European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 282 is doily and sunday january 1981 if 21855 a in step with Freedom John one of the 52 americans released after 444 Days of Captivity As hostages in jogs with his monday morning on the grounds of the military Academy at West a photo army news besieging 52 at West Point by Grace Blancett Washington Bureau chief West most people Here Are trying to return to their Normal workday despite the army of press and camera Crews hanging around and hoping for a few seconds of time with americas 52 former hostages and their families secluded in the hotel press griped a Post shuttle bus Driver who had to Snake his army bus through snarled traffic near the although he called the camera Crews staked put beyond the military police Cor dons jackals waiting to pounce on their he admitted he had gobbled up everything written and aired about the release of the 52 and their tumultuous Wel come Here sunday the a hostages and their families have the run of the military but they Are the Only everyone else movements have been Cadet living quarters and the Cadet Chapel Are off limits to the Public and news the 170room hotel Thayer has been under my guard since noon its 225member staff has been warned to related pages keep our Mouths shut about what goes on said a who asked not to be Early in the a few of the freed hostages ventured put of the hotel to they were immediately chased by a to Crew that apparently was not in As Good physical the Crew was left shortly before 11 six White army buses rolled up to the hotel Entrance to take the families to a by inv ratio Nunly service at the Cadet a disappointed wife of a senior army no said she had hoped to attend the service because she and her husband have been very Active in the but Only the biggies got to it would have been easier to get an invitation to an inaugural during the the Academy choir Sang the Battle hymn of the according to the choir there were probably very few dry one of the freed army Gap urges change in Law fed Early retirements hit Washington a too Many Federal civil servants Are being allowed to retire a practice that Cost tax payers million during the 1979 spending the general accounting office the audit Agency urged Congress to change the Law that allows voluntary Early retirements during reorganizations and staff the Gao said that in the fiscal year ending the retirement benefits paid to those who retired Early during 1979 and previous years came to the Agency said the extra Cost of the Early retirements was million because All eventually would have gotten Normal benefits at a later the Gao report criticized the office of personnel management for allowing voluntary Early retirements in Many including Ops own the 1978 civil service Reform act expanded Ops authority to allow Early in a letter appended to the recent Gao Alan former pm defended the Agency Early retirement authority and said any change in the Law would be unwise in ill advised at this All Federal workers May retire at age 55 after 30 years under special pm can allow workers to retire at age 50 after 20 years or at any age after 25 the Early retirement provisions Are supposed to encourage older workers to retire so younger workers jobs can be this is a laudable the Gao costly Early retirements Are saving if in Many new hires were required to replace Early retirees in Early retirees themselves were brought Back As reemployed annul the Gao it criticized the 149 Early retirements allowed during the old civil service commissions metamorphosis into the office of personnel management in no one faced the Gao and the retirees included 21 investigators and four claims processors who were in Short Supply in the it also criticized Early retirements in continued on Page 2 Regis parted company with his colleagues at Stewart new sunday to visit his ailing Mother in he rejoined the other returnees Here its business As usual along the main Street of Highland just outside the main the whose wares included yellow ribbons and t have along with the other people who jammed the Small Street Here the Beauty Salon on the main Street is still offering its free haircuts for All the but the offer will Proba Bly have few As one of the first continued on Back Page tear so Strong you could feel it vibrating in the air Ohio a there was fear so Strong you could feel it vibrating in the said former hostage Steven Lauterbach of his feelings during the 444day there was a hollow feeling in your soul that you were going to that you were a he said in a copyright interview with the Dayton daily you Are a Shadow on the and you keep getting smaller As the Sun goes and you Pray that the Sun never really goes was serving As an administrative officer at the embassy in Tehran at the time it was taken Over by Fries to mediate farm unrest Warsaw a Independent labor Leader Lech Walesa monday rushed to Rzeszot in Southeastern Poland in an apparent Effort to Avert a possible major clash Between the government and some 300 an Gry workers and Farmers who continued a Satin for the 24th a spreading student protest in Southwest of appeared to be adding a new dimension to the ongoing pol ish labor some students of the local univer sity started an occupation strike several Days ago and an estimated students of the medical faculty followed suit with a sit in last they were demanding from the govern ment such concessions As abolition of mandatory enrolment in marxist philosophy and economics classes and University Auton omy barring police intervention to restore a spokesman for the Gdansk Headquarters of the Trade Union Solidarity who re ported Walesa departure also announced that the unions National coordinating commission for the first hold part of its meeting this week in the today Parley was scheduled to continued on Page 2