European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thousands cheer the hostages in emotional return to Freedom authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces by Bill Walker City editor Germany Tytko spending their first Day in Freedom after a ordeal of Captivity in were paid a visit by for Mer president Jimmy Carter wednesday Carter met with the former hostages at the air Force Hospital minutes after his plane flew into Rhei main 25 Miles at Carter left the Hospital after his meeting with the returning to Rhei main for a flight Back to the states on air Force he came to Germany As a representative of president Carters visit came As details of the hos tages mistreatment by the iranian revolutionaries began to some of the former calling Home free on Pho nes provided by the told 277 january 1981 is doily and sunday if 21855 a former president Jimmy Carter Waves to the crowd at Rhei main Abas he arrives to visit the photo by Dave Didio related pages 15 and friends and families about mental and physical abuse by their iranian Early wednesday state department spokesman Jack Cannon con firmed that serious mistreatment had taken he the medical team at the Wiesbaden Hospital conducted preliminary conversations throughout the Day with the Cannon said throughout their ordeal we repeatedly stated that the human rights of our citizens were being grossly on the basis of what we have Learned so we have further evidence of serious mistreatment in a number of cases during the period of their he said the state department wanted to stress that this evaluation of the former hostages experiences is preliminary and no comprehensive judgments can be made As we have medical examinations and conversations will continue and we will have no further comment at this although we expect to report on the facts As they Cannon the hostages arrived in Germany before Dawn wednesday amid the cheers of thou Sands who had gathered at Rhei main they stepped off two c9 Nightingale continued on Page 1 super bowl special Jaworski Plunkett the Philadelphia eagles the Oakland its super bowl where sunday the eagles will be out to win their first National football league championship and the raiders will be Bent on winning their the stars and stripes will carry a special super bowl headlined by a comparison Story Analuz ing the eagles and included will be team rosters to use during of tvs live coverage of the game at Midnight Carter order bars other yanks from suing Iran Washington a president Carter issued an executive order just before leaving office which prohibits the former hostages and other americans from suing Iran for damages resulting from the seizure of the Carters taken before he left of fice at noon on was contained in Luck out for gamblers playing state lottery 444 by the associated press gamblers certain their Luck was running with that of the hostages rushed to place bets on 444 the number of Days the americans spent in Iran in state run their hunches proved but not before lottery officials in four states Cut off betting on the number for fear they might have to make huge in lottery commissioner William Nugent stuck with the Odds and let the betting tuesday go past Normal he came up a that whats Good about being the Nugent exclaimed after the number 673 was people apparently thought 444 was a Lucky number for the hostages and Felt the Luck would rub off on he betting on 444 was Cut off Early in Delaware and new new York lottery officials also raised the Ante before cutting off betting on any three digit number is closed off when the states liability for payoffs reaches the lottery pays off at the rate of 500 to but lottery officials decided to let the payoff Rise to million in Honor of hostage that meant a maximum of in bets on the one one of 10 executive orders he issued to implement the agreements which led to freeing the americans who had been taken hostage at the embassy in Tehran on the 10 executive and a message to Congress by Carter which had not been previously were made Public wednesday by the Justice the Justice department filed a statement of interest with the District courts in new York and Washington explaining the governments Legal basis for transferring to Iran about billion in iranian assets which were held by the fed eral Reserve Bank of new Mark Sheehan of the Justice department said that those courts had before them some 100 cases in which citizens had made claims against iranian assets held by the Federal Carters executive entitled non prosecution of claims of hostages for actions at the United states embassy and else said that the Treasury Secretary would Issue regulations prohibiting any per son from prosecuting in any court a Clain against Iran arising from the seizure of the their subsequent detention for 444 damage to property or the property of citizens at the embassy compound in Tehran after or any injury to citizens or their property As a result of popular movements in the course of the islamic revolution in Iran which were hoi an acl of the government of Carters order also would terminate any previously filed claims based on those at the same another executive or Der by Carter established a nine member presidential commission on hostage compensation to study whether the govern ment should provide financial compensation to the the commission would be separate from the International tribunal set up to weigh claims made by citizens or companies against Iran or iranian the International commission would decide How much Iran would pay As a result of those outstanding debts and other Obliga administration officials had said previously that the commission for compensating the hostages would include four members appointed by Carter and five members appointed by president Ronald Carters order said that the commission should consider in making its report whether any compensation should be done through legislation or should be awarded administratively and whether compensation should be paid for injuries buffered by members of the families of the continued on Page 1