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ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE, FROM DATA BASE SEARCH. 'COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ASSESSMENT OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY

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CREST [1]
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STARGATE [2]
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CIA-RDP96-00791R000200230039-0
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RIFPUB
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U
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1
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November 4, 2016
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December 7, 1998
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39
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Publication Date: 
June 25, 1981
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PAGE 22 12TH STORY of Level 2 printed in KWIC format. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791 R000200230039-0 The Associated Press materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The ~l SECTION: Washington Dateline LENGTH: 676 words HEADLINE: Committee Recommends Assessment of Parapsychology BYLINE: By BARTON REPPERT, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: The esoteric world of parapsychology may now merit a "serious assessment" by Congress to help decide whether further research is warranted, according to a study prepared for the House Science and Technology Committee. Parapsychology, which involves heavily disputed phenomena such as "remote viewing" and influencing people at a distance through mental powers, is among more than 150 science and technology issues included ... - TI1e report's section on he physics or consciousness" said recent experiments in remote viewing and other aspects of parapsychology "suggest that there exists an 'interconnectiveness' of the human mind with other minds and with matter." Experiments on person-to-person phenomena have offered ... other areas such as investigative work, education and "mind-initiated cures" in medicine. The study observed that U.S. research in parapsychology has received relatively low financial backing "largely because the credibility and potential yield of such research is widely questioned, although less today than ever before." "Given the potentially powerful and far-reaching implications-of knowledge in this field, and given that the Soviet Union is widely ack owledged to be supporting such research at a far higher and more official level, Congress may wish to undertake ... j Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791 R000200230039-0
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