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Brother Martin looks over story of tragedy while he tells of seeing Krishna Venta talking with man suspected of being the bomber of Fountain of the World, 1958

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Title: Brother Martin looks over story of tragedy while he tells of seeing Krishna Venta talking with man suspected of being the bomber of Fountain of the World, 1958
Date Created and/or Issued: December 11, 1958
1958-12-11
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Brother Martin claims to have seen the blast that shattered the Fountain of the World headquarters. The house, in Box Canyon, near Chatsworth and Simi Valley, was destroyed when two excommunicated members of the group bombed it, killing 11.
SOLE WITNESS - Brother Martin, the only person who actually saw the blast that shattered the sect's monastery, looks over story of tragedy while he tells of seeing Krishna Venta talking with man suspected of being the bomber.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b367_114115h
ark:/21198/zz0014075b
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Disaster
Newspaper reading
Bombings--California
Cults--California--Ventura County
Tattooing--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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