Scientology Chronology - August 1978
| August 5, 1978 | Instant Reads | |
| August 7, 1978 | Havingness, Finding and Running the Pc's Havingness Process | |
| August 9, 1978 | Paulette Cooper, $20, Church, New York, New York Supreme Court, County, New York, Index No. 16000/78 | |
| August 9, 1978 | Clearing Commands | |
| August 9, 1978 | New Era Dianetics, A Requisite for Expanded Dianetics | |
| August 11, 1978 | Model Session | |
| August 11, 1978 | Rudiments, Definitions and Patter | |
| August 14, 1978 | People Magazine, Paulette Cooper, Church, Scientology | |
| August 15, 1978 | Mary Sue Hubbard, 8, theft, burglary, conspiracy, charges | |
| August 15, 1978 | Chinese Schooling an Org Board | |
| August 16, 1978 | Eleven high-ranking Scientology members indicted | |
| August 16, 1978 | U.S., Church | |
| August 16, 1978 | US jury indicts 11 from Church of Scientology | |
| August 18, 1978 | More, 300 Scientologists, Cleveland Street | |
| August 18, 1978 | 9 Scientologists Freed | |
| August 18, 1978 | Church of Scientology supporters protest recent indictments | |
| August 18, 1978 | Nine indicted officials of Church of Scientology surrender | |
| August 19, 1978 | Freedom, Information Act, U.S. Justice Department, FBI's Tampa office | |
| August 21, 1978 | Publishers Weekly, Paulette Cooper's, Scientology | |
| August 21, 1978 | Running Flows That Won't Erase | |
| August 24, 1978 | article | |
| August 26, 1978 | More on Drugs | |
| August 27, 1978 | Propaganda & undercover actions of Church of Scientology viewed | |
| August 27, 1978 | Scientology: A Long Trail of Controversy | |
| August 27, 1978 | Two articles on L. Ron Hubbard, Church of Scientology founder | |
| August 28, 1978 | Another in series on the Church of Scientology | |
| August 28, 1978 | Scientology Critics Assail Aggressiveness of Church | |
| August 29, 1978 | Church Claims U.S. Campaign of Harassment | |
| August 29, 1978 | Incident over Scientology flagship, "Apollo," still a mystery | |
| August 29, 1978 | Last in series on the Church of Scientology | |
| August 29, 1978 | Scientology Flagship Shrouded in Mystery | |
| August 30, 1978 | 9 members of Church of Scientology enter plea | |
| August 30, 1978 | Church of Scientology members enter pleas in US district court | |
| August 31, 1978 | End of the period during which Toronto | |
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