Delays worry families over hostage release
Families of 52 American hostages in Iran, including Charles Scott's sister Mary Tarbell and Michael Metrinko's father, faced renewed anxiety as word of signed agreements circulated, while plans for welcomes and celebrations formed amid lingering delays and fragile hope. The piece notes anxious parents, hopeful phrases, scattered celebrations, and the expectation of medical checks in Germany before return to the United States.
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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
Katy
Vivian Homeyer
Kathryn Koob
Kevin Hermening
Tehran
Oak Creek
Wis
Krakow
Toni
Virgil Sickmann
Rocky
Hostage release hope rises as Dwyer case noted
Buffalo college English chair Dan Dwyer says an agreement for the 52 U.S. embassy hostages’ release offers hope for his wife Cynthia Dwyer, a freelance writer jailed in Tehran since May. He and their children remain hopeful, noting Swiss diplomats have visited and state officials provide limited updates.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Cynthia Dwyer
U.S
John Dwyer
Dwyer
Buffalo State College
Ssaeeneee Megiinamneaneinier Danes
State Department
John Trattner
Evin
Tehran
Benjamin
David
Suzanne
Flag-raising ceremonies to continue for hostages in Iran
HermitagePa organizers persist with daily flag-raisings for the Iran hostages. Tom Flynn vows to continue until freedom is secured, as about 100 observers watch the 44th day of captivity with a high school choir and a patriotic flag-raising at Hillcrest Memorial Park. A banner from Pvt. Joseph Bridges’ coffin underlines the tribute. In Montpelier Vermont the Canadian flag is lowered after 329 days in thanks for aid to diplomats.
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Hermitage
Iran
Tom Flynn
Flynn
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Marine
Joseph Bridges
Latrobe
Vietnam
Tate
Montpelier
National Life Insurance Co
Richard Fricke
Bill Start
U.S
Decompression Program Criticized by Hostages Families
The wife of a hostage criticizes the decompression program while William Niehous an Ohio businessman held 30 years in South America and Lloyd Bucher ex USS Pueblo commander also question the approach. State Department discussions with hostage families suggest reunions may wait until debriefing in Wiesbaden West Germany. Mrs Morefield insists families must be present for healing and Bucher urges immediate reunion with the freed Americans.
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Mohi Sobhani
Iran
Ago Trattner
State Department
Dwyer
Dwyers
Wiesbaden
West Germany
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Frankfurt
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