by Jeff Guinn
employment services of, 102, 173, 176, 286
expectations of members, 106, 192, 204, 274
failures of, 203–11
Father Divine and, 88, 89
foreign bank accounts of, 321–23, 358, 412, 459
former members of, 286–87, 348, 366, 367–69, 463–66
Free Restaurant of, 83
Gang of Eight defections from, 275–78, 280, 288, 291, 299, 326, 348, 349, 399, 419, 492n276
Golden Rule church and, 126–28, 134, 141, 148–49, 251
guns smuggled to Jonestown by, 3, 342, 347, 356, 361, 456
income and fund-raising of, 181–85, 190, 201, 215, 259, 270, 320–23, 343
in Indianapolis, 80–84, 105–12, 120–29, 133, 329, 466–67
Jones’s control over funds of, 176, 214, 217
Jones’s desire for relocation of, 110–12, 124–25
Jones’s matchmaking in, 339
Jones’s relationships with members of, 128, 173, 193, 221
and Jones’s relationship with Carolyn Layton, 165–71, 221–22
Jones’s return from Brazil to, 120–24
Kinsolving’s articles on, 256–64, 265, 268–69, 302
Laurel Street Tabernacle and, 92
in Los Angeles, 184, 189, 190, 196–98, 239, 242, 243–48, 251, 254–56, 271–72, 358
Marceline’s role in, 81, 133, 163, 164, 185, 214, 229, 231, 234–36, 237, 238, 247, 255, 260, 270, 306–7, 331, 347, 358, 385
mass suicide idea and, 278–79, 311–12, 328–29
members’ donations to, 181–84, 190, 310, 323
members’ leaving of, 106–7, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 122, 160, 225, 274–78, 280, 285–87, 299, 291, 299, 312–13, 325–30, 340, 341
members’ problems solved by Jones, 92, 121–22, 128
members’ tithing and, 181–83
Moscone and, 316–18, 324–25, 346, 349
name of, 79
New West piece on, 342, 345–49, 358, 359, 367–69, 381, 400, 497n347
number of members in, 108, 143, 160, 186, 321
nursing homes of, 82–84, 105, 110, 111, 115, 128, 158, 182, 184
obstacles to leaving, 285–86
offices of, 190
Peace Mission and, 207–11
Peoples Forum, 282, 287
phone line of, 190
Planning Commission (P.C.) of, 238–41, 253, 263, 264, 276, 280–84, 287, 291, 293, 299, 306–8, 311, 327–29, 333, 337, 347, 353, 381, 389
poisoned wine loyalty tests of, 311–12, 389, 400
prominent politicians and activists and, 319
Promised Land and, 289, 290–91, 98
purpose of, 172
recreation and, 192
recruitment of members for, 139, 142, 158, 170, 203, 265–70, 329
Redwood Valley church constructed, 149
in Redwood Valley-Ukiah area, 125–29, 133–39, 140–50, 152–61, 172–74, 181–86, 187–95, 197, 202, 203, 215, 219–20, 237–42, 245–46, 251, 255–56, 261, 262, 358
restaurants and, 101
romantic relationships in, 192, 221, 226, 339
Russia as possible relocation site for, 147, 387–89, 391–92, 397, 399, 400, 403, 408, 411, 413, 415, 441–42
Ryan’s interest in investigating, 328, 380, 387
in San Francisco, 183, 184, 189, 190, 196–98, 239, 242, 248, 249–53, 254–64, 273, 310, 358, 408, 458, 459, 467
in Seattle, 184, 196, 198
security concerns of, 191, 219–20, 256
socialist philosophy of, 84, 115–17, 138, 150, 151, 172–74, 176, 177, 185, 186, 187, 191, 193, 195, 204, 208, 226, 268, 269, 281, 297, 301, 311
