European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes january 1981 Reagan welcomes former hostages continued from Page i said he would have done the same amid tuesdays the former hostages offered a solemn Salute of their to the eight servicemen killed in the collision of two military aircraft in the Ira Nian desert during a futile attempt to Rescue them last they put their lives on the said Bruce ranking Diplomat in Tehran when the americans were seized by iranian militants on it was a Day of flags and yellow yellow balloons and tears of theres a lot of emotion and in just privileged to be a Small part of said vice president George first to Greet the 50 men and two women and their families As they stepped from a Fleet of four air Force jetliners at Andrews fab in suburban Laingen was first to alight from free Dom one after a on hour flight from Stewart Airport near West to the embrace of the vice president and cheers and chants of Welcome Welcome Home from an air Force band played the song that had become the Homecoming theme tie a yellow ribbon round the old Oak relatives and friends hoisted a returned Donald to their shoulders and carried him through the the ceremonies honoured 53 re turned for among them was Rich Ard released last july 11 because of ill Reagan had received a report that about a of the 52 had been so scarred by the ordeal that they would need psychiatric treatment in the months Pound of Metal will outweigh Pound of paper London a britons shortly will carry their pounds in their pockets and purses rather than their the government announced plans tuesday to Start minting on Pound coins to replace the present one Pound but it gave no Date for introduction of the the Royal mint is not expected to Complete plans for the design for several the decision is an indication of inroads made by currently running at an annual a Worth today buys two pints of Beer in a tavern where 15 years ago it bought on Pound coins have been sought for cigarette and food vending machines and for ticket machines for commuter rail and subway at a West Point news some of the former captives said they expect no difficulty adjusting to Normal Well be pretty Strong said air Force Thomas Schaefer of Falls i have a lot of Faith that we will adjust and Are and we will be Able to resume Normal said Robert were All All mentally and phys declared Marine John my keel of Balch Snappy in a freshly pressed speaking especially for the eight marines among the former he said they would be Fine As soon As they let us go Home and Back to chasing some his remark Drew a Roar of laughter at a news conference by 41 of the 52 their last event before flying off to Washington to receive their nations formal Wel coming at the White House reception to which dignitaries have been 11 didst appear there was no immediate explanation Why 11 did not appear at the voluntary news a Navy lieutenant com Mander who was a Navy attache in the embassy when it was seized by iranian Mili said the hostages went through a period of extreme but their difficulties started to diminish the moment the door closed on the algerian Airliner that carried the americans to Freedom a week Schaefer shared the View that the psycho logical damage would soon he said he had trouble coping with the sudden and extreme shift in his lifestyle that release one he his chief concern was what he would eat with his Rice 24 hours he was free and being embraced by i had trouble coping with he Secretary of state Alexander Haig told Reagan monday that about a Quarter of the returnees would require several months of psychiatric attention because of the stress resulting from their while House press Secretary James Bra in summarizing Haigs did not elaborate or give the source of Haigs info a hostages recovering in tuesdays news Confer said As far As he could the former hostages Are recovering from the psychological scars of i have a lot of Faith that we will adjust and Are and we will be Able to resume Normal he a lot of the stress was relieved just by walking aboard that aircraft 1 myself feel very physically and Englemann the news on the Campus of the military Academy at West was interrupted by a woman who identified herself As Virginia of she told reporters later she is a sup Porter of the revolutionary communist she shouted at Laingen that he had been identified by the iranians As an agent of the Central intelligence she demanded to could the hostages complain of their treatment with out talking about what the Cia did under the auspices of the United states govern ment to the iranian people people were people were people were Laingen tried to Cut her when she he ignored her allegations and took another Charles Jones the Only Black who was still held after others were released at thanksgiving in had told reporters earlier he Felt he was being treated like an animal in a he told the news conference he was re Ferring to the entire we were fed at certain we were being watched All the that what i was talking he Jones said his As a was no different from that of any of the other in his opening who was the charge affaires in the embassy in said the agreement which liberated the hostages did no damage to americas he said the nation must assume that american officials will be seized again and held by hostile Laingen said the Way the Carter administration handled the situation could not be compared to making a bargain with terror he said the former hostages need time to reflect a bit in terms of policy and he said All the freed americans want to reach out with thanks to All