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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, September 24, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 24, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5library Trees scrolls for scholars san Marino Calif. Apr a research Library dismissed warnings by Israel and on sunday opened its microfilms of the dead sea scrolls the ancient jewish records controlled for four decades by a Small number of researchers. When you tree the scrolls you free the scholars a said William a. Moffett director of the Huntington Library. A if we had sat quietly we would have violated our own policy of unrestricted  earlier sunday in Jerusalem Amir Drori director of Israel s antiquities authority said easing Access to the records would violate the contract under which the fragments of 800 scrolls were photographed in 1980. The pictures were taken in Case the scrolls were damaged or destroyed. The photographs were Given to several foreign institutions with the a written understanding that they would not be allowed to use them without our agreement a Drori said. A this is both a breach of contract and of ethics a Drori said. He said that if the Library opened the scrolls a we will have to consider taking additional  he did t elaborate. Moffett told a news conference at the Library that he had received a facsimile message from israeli authorities but he  elaborate. He did say there was no Legal ground for blocking Access to the material. A we Are not set up to be a rival of the department of antiquities a he said. A we Are not in the publishing  Moffett also questioned whether anyone had a legitimate claim Over Access to the dead sea scrolls. He noted that the scrolls were found beginning in 1947 in territory not occupied by Israel until the 1967 Arab israeli War. Moffett said the release effectively broke the a monopoly Quot of scholars authorized to study the scroll fragments. A the difference is that we Don t require a litmus test to see if you Are in the club or out of the  he said. A i can to think of a better Way to puncture the paranoia than to declare that the monopoly is at an  the animal skin scrolls were found in eaves near the dead sea Between 1947 and the Early 1950s. They Are stored at the Rockefeller museum in Jerusalem under the control of the antiquities authority. The work of a jewish sect during the time of Jesus the scrolls contain the oldest known version of the old testament biblical writings and invaluable information about the beginnings of christianity and modern Judaism. Scholars and academics have Long complained that Access to the scrolls has been too limited and publication too slow. Researchers aside from the Israel group have published 300 scrolls. However Access to the other 500 has been limited to a Small group of scholars with exclusive authorization from Israel to assemble translate and publish the scrolls texts. About 100 of those 500 have been published. However Drori said any scholar wishing to see unpublished material need Only obtain permission through the proper channels. The antiquities authority has 40 researchers working to publish the remaining 20 percent by the end of 1997. Some of the material is already at the printing stage and some is nearly completely edited Drori said. He said Early publication was unethical because Only those scholars who dedicated years to deciphering the fragments should have first rights to release the material. I his fragment of the dead sea Benilis is part of a Complete set of photographs kept in a California Library. Daughter appears As family prepares funeral . A. / a a r a i Harrisburg. A. A Fune ral arrangements were being made and relatives mourned for Denise Dieter a 23-year-old Law student identified by her Stepfather and Grandfather As the victim of a car Accident. But As the family gathered in her fathers Home near Philadelphia on sept. 15, Dieter walked into her apartment in Harrisburg. Her startled Roommate in the stars and stripes said a a you a better Call your  the crash the Day before had obliterated the female victims face. She had striking similarities to Dieter who was supposed to have been in the car in route to a picnic but had changed her mind at the last minute. The victim Cindy Bowers was the same height and weight As Dieter. They had the same hair color and were wearing identical hair barrettes. They both had double pierced ears were wearing the same earrings and had similar key rings. Dieter said that when she walked into her Harrisburg apartment that sunday her Roommate Jackie Rodriquez became hysterical and could Only blurt out for Dieter to Call her father. A i thought somebody in my family died a Dieter said. When Dieter called her fathers Home her Stepmother Patti Dieter answered. A i said a hey Patti what a up a a Dieter recalled. A she was stunned. She said a Denise they re planning your funeral. Where the hell Are you a a my father grabbed the phone he was hysterical. He kept saying a of my god of my god of my  at this Point i knew they thought i was  10years ago sept. 24,1981 a both the United states and the soviet Union Are preparing for science fiction style warfare in outer space said a review by London s International Institute for strategic studies. 20years ago sept. 24,1971 a sen. Gayle Mcgee d-wyo., chairman of the Senate Post office and civil service committee said he could not in Good conscience ask the panel to continue to support the 90-Day wage Price freeze for Federal employees unless military salaries were put under the same restraint. 30years ago sept. 24, 1961 a attorney general Robert f. Kennedy said the Justice department a will cooperate fully in enforcing the new order outlawing segregation in interstate bus travel.40 years ago sept. 24, 1951 a in London a crowd of nearly 3,000 people stood in the rain outside the Royal Palace until evening awaiting news on the health of King George i after lung surgery. Children keep body of dead Mother for 7 8 months awaiting resurrection from wire reports new York a Blanche Riley died 18 months ago at the age of 56. But the family that she ruled As a religious matriarch believed her prediction that god would cure and awaken her. And so her five children kept her body in the bed of the East Flatbush Home where she died in March 1990 until the police discovered it there saturday. A according to the family she told them she was going to Stop taking her medication and that god would cure her of her ailments and reawaken her a said sgt. Tina Mohrmann a police spokeswoman. A the family was devoutly religious and believed Blanche was going to be cured and  the body was washed daily the police said and the woman a Nightgown and sheets were regularly changed. To coun Ter the growing stench heavy doses of disinfectant were applied to the bedroom. Flowers and More than 30 gifts were at Riley a bedside. Riley a five children and one grandson continued to live in the House waiting for her resurrection. Her three sons were identified As James jr., 38 Kenny 39 and Sheen 22. Her two daughters were identified As Rochelle Riley 40 Beverly Sally 42 and her 19-year-old son Akeem. Riley apparently led her family in their own pentecostal sect holding weekly services at their red Brick Home on Snyder Avenue the police said. After she fell ill with brain cancer she told her three sons and two daughters who lived with her that she would let god cure her the police said. At tis her death Sally assumed the role of the family a spiritual Leader. The family was Able to stave off friends and relatives by telling them that Riley was a sleeping a lot these Days a Mohrmann said. But a Niece. Beatrice Mondy of Titusville Fla. Finally became suspicious enough to come to Brooklyn. When she found her aunts body she called the police. A the Bible tells us that when the spirit of god is in you you never die a said the Rev. William Bazemore pastor of the pentecostal Emmanuel Church of god in Christ a few blocks from the Riley Home but who was not connected to the family. A she was so overflowing with the spirit that she  neighbors said the family kept to itself. Quot i was stunned a said one neighbor Veronica Bent. A who in their right mind would keep a body like that Quot tugboat Crew saved in last minute Rescue Daytona Beach Fla. Up the coast guard rescued five men from a sinking tugboat sunday in the Atlantic Ocean moments before the Craft capsized and Sank. The five Man Crew of the tug Florida ii was pulled to safety after the coast guard responded to an 8 . Distress Call. The message said the boat was taking on water 17 Miles Southeast of Ponce de Leon Bay coast guard Petty officer Roger Weatherall said. An attempt by the tugs Crew to pump water from the boat had failed. A Rescue plane a 41-foot patrol boat and two helicopters were dispatched to search for the 75-foot vessel. When they arrived at the scene they found the tugs Stern submerged. Rescuers battled 9-foot seas and 18 knot winds to reach the men. The men were taken to a Hospital where they were listed in Good condition sunday afternoon. A Only moments after the Rescue the 75-foot tugboat capsized and Sank a Weatherall said. Identities of the tugboat s Crew were not immediately released and the sinking is under investigation he said  
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