surviving members of, 458–59
taxes and, 133, 176, 186, 320, 321, 422
transgressions by members of, 106, 144–45, 240, 241, 282–85
Ukiah Daily Journal and, 134, 174, 198, 206, 257–59, 337
vetting process for members, 203–4
war protest march by, 143–44, 252
Washington D.C. trip of, 265, 281–82
wealthier members of, 183, 193, 281
well-educated members of, 193, 195
work at, 189–95
youth programs at, 83, 140–43
Peru, 291, 313, 397
Peter, Simon, 210
Philadelphia, Pa., 281
Pietila, Terri Cobb, 275, 348
Pietila, Wayne, 275, 348, 419
Phillips, Clara, 76–77, 148
Phillips, Danny, 77
Phillips, Joe, 76–77, 109, 126, 136, 140, 143, 144, 147–48
Pickering, Cindy, 257
Planning Commission (P.C.), 238–41, 253, 263, 264, 276, 280–84, 287, 291, 293, 299, 306–8, 311, 327–29, 333, 337, 347, 353, 381, 389
Plessy v. Ferguson, 91
Podgorski, Tom, 275
Poisoner’s Handbook, The (Blum), 444
police, 241, 271
in Los Angeles, 271–72, 299–300, 492n272
Port Kaituma, Guyana, 295, 296, 297, 305, 343, 358, 362, 365, 374, 416, 422–25, 428, 431–36, 450, 468
airstrip shootings at, 1–4, 6, 437–39, 441–43, 447, 450, 451, 453, 503n438
Price, John L., 75
Prohibition, 17
Prokes, Jim Jon “Kimo,” 308–10, 347, 355, 377–78, 397, 398, 417
Jones as father of, 308–9, 377–78
in mass suicide, 442, 443
Prokes, Michael, 268–69, 308, 309, 312, 318, 324–25, 348, 412, 422, 442–43, 446, 452, 454, 463–64
Promised Land:
Guyana as, 289, 290–91, 293, 298, 302, 309
Peace Mission farm project, 88, 126, 290
theme of, 289, 290–91
Psychology Today, 267
Pugh, Eva, 176, 237
Pugh, Jim, 160
Putnam, Jesse, 9, 10
Putnam, Mary, 9, 10, 14
Qaddafi, Muammar al-, 328
Quakers, 27, 65, 66, 68
Community Unity and, 74–75, 97
race riots, 121, 200, 243
racism, 82, 91, 140, 141, 200–201
in Indianapolis, 66–67
Jones’s opposition to, 41, 51, 53, 56, 57, 66, 76, 92–93, 122, 145–46, 157–58, 200–201, 204, 205, 216, 466
Ku Klux Klan and, 17
Marceline and, 162
in Ukiah, 134–35
Ray, James Earl, 407
Reagan, Ronald, 315
Redwood Valley and Ukiah, 125–29, 133–39, 140–50, 152–61, 172–74, 187–95, 197, 202, 203, 215, 219–20, 237–42, 245–46, 251, 255–56, 261, 262, 358
Reid, Daniel G., 44, 46
Reid, Ptolemy, 304, 361, 372, 374, 375, 391, 392, 403
Reid Memorial Hospital, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52–53
Reiterman, Tim, 386, 419, 428, 429, 438, 464
revival circuit, 61–62, 68, 86
Jones on, 62–63, 72, 75–77, 80, 96, 115, 122, 124, 128, 139, 146, 196
Rhodes, Odell, 446
Richmond, Ind., 41, 42–45, 46, 52, 59
African Americans in, 46
Reid Memorial Hospital in, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52–53
Richmond High School in, 43–44, 59
Rickabaugh, Colleen, 138
Rio de Janeiro, 117–19
Roberts, Desmond, 3–5, 361, 405, 452
Roberts, Oral, 75
Roberts, Skip, 452
Robinson, Greg, 419, 438, 451
Rodriguez, Gloria, 377, 413, 439, 440, 443–46
Roller, Edith, 269, 310, 389, 397, 465, 489n241
