Carter urges Reagan to honor Iran hostage pact
Former president Jimmy Carter, exhausted after a 23 hour trip from West Germany, urged President Reagan to honor the agreement that freed 52 captives. He said Iran acted with savagery toward innocent hostages and urged a review or cancellation if Iran fails to act in good faith. Carter recounted brutal mistreatment of hostages and warned that breaking the pact would threaten the nation’s word of honor.
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West Germany
Jimmy Carter
Iran
Reagan
Washington
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Carter
Germany
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Warner Robins Air Force Base
Macon
Wiesbaden
Air Force
David Roeder
Johnny McKeel Jr
Baldh Springs
Texas
Wyona
Malcom Kalp
Brockton
Mass
Linda
Iran hostages suffer inhumane prison conditions reveal details
Reports describe captives held in a cold, cramped Wiesbaden cell with disease and vermin, varied feeding, and sleep deprivation. Prisoners faced beatings and solitary confinement with a torturous tapping code for communication as families confirm weight loss and taunts. Carter calls the acts savagery while officials cite letters withheld and fear for loved ones.
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Wiesbaden
US State Department
Iran
Ex-hostages receive avalanche of gifts from Americans
A flood of gifts greeted the 52 freed hostages including lifetime baseball passes and a paid week in Miami Beach. Gifts to hostage families came from many donors and a Boston TV station sent 52 live lobsters to West Germany for a taste of America. An Iranian-born rug dealer offered each hostage a $1000 Persian rug. Betty Kirtley, mother of former hostage Steven Kurtley, got a gift from the Arkansas Home Builders Association and Little Rock residents a two bed.
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Maine
Boston
West Germany
America
Mill Valley
Calif
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Steven Kurtley
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Arkansas Home Builders Association
Little Rock
Convention Bureau
Bowie Kuhn
NBC
New Orleans
National Football League
Missing Man Reaches for Help as Train Clips Trailer
Eugene Hildebrand, 35, of Cincinnati, escaped injury when a freight train clipped the back half of his trailer near Tiffin Ohio. His 98 Whirlpool unit load was damaged and he received a $1,000 savings bond from donations. A separate note mentions hostages in Baltimore getting gifts as airlines and venues offer support for reunions.
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Eugene Hildebrand
Cincinnati
Tiffin
Ohio
Hildebrand
Faymore drug case faces hurdles in medical board hearing
State witnesses contend Faymore overcharged patients at Doctors Clinic with drugs up to ten times wholesale, while disputes over testimony and missing witnesses threaten several of the 26 drug related charges. Jurca plans depositions of undercovers and a second physician as defense looms.
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Columbus Psychiatric Hospital
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Faymore
Dupont
Buckner
Medical Board
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Niles
Niles Pharmacist
State Board of Pharmacy
DeLeon
Board of Pharmacy
Thomas Shane
Greenwich
Jack Joiner
Joiner
Wife of dead Texas figure attends funeral then hospital
Vickie Daniel, 33, wife of Price Daniel Jr., attended the funeral at the First United Methodist Church in Liberty, then returned to Kersting Hospital where she was admitted after a lethal shooting at the couple’s home. Investigators suspect she fired the rifle that killed her husband.
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UPI
Texas
Price Daniel Jr
Vickie Daniel
First United Methodist Church
Daniel
Kersting Hospital
Thai cook aided hostage escape during Iran crisis
Bangkok report says Somchai Somchai an Iranian hostage aid worker sheltered fed and helped six Americans escape Tehran posing as Canadian diplomats He used Thai language to pass on information to Victor Tomseth and Wallapa in Oregon with State Department officials confirming his crucial role in the crisis and ongoing covert contact through long distance calls to Tomseth wife.
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Thailand
U.S. State Department
Iran
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Tehran
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Somchai
Tomseth
Somchal
State Department
Wallapa
Oregon
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