Welcome Home Yellow Ribbons Across Nation
The return of former hostages sparks a nationwide celebration from Coeur d'Alene Idaho to New Windsor New York with yellow ribbons, bonfires, bells, and public tributes. Communities honor the former captives with parades church services and city rallies in a unified display of patriotism.
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Roth Catskill Mountain
First Presbyterian
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Maine
Glenn Knecht
Crawfordsvile
Ind
Millinocket
Return of 52 hostages sparks giant welcome in New York area
In Newburgh and Highland Falls the 52 freed Americans arrived after the Iran crisis, greeted by 60 flags along a 17 mile route to West Point. A Kingston man died of a heart attack while driving, as crowds cheered, and vendors sold flags and buttons amid speeches, ribbons, and widespread celebration reflecting a historic homecoming.
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Kingston
Academy
Iran
Evening News of
Newburgh
Markelda Blackwood
Long Island
West Point
Washington
Fireworks and fanfare on tap prom page shows hostage crisis fallout
Prom page notes fireworks and a farewell event with spotlights for former hostages. Guests will tour nearby Arlington and Washington locations including the Lincoln Memorial and National Christmas Tree. State Department planners expect Washington area former hostages to return home after the festivities.
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Verlands
Germany
Perla
Hothor
Reagat
Span
Wambington
Arhingston
Lincoln Memorial Sum Hale
Former hostages return to West Point amid private reunion
At West Point the 52 former hostages rested at Thayer Hotel after arrival from Stewart. Reporters encountered them briefly and noted early jogs on campus as families prepared for a President Reagan welcome. Veterans said they seek rest and adjust to civilian life, with mixed emotions and cautious outlooks.
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UPI
Thayer
U.S. Military Academy
Reagan
Washington
Thayer Hotel
Thayer Road
Clair Barnes
Falls Church
Frederick Lee Kupke
Francesville
Ind
Hostage release drive widens as petition grows to free Dwyer
Buffalo area efforts to win Cynthia Dwyer’s release from Tehran’s Evin Prison expand with 4 000 signatures on petitions urging President Reagan to negotiate. Former hostages at West Point will sign officials may present the petition to Haig and Swiss mediators handle talks with Iran.
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UPI
Dwyer
Buffalo Evening News
Wkbw-Tv
West Point
Washington
State Department
Jack Kemp
R-N.y
Alexander Haig
Arlen Erdah
R-Minn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Iran
Fond du Lac
Wis
Bernice Vermes
Wisconsin
Turkey
Haig
John Dwyer
State University
Courtroom cameras OK'd
The Supreme Court avoided a blanket ban on televising criminal trials while signaling a likely clash over First Amendment rights. Justice Burger noted Estes did not outlaw camera coverage and suggested states may test broadcast access despite defense objections, with recent rulings affirming public and media rights to attend trials.
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Warren EK. Burger
Texas
Billie Sol Fstes
Burger
Supreme Court
Byran R. White
Patter Stewart
Estes
Margee
Remin
Ion
Returnee visits mother hospitalized after call
Johnstown, Pa AP Returnee Regis Ragan, 38, visited his ill mother Anna J. Ragan at Lee Hospital after being released from Iran captivity. She was in stable condition as Ragan, a former embassy guard, spent the night at the hospital while other ex-hostages prepared to meet President Reagan in Washington.
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West Point
Ragan
Johnstown
West Germany
Pennsylvania
Iran
Newburgh
Cambria County
Johnstown Tribune- Democrat
Jim Peterson
Army
Anna J. Ragan
Lee Hospital
Peterson
Reagan
Washington, D.C
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Pittsburgh
United States
Germany
Vietnam
Greater Johnstown High School
Returnees drink toast to homeland
WEST POINT AP The 52 freed hostages, aboard Freedom One, returned to U S air space and landed at Stewart Airport. They were greeted by celebrations, messages of welcome, and a private arrival shielded by air traffic control as Marines stood at attention and the group expressed mixed emotions of relief and joy. Bruce Laingen led the return as the senior diplomat alighted first.
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Kupke
Barnes
Thayer
Steven William Kirtley
Little Rock
Ark
Gregory A. Persinger
Seaford
Del
John Graves
Reston
Virgil Sickmann
Rodney
Rocky” Sickmann
Krakow
West Point
Stewart Airport
Sickmann
Rocky
United States
Freedom One
Millinsocket
Maine
Boston Flight Center
America
Bruce Laingen
Bethesda
Atlantic
Stewart
Laingen
Plymouth Rock Ribbon Honors Hostages in Plymouth Mass
Jeff Berger and companions wrapped a 320 foot yellow ribbon around Plymouth Rock in Plymouth Massachusetts as a symbolic gesture for the 42 freed hostages. The ribbon was placed with permission from town officials near the rock, a historic symbol of freedom dating to the Pilgrims arrival 360 years ago.
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Mass
New Orleans
America
Plymouth Rock
Jeff Berger
Berger
Scorimen
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