Rush to Judgment (Lane), 407
Russia, 109–10, 116, 129, 146, 193–94, 292, 359, 373
as relocation possibility, 147, 387–89, 391–92, 397, 399, 400, 403, 408, 411, 413, 415, 441–42
Ryan, Leo, 327–28, 495n328
Jones and, 2–3, 424–25, 427, 430, 431, 434
Jonestown visit of, 2–4, 420–26, 427–37, 448
Jonestown visit planned by, 408, 409–10, 414–19
murder of, 1–3, 5, 437–39, 441–43,
447, 451, 453, 461, 463
Peoples Temple as concern of, 328, 380, 387
Sly’s attack on, 434, 435
Sacramento, Calif., 336
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 304–5
San Francisco, Calif., 125, 126, 135, 142, 152–56, 242, 248, 249, 299, 302
anti-suicide rally in, 346–47
blacks in, 152–58, 249–52, 315, 316
Fillmore District in, 249–50, 252, 261
gala testimonial dinner honoring Jones in, 333–36
government and politics in, 314–19
Housing Authority, 335–36
Human Rights Commission, 324, 335
Jones as celebrity in, 332
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in, 152–53, 183, 250, 251
Moscone elected mayor of, 313, 314–19, 324
Peoples Temple in, 183, 184, 189, 190, 196–98, 239, 242, 248, 249–53, 154–64, 273, 310, 358, 408, 458, 459, 467
Peoples Temple property in, 251, 302, 310
San Francisco Chronicle, 183, 256–57, 332, 342, 345, 381, 400, 403, 414, 419, 421, 438
San Francisco Examiner, 256–57, 270, 274, 299, 302, 317, 386, 387, 419, 428, 451, 459, 464
Kinsolving series in, 256–64, 265, 268–69, 302
Santa Rosa Community College, 274
Santayana, George, 359
Schacht, Larry, 344, 355, 368, 383, 386–88, 399, 403–5, 443
cyanide and, 389, 440
Schollaert, James, 419
Seattle, Wash., 184, 196, 198
Seay, Scott, 321
Seductive Poison (Layton), 224, 497n347
segregation:
in Indianapolis, 100, 102
in San Francisco, 156
“separate but equal,” 91
see also integration
Shaw, Joyce, 327, 330, 386
Simon, Al, 433, 434
Simon, Bonnie, 433
Sly, Don, 149, 326, 441, 434, 435
Sly, Neva, 149, 174, 326–28, 330
Smart, Juanell, 211, 226, 246–47, 287, 406–7, 455, 468
Smart, Tanitra, 287, 407
Smart, Teri, 246
Smith, J. Alfred, 250
Smith, Shirley, 440
Snell, Helen, 404–5
socialism, 92, 172
communism and, 56, 99–100, 172
in Guyana, 3, 292–94
Jones and, 28, 51, 53–54, 56–57, 65, 71, 73, 76, 77, 96, 97, 99–100, 106, 112, 118, 122–24, 146, 151, 205, 275, 329–30, 332, 333, 476n33
Jonestown and, 355, 358, 364, 371, 373, 411–13
Peoples Temple and, 84, 115–17, 138, 150, 151, 172–74, 176, 177, 185, 186, 187, 191, 193, 195, 204, 208, 226, 268, 269, 281, 297, 301, 311
Somerset Methodist Church, 57–58, 59–64, 68, 75
South America, 112, 291
Soviet Union, see Russia
Speier, Jackie, 419, 423, 424, 427–31, 436–38
Stahl, Carol, 148–49
Stalin, Joseph, 193–94
Stapleton, Ruth Carter, 335
Stephens, Elmer, 10
Stoen, Grace Grech, 179–80, 226–28, 238, 239, 276, 299, 301, 306, 325, 330, 349, 378, 395, 419, 421, 424
defection of, 325–27, 333
divorce and custody case of, 340, 341, 344, 368–73, 380–83, 386–87, 390–91, 399–400, 411, 432, 443, 467
