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tember 7 Inesday • September 7, 1994 State ranch Davidians begin again )rmer cult member builds church at ount Carmel :kini(i Battalion AGO, (AP) — The “wife” of a one-time er of the Branch Davidians said Tuesday is renovating a building at the site of last s deadly standoff into a new church. Iiio Bishop Roden, who says she is the wife Irmer Davidian leader George Roden, was lung Tuesday on the small, ramshackle |e building a few hundred yards behind the ler sect headquarters. Is. Roden said she is renovating the building o a church, and possibly a home, for sect Ibers who did not follow embattled leader Id Koresh. ie building was used during Koresh’s leader- as a machine shop; during a 51-day standoff federal agents, it was used as cover, ideral agents raided the compound on Feb. 993, trying to arrest Koresh on weapons jes. Four agents and six Branch Davidians in a shootout. Kic standoff ended when the wooden compound ig t tire and burned to the ground April 19. Ro land about 80 followers died inside. 'lie building where Ms. Roden was working is surrounded by tall weeds and dead sunflow- There are holes in its walls, sandbags piled arts of the unswept floor, shattered win dows and missing doors. But Ms. Roden says it is the most intact at the 77-acre site. She wants to have enough work done by Oct. 19 for a weeklong meeting during which all Da vidians are invited to gather to choose a new spiritual leader. “We’re preparing for 100,” she said, adding that she plans to pray for money. The invitations include survivors who followed Koresh, but Ms. Roden said she expects them to be a minority and outvoted, if necessary. “I do not intend to see David Koresh’s faction regain control of Mount Carmel. They have nev er, I don’t feel, tried to fulfill the mission of the church, which ... is to provide a means of pro tecting the righteous during Armageddon,” said Ms. Roden. Her work is controversial, partly because it is unclear who has the right to the land. Because of unpaid taxes, the county has a lien on the property. The land is in the name of the General Association Davidians, Seventh- day Adventists. Ms. Roden said she is acting on behalf of George Roden, whom she says has a legitimate claim to the land. The compound site originally belonged to Roden’s mother, Lois Roden, whose will named Koresh as trustee. “She doesn’t have any claim to the land. She’s just a squatter,” said Waco attorney Gary Coker, who secured ownership of personal property at the compound for surviving longtime Branch Davidians. However, Coker said he has not been engaged to pursue any land claim. Please see Branch Davidians, Page 4 aeral studies :ar Show on t. Worth FORT WORTH, (AP) — A man found fleeing nude from luming home told police she s abducted after experienc- car trouble, then held as a slave for more than 14 :ket wing 1,055s rst semester’ id doubled as 8. llment douhl aybe five-year response toll md and tres: of in teres';; on in the V4! teed, the scH Trefighters and police who Btfewered a 911 call from a res- di nee said they saw the e man screaming and strug- ;lmg to get away from a srjman who lived at the house. iThaddeus Moyer, 34, and his isrjfe, Karen, 32, were arrested »|d jailed Monday, with bond set at $50,000 each for investi- jat on of aggravated kidnapping an< 1 aggravated sexual assault. IhA 44-year-old woman was taken to John Peter Smith Hos- otpl, then released after treat ment for bruises and bites all Dfer her body. woman held hostage The woman told police her ordeal began when she devel oped car trouble as she left a bar on east Belknap Street, about two miles northeast of downtown Fort Worth. She said a man forced her at gunpoint into his vehicle and drove her to a residence nearby, where her clothes were rippbd and cut off her. Then, she said, she was gagged and bound with duct tape by her abductor and a woman at the house. Throughout the night and into Monday afternoon, she told police, the couple repeated ly sexually assaulted her, beat her and bit her genitals. The woman told police that about 4:20 p.m. Monday, the couple informed her that they expected company a short while later and that they were going to rent a movie. The woman said she was placed into a closet nude but was allowed to take her purse with her. After the couple left, she said, she managed to get a cigarette lighter, and used it to bum through the duct tape. Freeing herself but setting a small fire, the woman said she used a phone in the house to call 911 before she ran outside screaming for help. About the same time that emergency crews arrived, the woman said, the couple who live in the house drove up and the wife attempted to stop her from fleeing. Damage to the brick house was mostly confined to the bed room where the blaze originated and was estimated at $5,000 to $10,000, fire investigators said. conceivable til Dm m unity Coll(f^ K) students by® said. ie school’s teck are already It! already needs funds. .ely critical,” s! n’t respond tot! lesses to proti te workers, 11 sinesses will! in South Texsi associate dealt at Texas SW sge in Harlirf North Ameriti reement will® dgger demand! s along the Mo cts a 10 perefl rease in technic ng the next p ate compensate D. iis school is lob!' compensation! 1 ams, especially : fields such as a’ nee, digital ii®! nvironmental' alion rtising work your iness Pain reliever/Fever reducer m INDICATIONS: For the temporary relief ol minor aches and pains associated withttie common cold, headache, toothache, mus- j cular aches, backache, for the minor p» of arthritis, for the pain of menstrual cramps, and for reduction of fever. \ Thank goodness there's Advil.* Advanced medicine for pain: all 2696 The Battalion • Page 3 IRS wants back taxes on stolen German art DALLAS (AP) — Rela tives of an American soldier who stole priceless Medieval religious treasures from a Nazi hiding place during World War II is battling the Internal Revenue Service over attempts to tax them for the artwork. Meador’s siblings, Jack Meador and Jane Meador Cook, inherited the art as part of Meador’s estate after he died from cancer in 1980. The pieces have since been returned to Germany. “We understand that at some time the estate can ex pect to receive notice of tax es that the IRS intends to levy,” Randal Mathis, a Dal las lawyer representing the Meadors, said Monday. “When that notice is ulti mately received, we expect to challenge it in the U.S. tax court.” Mathis said the IRS hasn’t told him how much it will tax the estate. The New York Times re ported that the agency is de manding $30 million in back taxes, interest and penalties. But Mathis contends the art can’t be taxed because Meador never legally owned it. “The basic underlying concept is that a person that steals can’t acquire title,” he said. “So if we assume that re ports that Lt. Meador im properly removed the items from Germany are correct, he could not, under German or American law, have acquired title to them in his lifetime.” The story of the Quedlin burg Treasury began in 1945, during the dwindling days of World War II when Please see Stolen Art, Page 4 Occupational Rehabilitation •Systematic early intervention of worker injuries •Return to work program •Pain management Sports o Back &' Clinic 2011 A. Villa Maria Bryan, Texas 77802 (409) 776-2225 A genius figured it out- HP built it in. ""t / . Sale $ 105. 00 Built-in equations, functions, and menus guide you through complex calculations. Fill-in-the-blanks forms make problem-solving easy. HEWLETT' PACKARD University Bookstores 3 Off-Campus Stores For You Northgate - Culpepper - Village New and Used Compact discs, Posters, Accessories, Friendly Service and Greal Buys, 7 Days a Week. 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