European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Carter transfers Iran Gold hostages7 release May be imminent by United press International the Treasury department in washing ton said Friday that president Carter has ordered billion in iranian assets and Gold transferred from the Federal Reserve Bank vault in new York to Rais ing prospects 52 american hostages in Tehran might be released this in a senior official said Prepa rations were being made for the departure of the hostages after 440 Days of White House counsel Lloyd Cutler said the United states is drafting language for a final agreement with asked by reporters if an agreement was in the Cutler replied i Hope we ought to get our answer continued on Page 4 the authorized unofficial publication for the us armed forces 272 i5c Ond Sundog january 1981 if 21855 a Quality main concern n Wom its a thousands of marchers Cluster on the Snow covered mall in rally ing behind a move to make the birthday of Martin Luther King a nation Al the civil rights who King birthday rally would have been 52 years old was assassinated in in the Back ground at the end of the mall is the Lincoln see related pictures on Page a photo a military Lead concerned about the Quality of recent female have asked the incoming Reagan administration to Cut Back sharply on Long Range goals for enlisting women in the armed it was reported thurs the Norfolk ledge Star quoted a con Gressional spokesman As saying Pentagon officials want to hold the number of women in the military to the present level of about and scrap president Carters plan to boost the total to in the Navy said in its 19 edition that it had obtained a Posi Tion paper prepared by unidentified military leaders calling for a cutback in female recruiting the position paper is part of a join serv ice manpower report to the Pentagon transition the Navy times it report edly cites problems in attracting and keeping women in nontraditional military career Fields and says that growing concerns about pregnancy rates and dependent care should be assessed before the number of Active duty women is spokesmen for the defense department told ledge Star reporter Jack Dorsey in Washington that they had heard about the but had not seen it and would make no official Smith gets Senate panels nod Washington a William French a wealthy California attorney and president elect Ronald reagans longtime Friday won the Senate judiciary committees unanimous recommendation As the nations next attorney Smith is the sixth of reagans Cabinet nominees to be endorsed by a Senate com by an 180 the judiciary panel sent the nomination to the Senate where final action is expected shortly after Rea Gan is inaugurated president that a splendid vote of Strom the commit tee at other confirmation hearings the foreign relations committee on a 160 vote also approved the nomination of Georgetown University professor Jeane Kirkpatrick to be ambassador to the United the Senate labor and human re sources committee postponed a scheduled vote on new Jersey construction executive Raymond Donovan to be labor the panel asked for an Fri investigation of unspecified new developments in Donovan the labor and human resources panel also quickly approved the nomination of Terrel former education to be Secretary of after More than four hours of generally Friendly questioning of the senators voted 160 to Send her nomination to the full Senate for confirmation after Rea Gan takes office on told the panel she in tends to represent Reagan administration policies with neither bluster nor self abase ment at the United nations and strive to continued on Page 1 everybody was scrunched Down Chicago up an elevator carry ing 21 passengers in a High Rise Bank build ing apparently dropped 56 floors to the injuring at least 13 people some with head injuries and two passengers with fractured officials at the first National Bank building refused to characterize the Inci Dent thursday night As an uncontrolled fall and said the passengers were injured when the elevator was suddenly braked by special Hydraulic buffers at the Bottom of the but some terrified passengers insisted the car plunged to the it didst said an unidentified Pas Senger who was not seriously the ceiling of the elevator crashed Down on an investigation was to be conducted to determine whether the elevator actually plunged to the ground or jolted to a sudden initial police reports said the elevator continued on Page i