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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1997)
Page Wednesday • March 19,1) 'Republic' prepares for fight FORT DAVIS, Texas (AP) — Day after day, Richard McLaren scours the woods of the Davis Mountains for signs the law has come to drag him away. A pistol at his side, armed guards at his back, the leader of the Republic of Texas secessionist movement waits for the onslaught he feels is inevitable. “These boys are asking for a total mili tary assault,” said McLaren, who draws par allels between his situation and fatal stand offs at Waco and Ruby Ridge. "Our defense forces will fire because we would consider it an invasion.” McLaren’s trailer and crude wooden cabin bear all the trappings of a fortress under siege, with rifles readily at hand. But there is no invading force creeping up these forested slopes outside Fort Davis. Authorities are in no hurry to serve two arrest warrants issued for McLaren, one stemming from a burglary charge, another from his failure to appear for a federal court hearing. The local sheriff and the U.S. Marshal’s Service have said the warrants will be executed, but suggest arresting McLaren isn’t the priority he wants everyone to believe it is. “He’s a nut,” said Jeff Davis County Sheriff Steven Bailey, who has faxed McLaren a letter urging him to surrender. “He’s a nothing.” Yet he has succeeded in drawing interna tional attention. News crews are regularly tramping up the dirt roads of the Davis Mountains Resort, the rugged rural subdivi sion where McLaren has lived for 18 years. The interest stems largely from McLaren’s association with the Republic movement, which seeks to re-establish Texas as a sovereign nation based on the contention that Congress never legally annexed the Lone Star State in 1845. The Republic, which since its inception has splintered into three factions, claims to have thousands of backers and has set up several institutions, including a govern ment, defense forces and courts. McLaren is the self-styled ambassador with duties similar to those of a secretary of state. His embassy is the house at the end of a nine-mile stretch of road winding through - trees and dry creek beds. Two armed men with him on a recent day described them selves as “embassy guards.” Long before the Republic gained notori ety last year, McLaren’s name was already widely known in Fort Davis, located 220 miles southeast of El Paso. Senate passes bill banning phony liens AUSTIN (AP) — Filing phony court documents, a problem-causing tactic used by members of the Republic of Texas group, would become a crime under a bill approved by the Texas Senate. A leader of the Republic movement, which contends Texas was illegally annexed by the United States in 1845, said Tuesday’s action doesn’t carry much weight. “To date, they (state law makers) have never been able to prove they are a lawful body to sit on the soil of Texas to pass a law. That’s what we’re dealing with here,” said Richard McLaren, who describes himself as chief ambassador and consul gener al of the Republic of Texas. McLaren said the group is moving forward with the establishment of its own court and will likely sue all lawmak ers there. “When we get a judgment against them for unlawful acts, we’ll sell their property” he said. The filing of phony liens in particular can cause problems when property owners attempt to sell their properties or list them as assets. The Senate bill would make filing such documents a crimi nal action and make it easier for property owners to clear their records of fraudulent liens. The House last week passed a similar measure. Each cham ber now can consider the other’s bill. Sen. Teel Bivins, author of the measure OK’d Tuesday, said it’s not aimed at the Republic of Texas, although it would include the group. He said the bill stemmed from a meeting a year and a half ago with county clerks in his Senate district. “I heard anecdotal stories of aggrieved ex-husbands and former business partners that have engaged in this type of larceny that have really creat ed problems for people, and it wasn’t just peculiar to Texas,” said Bivins, R-Amarillo. Crape juice lower platelet clotting olume ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Toasting the day with a glass of red grape juice may be an espe cially good start for the heart. A study found that a serving of eight to 10 ounces a day has a potent effect on the blood cells called platelets, making them less likely to form clots. Clots can lead to heart attacks. Red grape juice may be even more potent than aspirin, which is widely recommended as a way of warding off heart attacks. The researchers compared grape with orange and grapefruit juice and came to the conclusion that grape juice is better, at least for the heart. “I would prefer to drink red grape juice to citrus fruits because I think there is an extra benefit,” said Dr. John D. Folts of the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Folts’ research has been funded for several years by the Nutricia Research Foundation of the Netherlands and the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation of Madison, Wis., and more recently by Welch’s, which makes grape juice. Folts noted that 10 companies make red grape juice in the United States, and all probably work equally well. Red juice appears to be more potent than white. Heart attacks occur when blood clots stick to fatty deposits on the walls of the heart’s arteries, choking off the supply of blood. Grape juice Red grape juice appears to slow the activity of blood platelets, making them less likely to clot and cause heart attacks. 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