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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1981
Page
3
Emancipated hostages telephoned families from Wiesbaden Germany describing beatings and solitary confinement during detention by Iranian captors. They recalled psychological pressure poor food and ransacked homes as they faced escape attempts and interrogations.
Former president Jimmy Carter, acting as special envoy for Reagan, travels from Plains to West Germany to thank the hostages freed after 444 days in Iran. He plans private talks with each captive, reports to Reagan, and a Frankfurt speech before returning home.
American hostages Michael Ahern Thomas Hohman Duane Gillette and Jerry Plotkin stand on a hospital balcony in Wiesbaden West Germany after their release from captivity. The 52 former hostages were moved from the scene Tuesday night with returning photographers close by.
Canada blocks U S loan guarantees for Chrysler as Industry Minister Herb Gray calls recent plant investment cuts unacceptable. The U S Loan Guarantee Board had approved guarantees on condition Chrysler renegotiates the Canadian deal, which tied up to 162 million in guarantees activated in 1982 in exchange for Windsor plant retooling and 841 million in Canadian investments through 1985.
Bruce Lee a 20 year old epileptic Bible reader was ordered confined for life at Park Lane hospital near Liverpool for killing 26 people by arson over seven years in Hull. He confessed that his fingers tingled when lighting fires and his last blaze killed three brothers leading to his capture.
Three white girls under a federal desegregation order enrolled at Hickory Grove Academy near Buckeye. Ruth Norris said credits and Buckeye records were withheld by U.S. District Judge Nauman Scott, while the academy’s board would decide. The parents’ lawyer plans appeals or a Supreme Court bid.
Price Daniel Jr., a Texas political figure, was shot to death by his wife with a .22 rifle. Investigators probe whether the death is homicide, accidental, or justifiable self defense. District Attorney Carroll Wilborn notes the wound may have been inflicted by Vickie Daniel. Sheriff Buck Eckels says tests show she held the rifle, but he won’t name her as prime suspect.
Jeane Kirkpatrick, nominated to be U N ambassador, says the United States must warn that some thing bad will happen to any country that takes U S citizens hostage. She adds the UN is viable but must be realistic and repeatedly proves itself. On this date in 1793 Louis XVI was beheaded.
President Reagan begins his first full day by swearing in 38 White House aides led by Chief Justice Warren Burger. He vows loyalty to the nation, holds a Cabinet meeting, and signals moves to curb waste and regulate federal programs.
The Supreme Court rules 7 2 that Feodor Fedorenko a former Nazi death camp guard must have his U S citizenship revoked and be deported for illegally procuring his citizenship by omitting his war background. The court also upholds police stop authority on circumstantial evidence overturns a stricter probable cause standard and upholds Minnesota milk bottle ban.
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