Excerpted from news features: HEAVILY ARMED RELIGIOUS CULT BATTLES GOVERNMENT Troops have

Excerpted from news features:

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HEAVILY ARMED RELIGIOUS CULT BATTLES GOVERNMENT

Troops have been called out after a skirmish involving government
officials and a religious cult which has been gathering weapons in their
"private city".

The cult's leaders, who claim that God speaks to them, have told cult
members to arm themselves in preparation for the end of the world, which
they believe to me imminent.

Weapons believed to be in their possession include large-bore military
weapons as well as sporting arms.  A recent series in nearby newspapers
has exposed the plans of the cult to take power throughout the region.

Troops have surrounded the cult's "city" after incidents in which
officials have exchanged shots with cult members.  There have been
reports of children being seen in the cult compound, where discipline is
said to be strictly administered.

Governor Liliburn Boggs has issued an order that these "Mormons" are to
be exterminated, or driven from the state . . .

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And that's the news, from 150 years ago . . .


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