European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Chronology of o crisis continued from pug 13 Day april 28 Secretary of state Cyrus Vance resigned in protest of the Rescue Edmund Muskie was later picked by Carter to replace Day May 9 iranians completed their election of a clergy dominated parliament that Khomeini said would be empowered to decide the Fate of the american Day May 24 the International court of Justice unanimously ordered Iran to release the Ameri can in a split the court ordered Iran to pay damages to the for the Day july 10 on the advice of iranian ordered the release of state department official Richard Queen for medical doctors at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden later diagnosed Queens ailment As multiple Day july 27 the Shah died in officials expressed doubt that his death would Lead to a speedy release of the Day july 29 after a state funeral shunned by most world the Shah was buried in a Cairo Day 12 Khomeini listed his conditions for release of the missing from his list was an earlier demand that the United states apologize for supporting the Hopes soared when iranian leaders begin sending signals that the had already met most of the Condi Day 14 the iranian parliament voted to open debate on the Fate of the american Day 17 Iraq abrogated its 1975 Border treaty with As Border skirmishes Between the two nations heated Day 22 Iraq and Iran Border hostilities became a full scale As iraqi troops invaded Iran along a 300mile Day 18 iranian prime minister Moham mad Ali in new York seeking condemnation of told reporters he believed the has in practice apologized for its support of the Shah and that a decision on the hostages is not far Day 2 Iran parliament spent four hours in secret debate on the 52 american an attempt by hardliners to link the hostage Issue to the Ira Iraq War threatened to complicate the Day 3 militants who have held hostages for the past year announced that they will hand Over the americans to the iranian government and will join fighting against Day 4 the 53 american including a freelance journalist arrested by iranian revolutionary began their second year in Captivity As americans went to the polls to elect a Day 5 Iran rejected the United states first response to its conditions for release of the hos saying some provisions of the reply Are contrary to the Resolution approved by the majlis Par Day 9 a spokesman for iranian prime minister Mohammad Ali Rajai revealed that the government had not taken control of the american hos Day 13 iranian diplomats said their government was beginning a detailed study of a response to conditions for release of the but they said the document does not seem to be very Posi Day 19 the has agreed in principle to Iran four conditions for releasing the but until Washington implements the hostages will not be the Leader of the iranian parliament Secretary of state Edmund Muskie later confirmed that the conditions had been accepted in Day 8 Iran said the United states latest response to the iranian conditions for the release of the hostages was much clearer and much closer to a solution than previous Day 11 a top iranian official said his country will not accept a proposal to allow courts to decide whether the late Shah wealth belongs to Iran or the Shah heirs the main stumbling Block to release of the Day 17 anti clergy rioters Tore up Pic Tures of Khomeini and clashed with members of the revolutionary signs of instability in the Irani an government caused officials to fear that hostage talks could be Day 21 Iran demanded that the government Deposit billion in algerian Central Bank in Exchange for release of the a demand officials called unreasonable and a Ransom Day 28 iranian mobs marched through the streets demanding that the iranian government set a deadline for the to meet its Day 31 Iran main hostage negotiator said his government would accept a counterproposal to assure the return of Iran wealth if it was accept Able to May 7 a top iranian official said Iran has generally accepted the latest still secret proposals for resolving the 14month old hostage but officials said important issues remained to be Day 8 american negotiators gave Alge Ria another urgent message for Iran in a dramatic bid by the Carter administration to buy Freedom for the hostages before Carters term Day 11 Iran dropped its demand that the Deposit billion in algerian Central and instead asked for International guarantees that the Shah wealth would be this was a major turning Point in the Day 12 the iranian parliament met in secret session to consider proposals to end the Ameri cans 14month Day 14 Iran parliament cleared a major hurdle in negotiations to free the hostages by accept ing a plan for arbitration by a third party Over its claim to the late Shah an iranian hostage negotiator said the parliament wanted to end the matter within the next two or three Day 18 Iran top negotiator told an iranian newspaper that an agreement had been reached to release the but state department officials in Washington said they were awaiting official word from Day 19 Legal documents ending the 14 months of Captivity were signed by iranian paving the Way for the 52 american hostages to leave Day 20 americas 52 hostages walked a Gauntlet of hostile boarded two algerian Pas Senger and left Tehran about 30 minutes after Ronald Reagan became the 40th president of the United twelve hours after stops in Athens and they were welcomed by thousands of americans at Rhei main air greeted with cheers and a chorus of god bless the hostages and those greeting them had tears in their As the 14month ordeal finally came to an Dpi a hockey team celebrates its win Over the soviets and an olympic Gold fans mourn John Steeler touchdown pass in super bowl Page 14 the stars and stripes by Harry Rosenthal associated press the human tide from the shooting of the Ascendancy of Ronald Billy Carter and the the eruption of mount the death of last of the world War 11 what else so dramatizes the vacuum in which the 52 american hostages lived than the news events that have come and gone