our country he said the returnees have been Gas Price up nearly 5 cents in 5 weeks new York a the average retail Price of gasoline in the United states has jumped nearly 5 cents a gallon since specs last round of crude Oil Price in creases began in an Indus try analyst said Dan publisher of the Lund Berg a los Angele based Trade said his Survey indicated the National average retail gasoline Price was a gallon As of last up cents since 19 and up cents since the latest gasoline Price increases also reflected the lifting of Price controls from domestically produced Lundberg the controls started to expire last january and Are set to run out by the end of septem the Lundberg letter surveys about 000 filling stations military pay Reform is urged in study continued from Page i there is an urgent need for revising the retirement the which should be geared principally to provide old age can be most efficiently realigned by providing for military personnel to retire in much the same Way As their civilian counterparts the Brookings study at military personnel May re tire after reaching the 20year service Mark and draw immediate regardless of the Carter administration created a commission which studied the retirement system and recommended widespread which Congress has in its final defense the Carter administration renewed its Reform the study by the Brookings u Liberal oriented Washington think suggested that making the Mil itary compensation system More efficient May be a better response to military Man Power problems than other including increasing the Overall military reducing the size of the armed forces or returning to the instead of paying workers strictly according to their the study the forces continue to use a compensation arrangement As old As the Republic that was tailored to a Force unskilled personnel service As foot soldiers or Able bodied the current compensation the report provides Little in the Way of efficient tools and mechanisms to improve the attraction and retention of enlisted military pay and benefits have Little relevance to occupational requirements and corresponding training and even less resemblance to civilian rates for work ers possessing similar the report by compensating their across the Board and regardless of occupational on the basis of the armed forces inadvertently overpay some and shortchange humbled by what we have seen of the magnificence of the support they paraphrasing Winston he never has so Small a group owed so much to so he cited As an example a California schoolgirls Valentine that reached the hos tages in it told us its just not America without he Laingen said the sight of lined the Road from Stewart Airport to the military Academy at West Point on sunday was evidence that America is Strong that America has that America is prepared to reach out to people in he said the former captives looked for Ward to paying their respects to the new we have great Pride in the Way our country demonstrated its respect for the de of principles of International decency and Laingen the support of americans Back he helped the hostages to Cope with the abuse of fundamental human rights that were so the first to was How the former hostages will be Able to Cope when the Media attention i can assure Laingen that were prepared to go out and become rank an file common citizens he it int its the first time weve experienced and we Hope its the last the most emotional Laingen was at the Airport in when the 52 freed together in the same place for the first time in a Long were slap Ping each other on the Laingen was asked whether the negotiations for the hostages Freedom opened the Way to hostage taking in the he replied that the arrangements for their re lease Are in the National Kevin Hermening a Marine whose Mother went to see him in Captivity Over the objections of the said his captors didst change their treatment of him after of he i was very glad to see another former Marine James Michael of was asked about reports after the april Rescue a number of hostages were subjected to torture in the were we subjected to torture he i think that what youre referring to is the fact that we were dispersed around the country and it was done in such a helter shelter Marine guard William of who was interviewed while in Captivity an interview that was shown in the United states said the state department understood what i was trying to say i was trying to say the treatment was Good for my fellow so we would not be mistreated so we would be treated hostage Kathern whose singing of away in a Manger stood out in the Christmas interviews released to american television by told the news conference she picked that Carol because its a favorite in her i was concerned about the reaction of my nieces and nephews to my she it was my Way of sharing Christmas and also praying with All of the people that were praying for because that was a prayer verse that i Central Europe forecast for wednesday fair to partly Cloudy skies Over most of Western and Northern Germany will have Cloudy skies and All areas will have dense morning High temperatures lows Sunset wednesday Sunrise thursday at Outlook for thursday Calls for fair to partly Cloudy skies with dense morning the Northeast will have a slight Chance for temperatures Wolf be slightly temperatures recorded tuesday 4am 4pm r 46 54 mfg 41 45 m 43 39 Fig 30 43 Fig 23 32 d 43 46 cd 23 34 Fig mfg p pig pig p p 4am 4pm 21 32 45 50 27 54 16 30 39 45 36 48 28 30 brain fair a Cloudy partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy of fog Del 7th weather so