John Victor’s birth and, 232–34, 369–70
New West and, 348
Stoen, John Victor, 232–34, 301, 309, 325, 326, 330, 338, 345, 355, 378, 411, 417, 424
birth of, 232–34, 369–70
custody battle for, 340, 341, 344, 368–75, 380–83, 386–87, 390–91, 399–400, 411, 432, 443, 467
Jones as father of, 232–34, 377–78, 489n233
in mass suicide, 442, 443
Stoen, Tim, 177–80, 184, 188–89, 207, 224, 226–28, 238, 261, 268, 280, 300, 301, 313, 318, 320, 321, 325–26, 338, 341, 369–70, 377, 380–82, 384, 390–91, 395, 398, 401, 407–8, 418, 419, 421, 432, 443, 485n177, 491n262
attack plan focusing on, 381–82
attempted bribing of, 382
divorce of, 340
John Victor’s birth and, 232–34
Jonestown development and, 291, 293
Kinsolving and, 258–61
libel suit against Jones, 399–400
mass suicide and, 440, 449
memoir of, 228, 325–26, 381, 485n177, 491n262
Moscone and, 316
Temple lawsuit against, 400
Temple members’ view of, 382
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 244
Sung, Steve, 419, 438
Sun-Reporter, 250, 251
Supreme Court, 91
Swanson, Alan, 180, 181, 186, 284
Swinney, Cleve, 237
Swinney, Joyce, 205
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), 302
Talbot, David, 249
Tatum, Billy, 175
Taylor, Richard G., 262
Thielman, Bonnie Burnham, 286, 349, 419, 421, 422, 464
Thrash, Hyacinth, 447, 452
Timofeyev, Feodor, 391–92, 397, 403, 408, 411, 413
Todd, John, 262
Touchette, Charlie, 296
Touchette, Joyce, 374
Touchette, Mickey, 275, 348, 419
Touchette, Mike, 296
Tracy, Phil, 345, 347–49, 497n347
Treml, William B., 59
Tropp, Harriet, 268, 374, 396–97, 406, 412, 440
Tropp, Richard, 268, 293, 347, 390, 413, 418, 439–40, 455
Ukiah, see Redwood Valley and Ukiah
Ukiah Daily Journal, 134, 174, 198, 206, 257–59, 337
University of Indiana, 50, 52, 54–56, 59, 97
U.S. government, 347, 360, 394, 407, 410, 415, 468
CIA, 146, 219, 227, 254, 310–12, 356, 361, 364, 366, 407–8, 411, 413, 417
FBI, 64, 146, 219, 227, 254, 310–12, 347, 356, 361, 364, 366, 456–59, 462, 464
Jones’s view of, 145–46, 191, 201, 205, 218–19, 254, 328, 363, 467
State Department, 379–80, 387, 400, 410, 462
Vance, Cyrus, 387, 395
Venezuela, 2, 294, 298
Vietnam War, 183, 200
Vietnam War protests, 134, 140, 150, 166, 200, 201
by People’s Temple, 143–44, 252
Wallace, George, 201
Washington, D.C., 209
Temple trip to, 265, 281–82
Washington Post, 281–82, 409, 419, 428, 432, 464
Welch, Robert, 99
Western Addition Community Organization (WACO), 250, 252
White, Dan, 454
Willmore, Chuck, 30–32
Willmore, Johnny, 30–32
Willmore, Phyllis, 39, 45
Wilsey, Janice, 142
Winberg, Russell, 75–76, 96, 106, 110, 113, 115, 116, 118
Winslow, Robert L., 144, 150, 164, 483n150
Wise, David, 226, 246, 247, 287
Wise, Lester, 34
Witcover, Jules, 200–201
World War II, 33
Wotherspoon, Peter, 282–83, 404–5
Wright, Jim, 328, 409, 495n328
Wright, Lawrence, 412
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