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Show Th Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, April EDITOR'S MOTf Redwood City clit n me renki ot o D" So T Korean-bor- o,C " th Moon- - T ower, in the $, For reweerched Mooirt months and t, nelly Mnt til aiyi n Boonvilie, north ot ,en (7, ,h voun " Goeney Reporter Tells of Experience as Moonie Recruit9 at Ranch hr. 'tlre " H "m lkin.l Gushi-- Written fur I'hr Press KKDWiiOl) C1TV. Calif A xsnc nt - chlllt'il amf nna tiy sloopless night was brought to an abrupt end as a IxKit thundorod onto the wooden plank floor A It was li .to Saturday mot mug. and the chil dren of the International Ideal City Kaneb were squirming to life in the freezing eoastal a- - Moonies and their new recruits were scattered about on the floor of a converted chicken coop as I made toy w ay to one of three tiny doorways Best Weekend? 3 COriVEIIIIIIT WAYS 70 PLACE YCUH AD 1 43 South Main (Look for the counter with the bright "Vj Price Wont Ad" banner1) will help you An 2. BY PHONE... 521-353- Salt Lake Area In Just soy, "Charge it!" 3. WATS LINE . . . often emotional Johan Shahi, the man whose invitation led me here, slipped up behind ous. He was to be my "spiritual partner" and would not leave my side for as long as I remained me acre ranch lluitar strings strum mod a greeting as nearly the TtKi 400 young Moonies and their 40 new recruits av erasing about 23 years in began to sing and sway, arm in arm, to "You Are My Sunshine " Then came exercises, held in two gigantic circles, one within the other. There were the standard high school gym class warmups with a taste of yoga thrown in. Rules Seem Easy Ranch rules seemed easy enough to follow. age, 5 TOLL-FRE- E Outside Salt Lake Area (from 8 o. m. to 4 p. m. Only) as do "Negativity." scribed to us, is a vague concept that encompasses hate, fear, anger, anxiety and skepticism It also is used to discourage any critical question mg by recruits When our group went to a breakfast of granola t ru it and orange juice, I was .introduced to an Sunday proved a re-limit of Katurduv - lee tores, discussions and the same t- A 7 i little tional economic, educa and family back grounds- - with other members '('hooch' Chant After the sharing and singing at breakfast, one of the childlike Moonies called for a "Choocli" chant, which seems to hold a mystical power that pulses through the Moon community. "Cnoo Choo Choo, ChiHi Clioo Choo, Yeah, the Moonies thun- Yeu-1ow,- " dered On to lecture an introduction to (he series of five lectures that are the framewuik for the Unification Church. The reDivine Principles, peated with scientific regularity, are the basis for all discussion and the , I - Mr. (utxney game called "sharing It required that we "share" personal rcligi ' ? games, all it! order as the day I w as pulled away from the atternoou dodgchol! game by Johan, who led me off into the trees to plead w it h me to stay lor another five days to leant the true meaning ot life and the universe Talk of Leadership There was more talk of leadership, but still m no very vague terms mention of Moon just of a father image and no reference to the Umfu-tinn Church So asked Johan to cut through the jungle of v lor any ac tivity Jeremiah, my group leader, wax on stage to relate the community's goals Each new round of ideas brought howls and screeches Irutu those around me Some had the presentation memorized and were mouthing the words along with the speaker Othtrs were ''Yes. muttering, over and over father," again anted out There was no physical harrier to rest net me from leav mg camp, h it sheepishly asked HTtnix Mon to leave fVrmisston w as dented w day s .u tiv tiles There was to te no smok mg. no drugs, and no alcoholic I leverages A fourth rule seemed at first to tie as innocent as tlte other three. We were asked o leave our at the mam "negativity gate, with the understanding that if we do ciih'd to leave, we could pick it up on the w ay out What had loon hilled by my hosts as The Best Weekend ol Your Life," w as beginning to unfold on 1. NEWSPAPER OFFICE iI 17. 1977 aguenox.x sks to Use Rhone t h r e a (ling e r through a maze of young A f t laces, each pleading, reached my sleeping gear and turned to ask Johan tor the use ot the 1 work It is several hundred yards from the "Chicken Ialace" to the main gate, and Jeremiah sug gesteii that the whole congregation walk with mi on my journey from the ranch As it turned out only Jonah trailed along to unlock the gate anil give me my Ireedom Sun Myuilg Moon (14") lie was quick in 1 behind PIA'NS SHEERS. AS LOW AS FINAL WEEK 50 c Yd. Thousands of yards of quality fabric reduced to be sold at once you will never buy better fabric tot less money. (16") . KETCHUMS . 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It was now 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and was I sure of only one thing THIS 1 principles made unnerving sense Check Bearings was 150 miles from home, on a r ch isolated from the outside world, faced with a threatening new definition of truth and without a way to check my bearings. w anted to he alone (or a lew minutes to collect my thoughts but it was The phone, as we had agreed then was told earlier. that the telephone didn't WEEK-EN- 35 NOTHING OVER Soviet Army Veteran Dies MOSCOW ONLY D MOST UNDER INCLUDING BEAUTIFUL 20 PAINTINGS SOFA-SIZ- E IDEAL FOR GIFTS ARE FINE QUALITY WORKS BY OVER 150 PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES AND DEFINITELY NOT BY LOCAL, AMATEUR ARTISTS THESE Col. Gen. Alexander Rodimtsev, famed for his role in the Sov iet victory at Stalingrad in World War II, has died after a long illness, selfthat explained reflection could have no Tass news agency value. Even as we went Saturday. 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