European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Schools Start meal program by Mike Spear staff writer Germany National free and reduce Price school meal program will get under Way in some overseas dependents schools marking the first time the children of parents stationed in Europe have been Able to participate in the authorized for overseas schools in 1978 by Congress and widely used in stateside Public schools for will Start in fewer than a dozen schools but before the school year 52 of the 216 schools in the system should be taking Geoffrey Neucom schools he said a big Factor delaying the pro Gram until now was the confusion brought on by the efforts to shift the schools from the defense department to the education schools in Safe areas that will begin the program monday Are those at Pitburg and Avi said George Safe schools 32 in Safe slated he said the schools at san Vito and Brindisi Are also close to starting thir Tytko Safe area schools should begin the program during the next several he nearly half a dozen schools in usar eur areas will Start the program Mon according to Jim Usa eur schools he didst have the names of the specific Saliba there will be a program started in each of the 27 schools in Usa eur that qualify before the year is in Navy Amando Salinas of us aver said the Navy is working on starting the program in its schools in the Mediterranean he said family surveys were under Way in those areas to determine who would be the schools that qualify for the pro Gram currently have Type a hot meals produced by cafes or the Navy resale continued on Page 3 seven Kif Fec in collapse of platform a a platform collapsed in a Shaft at a hydroelectric Plant under construction High in the Sierra killing at least seven authorities said three bodies were found on a but the Effort to find others was hampered by a sheriffs spokesman the entire Crew of seven miners that had been on a platform at the 450foot level of the Shaft Friday night were presumed dead and there May have been said Frederick a Pacific Gas electric broken leg the seven men were on a platform in the which ranges from 10 to 44 feet in an eighth worker who was inside a caged elevator was hospitalized with a broken authorities were just kind of in limbo until they get to the said Don Lemley of the Fresno county sheriffs depart there Are at least seven bodies at the Bottom of the Tunnel that is covered continued on Page 2 280 authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces january 1981 is Ooisy Ond sunday 1 f 21855 a hostage suffered 374 Days in solitary from press dispatches Germany As the 52 freed american hostages prepared to Fly to the United states from Rhei main a on sunday new stories were told of abuse at the hands of their iranian Cap Malcolm who served As an eco nomic expert at the embassy in Teh appeared ready to cry several times As he talked of his i was put in solitary confinement for 374 Days because i attempted to Kalp i was one of the bad they handcuffed me for seven they physically assaulted me on several gifts i was kicked in the Groin and Kalp said he was held in 22 different nearly All closed and darkened he said he Only had fresh air 14 there was physical isolation and poor Kalp despite the stories of saturday was a Happy time for most of the returnees As they got ready for their departure to the states and a reunion at West Point with their and a team of specialists from the states who came to treat were to Fly out of Rhei main air base at 10 aboard a government charter after a Brief departure they were to leave the air Force Hospital Here at 8 almost exactly four Days after for the 25mile trip by bus to said one spokesman handling the for Mer hostages i Hope they make it in time for the super that set the tone of jubilation that obviously represented their feelings after Long one of the former army 1 Donald earlier was reported planning to stay in Frankfurt with his Ger Man wife and their but state continued on Page 1 from iranians message of real iranians one of a group of 52 iranians who gathered to show their Joy at the release of the 52 american hostages holds a sign saturday in with the iranian Flag in the group later travelled to Wiesbaden to express outrage at the Long other Page Didio liberation group travels to Wiesbaden by Mike Spear staff writer Germany As the 52 freed american hostages underwent final preparations saturday for returning to the United states it must have been a Surprise to some of them when a group of iranians arrived at the air Force Hospital Here with gifts for the 52 of arrived at the Hospital at in a 13car Convoy from flying the old Royal Irani an Many of them wore dark glasses and wrapped scarves around their they said they feared retribution from after parking they emerged from their cars quietly and moved slowly toward one of the main Gates leading into the Hospital carrying hand made signs which read real iranian sic Are ashamed of hostage taking and Khomeini is not they said they represented the real iranian people and were members of the iranian liberation they carried two bouquets of 52 roses each and a the Rubaiyat of persian poet Omar As inside the signed by All of was a note to the hostages which read Welcome Back to we Are greeting 52 innocent you Are free now and we Are Happy about we Are also considering the 30 million people still suffering from the ayatollahs fascist re Gime being held in they were met at the Gate by a Barri Cade of German police and airmen with police while they waited silent several of the former american hos tages watched from a nearby second floor Balcony of the after about 15 a official continued on Page 2