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Anniversary brings little celebration in captive release year
Former hostage Paul Lewis and 51 others mark the first anniversary of freedom from 444 days in Iran with routine schedules. National figures like Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan offered no public plans. Mary Needham in Bellevue also observed her son Paul Needham Jr.’s 50th birthday while reflecting on the ordeal.
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Paul Lewis
Iran
University of Illinois
Champaign
Jimmy Carter
Dan Lee
Carter
Reagan
White House
Lewis
Tehran
Algiers
U.S
Phil
Homer
Ill
Bellevue
Neb
Mary Needham
Air Force
Paul Needham Jr
Paul
Needhams
Needham
Offutt Air Force Base