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...when they allegedly took Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe hostage. The couple was freed early Monday after police met the group's demand to release Robert Jonathan Scheidt, their security chief who had been jailed on a weapons charge. McLaren is negotiating with state and federal officials from his trailer, which he calls the "embassy" of the Republic. He is seeking the release of another member, Jo Ann Canady Turner, and demands that a referendum be held to decide whether Texas should become an independent republic. Spokesmen for two groups each claiming to be the official government of the Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Stand-Off | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

Coast to Coast originates from a most unlikely spot: Bell's double-trailer module home on the outskirts of the tiny desert town of Pahrump, Nevada (pop. 7,400), about 50 miles from Las Vegas. There, Bell sits at a telephone console, punching buttons to take incoming calls. Playing a mildly aggressive but avuncular host, he rarely interrogates or challenges his callers. "Instead of trying to pin them against the wall 60 Minutes-style," he says, "I help them tell their story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MAN WHO SPREAD THE MYTH | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

Schumacher says Kilmer "can be one of the most charming, seductive people." But he claims that on the set, the actor often exhibited "tear-the-wings-off-a-fly behavior." One day, after shouting at an assistant director, Kilmer stormed into his trailer. Schumacher followed him inside and said he wouldn't tolerate such antics. "He wasn't used to being spoken to that way," Schumacher says, "so he shoved me against the trailer wall. I shoved him back and he ordered me out of his trailer. I said, 'You're a guest in this trailer. We're paying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: A SAINT GOES MARCHING ON | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...constant cultivation with no guarantee of success. That is not lost on Arthur and Anna Torelli, who have gone through divorces and are skittish about new commitments. Added to the mix are elements of lonely-guy touchiness and status. He is a hired hand who lives in a trailer; she is a modern Ms. with a summa cum laude degree from Berkeley. When not visiting her parents, she runs her own bookstore in New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: PRIME VINTAGE | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

...work in prison. Singleton's release after just 8 1/3 years sparked his bizarre drama's second act. As authorities attempted to settle him in one Bay Area town after another, angry crowds screamed, picketed and eventually prevailed. Singleton ended up spending the rest of his parole in a trailer on the grounds of San Quentin prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A RECURRING NIGHTMARE | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

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