European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes january 1981 Vve never been so moved hostage flight like family reunion by Brad Durfee staff writer Rhei main Germany there was thunderous applause As we took off with our 26 it sounded like the Tail Section was coming said Copilot Chris this int Normal on a flight but then this was not your usual from was describing the liftoff from Algiers wednesday of one of two c9 aircraft bringing americas 52 hostages Home from Captivity in they we rent aware How and the american people were about said Charles from they had no Way of said the chief medical technician on one one crewman said it was like a routine Mission until the hostages came they were so exhilarated and then the excitement hit us and it spread through the whole said Bobbie it was like a family added the medical technician from the Crews from both planes remarked that the four hour wait on the ground at Algiers seemed like forever but the three hour run Back to Rhei main went by in no when the air Algeria 727 landed at the hostages were waving at we could see them through the win one Crew member nurse Gretchen medi Cal Crew and flight nurse Deborah Kelly talked about How Many handshakes they would have to do when the passengers boarded at hugs and when we saw them running toward the aircraft we knew it would be More like hugs and said it was and i it was such an emotional the Crews were bombarded with questions about what was going on in the sports one fellow asked me who was now coaching i  answer said the members of the 55th air med evac so had chipped in and bought Squadron t shirts for the 52 guests on their carmelo from Clair when we passed them out one fellow someone is actually giving me something instead of taking it the round trip went Accord ing to flight Mechanic Jimmy the sergeant from the ground Crews had the aircraft in great members of the 2nd Aero med evac so passed out copies of the stars and stripes and provided the returnees with air Force parkas and yellow ribbons to Wear on the jackets during their flight to they All knew what the yellow ribbons stood and they were All Happy to Wear said the yellow ribbons were the idea of Sandy the wife of Randy she made them just before the election and we finally got to pass them laughed at pictures the c9 Crews said their passengers laughed at their old pictures on the front Page of the stars and stripes because Many of them had beards or had changed otherwise during their months in Cap one of the aircraft William Stokes of there were several air Force and Navy Regan pilots among and at least two on our aircraft came up and Rode in the jump on the flight every country we flew Over extended congratulations to the said Gregory it want Only the americans who Happy about the said the from both aircraft flew across parts of Northern and into As we entered French airspace the air controllers asked us to pass a message to the hostages if they were North cutt he reported to the controllers that there was no problem no one was Praise the i passed the received from the French Welcome to France we Praise the lord for their this and the brought rounds of added a lot of Praise should go to our support without them we  get off the said Richard the med from once youre up you just go from Point a to Point b but a lot of these on the worked 36 hours straight in support of this Mission commander Mike con from san called the Mission a base just about the entire base was involved in one Way or flight Steward Grace Lourenco said she heard passengers talk about How Well they were treated on the algerian Airliner with they were hungry for fruit juice and craved for the chocolates we members of the 55th said she heard one of the returnees when the food was being if its we dont want from said some were hurting for affection and one Young Man wanted to just hold her she held his i have flown and Many but Ive never been so moved As i was on that Lourenco Connor called the flight one of the finer Days of the military Airlift base officials listed ground maintenance Crew members for the flight As air Force members Bob Mike Sherry Terry Mark Hinton and John 3 More sworn in to Reagan Cabinet from press dispatches Washington three members of president reagans Cabinet were sworn in thursday morning in a private White House taking the oath of office were Alexan Der Haig As Secretary of Richard Schweiker As Secretary of health and human services and Donald Regan As Treasury Caspar the Secretary of de was sworn in wednesday night at his Pentagon James the presidential press Sec said there will be a Public oath Tak ing ceremony As soon As the rest of the Cabinet is confirmed by the Brady said the private oat takings were held so that the Cabinet secretaries could begin to discharge constitutional do Schweiker and Regan were All confirmed by the Senate Weinberger won Senate approval the pre Vious Weinberger told the armed forces thursday that the Reagan administration will rearm America to improve its combat readiness and restore the strategic balance with the soviet in his first message to american servicemen throughout the 24 hours after being sworn into Weinberger said he is aware of the need to strengthen the As the Best Hope for i look Forward with great enthusiasm and As we begin to rearm America under the leadership and with the full backing of our new commander in Weinberger said in the he said Reagan expressed in his inaugural speech the Hopes of the american people for a safer i am honoured to be part of his efforts to improve the readiness of All our existing units and to begin now to restore our strategic bal a confident America that is perceived by our allies As a reliable Friend and by our possible opponents As both will ing and Able to fight for our Freedom is our Best Hope for ours is a most exciting and vital our Success will be measured by whether we have so strengthened our country that we have preserved the news update soviets lose citizenship Moscow a two soviet dissident authors who left the soviet Union Jast year have been stripped of their Cit soviet sources reported thurs the decrees could bar them from Ever returning to the soviet the authors were identified As lev who left the soviet Union for West Germany in november on what he said would be a oneyear stay and Vasily who left last july with the claim he had reached a dead end in his career and could be away for a Long both had said they wanted to retain their soviet sources said the decree was passed Grasso improving up for Mer Ella Grasso was feeling better thursday and Laboratory tests showed a slight improvement in her liver Hartford Hospital spokesman James Battaglio was feeling poor wednes Day after undergoing a fourth phase of Battaglio said the treat ment administered intravenously the Day before had left her weak and although it was the first time Grasso reacted badly to the Battag Lio said it was not unusual for a patient to become nauseated and fatigued be cause chemotherapy has a cumulative he said thursday that tests showed her liver function had improved a the chemotherapy was administered in an attempt to improve her liver she is hospitalized with both liver cancer and cancer of the intestinal 2 divers identified Shetland islands a the two North sea divers rescued after being trapped for nearly 11 hours wednesday in a damaged diving Bell were named thursday As James of port South and Philip of eng both were described by their employ ers As 100 percent fit after their or Deal but will have to spend about four Days in a decompression chamber aboard the Rescue ship Uncle they were stranded in the diving Bell 400 feet below the surface in the Thistle 130 Miles Northeast of the Shet when the lifeline to their Mother ship depriving them of vital Power and hot water supplies connected to their diving Neo nazi crimes Rise Bonn a Neo nazi activity in West Germany Rose sharply last Interior minister Gerhart Baum said based on 1980 statistics not yet com Baum told parliament s Legal committee that incidents involving rightist extremism were figures from previous years were 616 for 922 for 1978 and for Baum Neo nazi crimes Rose from 52 in 1978 to 97 in and reached 104 last Baum by the end of the Baum his office registered 75 rightist extremist organizations with a total of Mem More than in financing of the Neo nazi groups was mostly done by donations and by the Sale of fascist propaganda material often printed Baum since Baums report Ger Man rightist radicals tried to establish closer ties with fascist organizations throughout they cooperated with belgian and British groups to hide Baum greeks plan talks Greece a four working level officials arrived Here thursday to begin talks on a new greek defense cooperation agreement aimed at assuring the continued opera Tion of the military bases in the beginning next will also determine the level of military Aid Washington will provide in return for the operation of the there Are four major american Mili tary installations in which have operated on a provisional basis since the previous agreement Between the two countries terminated at the end of an agreement for their continued opera Tion was initialled in 1977 but never Rati fied by either the american delegation at the negotiations will be led by the ambassador to Robert both greek and american sources have expressed optimism that an agreement can be signed by