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Jim Jones' People's Temple mass suicide...
Jim Jones' People's Temple mass suicide...
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November 23, 1978
LOS ANGLES TIMES, November 23, 1978
* John Jones & the Peoples Temple
* Jonestown - Guyana, South America
* Mass suicide & killings
The front page has a two column headline: "U.S. Begins Airlift of 400 Cultists' Bodies" with more and related photo. (see) More inside.
The Rev. Jim Jones was founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the 1978 death of more than 900 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the deaths of nine other people at a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown. This was the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a non-natural disaster until the events of September 11, 2001. The tragedy at Guyana also ranks among the largest mass suicides in history. One of those who died at the nearby airstrip was Leo Ryan, who became the only Congressman murdered in the line of duty in the history of the United States.
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 32 pages, nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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