Families of hostages react with a mix of joy and caution
Families in Pasadena Wellsburg Loup City Erie Pa San Diego and other places celebrated the news that the 52 American hostages were close to release while warning against overoptimism. They spoke of hope tempered by distrust of the Iranians and planned welcome home events and prayers as the world watched.
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Associated Press
Hazel Lee
Pasadena
Calif
Gary Lee
Earl
Vivian Homeyer
Kathryn Koob
Wellsburg
Elsie
Harold Koob
Loup City
Neb
Michael Moeller
Mary Tarbell
Erie
Charles Scott
Iran
Carter
State Department
Charles Roeder
David Roeder
Boston
Chesapeake Bay
Harry Metrinko
Olyphant
Michael
Metrinko
Dorothea Morefield
San Diego
Richard Morefield
David Schaefer
Tacoma
Wash
Thomas Schaefer
Dick Gallegos
Pueblo
Colo
Billy Gallegos
Washington, D.C
Krakow
Toni
Virgil Sickmann
Rocky
Subpoena for Nixon tapes defied by archives official
Archivist Robert Warner told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the National Archives would defy a subpoena for the log of Nixon Haig conversations. He said the court would likely throw out the subpoena, delaying any tapes beyond Haig’s confirmation hearings. Warner argued the panel has fulfilled its constitutional role.
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National Archives
Richard Nixon
Senate
Alexander Haig
Robert Warner
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Warner
Haig
Yellow ribbons mark hostages at Rhein Main Air Base
Marge Wade of Cincinnati and Peggy Seviola of Minneapolis tie yellow ribbons around trees at Rhein Main Air Base in West Germany. In the background two DC-9 Nightingale medical planes stand by for a possible hostage pickup when releases occur.
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Marge Wade
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peggy Seviola
Minneapolis
Minn
Rhein-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
West Germany
Nightingale
Businessmen Await Dust to Settle After Iran Hostage Deal
New York AP reports businessmen seeking billions from Iran consult lawyers and wait for the dust to settle as Algeria agreements aim to end lawsuits and push disputes to binding arbitration. Firms like Economy Forms and GM entities weigh potential impacts while a $1 billion claims account is created.
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New York
Iran
United States
Algeria
Harry Kelly
General Motors Corp
GM Iran Ltd
Bumper attacks suspect arrested in Manhattan Beach case
A 32 year old unemployed truck driver Rudolph Perkins was arrested on kidnapping for robbery charges tied to the bumper attacks that ram into victims cars to kidnap assault rob or rape. He is held on 75000 bond as police say the incidents totaled 33 assaults since last November.
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Los Angeles
Rudolph Perkins
Manhattan Beach
al Fragoso
Walensa to visit U S within six to eight weeks
Lech Walesa plans a U S trip within six to eight weeks, says his father Stanislaw Walesa aged 65. The elder Walesa spoke after a six day reunion in Italy that included an audience with Pope John Paul II. He expressed emotion and thanked U S workers for support of Solidarity.
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N.J
Lech Walesa
United States
Stanislaw Walesa
Solidarity
Italy
Pope John Paul II
Valesa
Harry Bochner
Bochner
Walesa
Poland
Frank Guarini
D-N.j
Guarini
Rome
Sol
Diers
Lech
Miroslawa Danisia
Warsaw
Henderson
Iran Iraq battle updates in snow and mud as war nears milestones
Iran and Iraq exchanged ground attacks in western Iran and artillery fire in Khuzistan as the Persian Gulf war neared day 120. Both sides reported no front shifts. Iraq said 151 Iranians and 20 Iraqis died. Iran claimed 56 Iraqi deaths. U N envoy Palme headed to New York to brief Waldheim on another cease fire attempt.
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Iraq
Beirut
Lebanon
Khuzistan
U.N
Olof Palme
New York
Kurt Waldheim
Giulf
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