European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A hostage january 1981 the stars and stripes Page 5 Washington up the bitter Ness of Richard held nine months As a hostage in Iran before failing health brought him runs i never sympathized with their their and i sure As hell will not do that Queen said in an exclusive inter View shortly before the remaining 52 hos tages were i will not be unhappy when that religious government Falls to Queen was captured with the other americans by islamic revolutionaries who overran the embassy compound he endured 250 Days of Captivity Richard Queen of continued bitterness toward captors and so called religious leaders including several months in a win Dowless basement dubbed the mushroom he was released after nine months be cause the iranians were disturbed by a mysterious later diagnosed As multiple Queen said he was treated Well by Many of his but you had a few real greatest contempt the bitterness i feel is particularly for the so called religious leaders in he i have the greatest contempt and hatred for some of but some of them were quite i was Able to look at some of them As some were straightforward and treated me with some respect and dig i tried to some of them Are Complete Slimy Bas he i have nothing but con tempt and evil for after several months of dashed Hopes for an Early Queen began to accept his and his living conditions the militants moved him out of his dark basement room and into quarters with two other hostages at the no longer a sign of sadness workers put an amendment Praise to one of a billboard As Freedom came to the Cap changing the plaintive firm put up the Mournful message when Tives after their 444 Days As biblical message on a sign at the americans were taken hostage by the Happy revision was a weather warms around most of threat of damage to Groves eases by United press International warmer temperatures across most of the country tuesday brought rain to the Gulf coast and eased the threat of dam age to Florida Citrus but melted Only Millimetres from the five foot ice floes clogging the Chesapeake Gale warnings were in effect for much of the Louisiana coast and drought plagued new York City was under a water rain spread from Eastern Texas to Ala Bama and from the Central Gulf coast into rain also was reported in Washington state and parts of Idaho and Ore a spokesman for the Florida Citrus Industry said freezing weather that damaged up to 20 percent of the states Orange and Grapefruit crop May be a Blessing in Dis Guise for Florida Earl a spokesman for Florida Citrus predicted most Farmers will profit from the bad weather because it wiped out a Large fruit i doubt there will be Many growers who Flat out lose their Wells the cold also contributed to dozens of Brush and was linked by authorities to the suffocation Mon Day of 37yearold Richard ice floes As thick As five feet were re ported in Chesapeake prompting minimum horsepower and steel Hull restrictions for vessels travelling in the mondays warmer weather melted some Mutton Dies was in Burma London a sir Thomas who commanded British forces in Burma when the japanese invaded in has died in London at the age of the London times called his wartime to delay the japanese Advance through Southeast a hopeless one from the ice but sub freezing night temperatures froze much of it it would take a week in the High 30s and 40s before we would see significant and ice conditions Are wors coast guard officials Rhode Island Joseph Garrahy monday formally asked the Small Busi Ness administration to declare the state a disaster area so the fishing Industry can ease the economic hardship of severe Winter weather through Low interest the governor said aides have already pinpointed 700 people who suffered eco nomic losses totalling million from the mild weather was reported on the West the temperature hit a record 70 in the third Day in a Row a record was the 70 Reading broke the old record of 64 set in dense fog plagued valleys in the inter Mountain Region and air travellers were warned that airports May not be operating he had a View of the mountains and an imaginative called the perfect hos Tage because he was Queen organized the embassy Reading hour after i had ups and he you cant help after two and a half months or i resigned myself to being a Queen mastered a Reading knowledge of French and read volumes of biographies and we had lots of a wealth of literally he that was my Way of dealing with the but Queens physical condition he often was tied up at and his exercise was numbness spread through the left Side of his body and his sense of hearing his captors called in a medical student to examine he was a Queen he didst know what was wrong with but his condition worsened in late june and a physician examined within hours he was in a Hospital and the iranian leadership granted him they were afraid of having a dead hos he on his Way to the Airport for a flight to Queen Learned of the failed Rescue Mission in late the mis Sion Cost the lives of eight servicemen in the crash of a helicopter and transport plane in an iranian Salt we knew Little about it he that something was tried but was called i found out about it in detail before being put on the plane i got an article from time or quiet Post Queen has met frequently with the fam Ilies of the other giving them Hope for the Safe return of the 52 Ameri cans who spent 444 Days in now he wants to go on to a quiet diplomatic Post and let the bitter memories of Iran there have got to be you have to look for he you cant write off the whole period As a total it is in some ways a scar and i have tried to make it As bearable As i try to look for the Silver i have tried to put it behind me As much As it happened to but i will not let it get to i never wanted to seek the lights of the to be the focus of Queen i just want to live a Normal of time in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 members of the sen ate armed services committee heard Testi Mony concerning a proposed lowering of the draft age from 19 to 18 years defense experts said without the drop in age re veterans would have to be called 20 years ago today 1961 the Senate quickly approved the new Cabinet of president Kennedy with opposition expressed toward Only one proposed Cabinet member the presidents the younger Kennedy was approved As attorney 70 years ago today 1971 Edward Ken Nedy was ousted from the 2 spot on the democratic leadership ladder in the Senate when Robert Byrd was voted into the whip Mike Mansfield went unopposed As majority