while they were insulated from All things of Home except themselves when he was released by the iranians because Jbf his hostage Richard Queen said he was a rip Van unaware of the world outside his he did not for that a daring Rescue attempt had foundered on the Sands of the iranian the 52 american hostages missed the thousands of news big and they missed the super the presidential the 30th birthday of they missed a heat wave that parboiled much of their the soviet intervene in Afghanistan that kept Many countries Home from the Moscow the hostages began losing touch with events when they were seized by militants in a year later to the their Homeland chose a new president electing Republican Reagan Over Democrat Jimmy on Carter and Reagan had not yet announced their but John Anderson was already an official contender for the Republican Nomi the hostages missed Andersons Independent Cam As they did the unsuccessful primary bids of Edward Howard John Philip Bob Dole and George rejected As a presidential came out a Winner As Rea Gans running taking events at what else did the hostages miss with Small cars filling the in a time of races americans finally Cut Back their use of con Gress slapped a Windfall profits tax on Oil and republicans won a majority in the five pounds of sugar went from to and but the Price of Coffee a French restaurant in new Yorks theater District might have charged for a dinner for two in the same meal now is Likely to be at least new York City transit fares went to 60 buying a Home became a financial Nightmare with mortgage rates rocketing beyond 15 the prime rate hit 21 consumer prices accelerated at a rate of More than 18 percent a draft registration a predicted recession became a Brief four out of every 10 Auto workers were Laid off As americans stopped buying big cars and Japan became the Industry the Federal government bailed out Chrysler one Winter there want much Snow in the and the next Winter there was in drought and heat took lives and killed there were deaths John William George Alice Roosevelt Josip Broz Harland Mae Alfred Peter Steve to name a one death the hostages probably knew about to january 1981 lost of headlines hammed Reza the ousted Shah of Richard Nixon moved to new York he published a Book warning about the soviet and granted when the Shah the former president went to Egypt for the the Public was allowed to hear the watergate watergate Mastermind Gordon always silent published a John Wayne Gacy was convicted of murdering 33 boys and Young men and was sentenced to fires took 84 lives at the Mem grand hotel in Las and 26 lives at an inn in White the slayings or disappearances of 16 Black children were uncovered in six nazis and klansmen were acquitted on charges in the shooting deaths of five communists at a death to the klan rally Kramer a Story about a divorced couple s child custody won most of the the win ners of televisions emmy were obscured by an actors strike that kept nearly All of them from the ceremony and delayed the 1980 fall Johnny Carson signed a three year contract with Abc and Cut his show to an the lbs pro Gram 60 minutes continued to Fly but Dan rather prepared to leave to succeed the retiring Walter there was a 36hour rampage of murder and Vandal ism at the new Mexico state prison that killed 33 in computer errors triggered false alerts in the air defense networks twice in a a farm shows effects of heat wave and in 222 people were killed and 500 injured when rain soaked Wood bleachers some 000 people died in an earthquake in and about italians were killed in a devastating tremor near Iran and Iraq went to Frank Sinatra offered to act As a commercial spokes Man for Chrysler for a and the offer was a Sinatra later ran reagans inaugural entertain ment a big political Issue was disclosure by the Carter administration that a radar evading called stealth had been tested for two the Reagan Camp said the disclosure was pure politics and damaged National the hockey team took the olympic Gold medal at Lake and a roving satellite sent Back spectacular pictures of the moral majority a biography of Errol published decades after his alleged he was both a homosexual and a nazi comedian Richard Pryor recovered from critical Vernon the civil rights was gravely wounded in an eighteen people died in race riots in the United states took in cd refugees brought by the Freedom but months thousands were without in a protest Over the governments raising meat prices turned into a countrywide workers it ended in Victory for formation of Independent unions and a continuing threat of soviet super bowl Xiv matched Pittsburgh and los Angeles and the Steeles won Muhammad Ali tried to regain the heavyweight title for the fourth time but was beaten by Larry a new expression Shes a 10 became the Vogue after a applied the rating to Bobert Parks was dropped As the emcee of the miss America contest in favor of Ron a former movie airline fares soared and deregulation of the Industry fuelled a fare War that at one Point had new York to san Francisco flights for disco Punk Rock John who scored Star wars and jaws was named conductor of the Boston the supreme court made another abortion decision the government Doest have to pay for most abortions of women on Billy the presidents had to Register As a lobbyist for Libya after accepting from that he said it was part of a the Fri produced a devastating series of television showing congressmen and others taking bribes from aides to phony Arab a scam brought elec Tion convictions and Newsweek Magazine published a cover Story on teen aged sex in the Silver Market nearly collapsed when the billionaire Hunt Brothers of suspected by Many of trying to Corner  meet a margin Silver prices zoomed to an ounce and dropped to a Low of the hostages themselves were the biggest news event of duly voted by editors who judge such but they were edged in 1980 by reagans the same editors voted the seizure of the embassy and holding of the hostages As the fourth biggest Story of the outranked Only by the Energy and the end of the Vietnam the stars and stripes Page 15