Mind you, having played around with emacs -Q and my test file, I have
run into another bug.  If I specify org-indent in the startup options, I
get a very strange indentation.  See attached screenshot.  I wonder if
this is related to my problem?

Thanks,
eric

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: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.50.1, Org release_8.3beta-1147-g0e5069