Arkansas Democrat Gazette
November 17, 2008
BY ANDY DAVIS
FORT SMITH : Alamo beating allegation spurs battery charge
FORT SMITH — When Tony Alamo wanted to punish disobedience within his church, authorities say, one of the people he would call on was his 6-foot-4-inch, 260-pound “enforcer,” John Kolbeck.
CNN
November 12, 2008
Polygamist leader faces new sex assault charge
In: Cult News
January 29, 1969 – Articles of Incorporation (official inception of the Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation)
1976 – The Labor Department brought charges against Alamo for violation of the Fair Labor Standard Act. Alamo lost his suit and lost in appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1985.
April 8, 1982 – Susan Alamo dies in Tulsa, OK
In: Timeline
This letter to the editor was published in the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, AR on Oct 3, 2008. Mark Cunneen claims he is not a member of Alamo’s cult but fails to mention that he WAS a member for over 35 years and currently is still a sympathizer. He also neglected to mention that his son Justin Cunneen married Tony Alamo’s step- daughter Becky Kroopf-Alamo (Sharon’s daughter) when she was fifteen and they now have many children together.
SATAN BEHIND ALLEGATIONS
In 1978, more than 900 Americans in a group called Peoples Temple, led by Rev. Jim Jones, were poisoned by cyanide-laced punch in Jonestown, Guyana. Many drank cyanide-laced Flavor-Aid; others who tried to resist the mass suicide were shot..
Tonight, MSNBC will be showing, “Witness to Jonestown” at 9PM ET. View some of the previews below and click HERE to be directed to MSNBC’s site for details.
In: Cult News
Texarkana Gazette
November 2, 2008
By: Lynn LaRowe
Defense wants a look at affadavit
Document describes alleged evidence used to obtain warrant
When federal agents and the Arkansas State Police searched the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in Fouke, Ark., they didn’t leave empty-handed.
