his automobile while he delivered a lecture. A 10-day jail term was suspended.

 

[I M Dex]

Regarding "We’re fortunate that Richard de Mille, son of the famous Hollywood director, Cecil B. de Mille,", Richard was Cecil's nephew, adopted as his son.