European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1981 hostages used Reagan fire of As big stick to proof captors Washington up the Ameri can hostages used news of president Rea Gans election to warn their captors of dire consequences if the iranians waited until after inauguration Day to release we believed that the iranians were afraid of president Reagan and general said Marine John referring to Secretary of state Alexander Mckerl was Pale but otherwise apparently we used this and just beefed up the we told them president Reagan would Send in the Mckeel balancing a plate of pastry at an East room reception that followed the welcoming Cere Mony for the freed hostages on the South who said he lost 40 pounds Dur ing his said the prisoners stretched the truth to Spur their captors to Send them we were doing a Little interrogating to the Mckeel told reporters at the reception that Reagan attended briefly be fore turning the entire state floor Over to 53 released captives and about 550 family members and who is from gave credit to both Jimmy Carter and Rea Gan for the hostages i know president Reagan has done a m ride North to the wild country with the Sackett Brothers in this latest adventure a sum now available at most bookstores great Deal and president Carter he i owe my life to both these another Gallegos of said he believes Reagan had something to do with their Pri secretly but i feel he Gallegos who got a few laughs at the West Point news conference earlier when he said he wants to Start chasing repeated his denials that any returnees were suffering from mental i dont think it is he he said that one of the whom he would not did suffer from de pression while in and expressed the depression by not eating or but Mckeel his colleagues pushed the Man to exercise and take part in other and he finally beat the the hostages got information by steal ing the iranians newspapers and magazines and through letters from he he said Many of the hostages taught themselves Farsi so they could read the local the captors also gave them we didst give them too much trouble and they were always talking to he roomful of hostages w0re allowed to talk to each but were not allowed to communicate with hostages outside that he to relay information we used a tap Mckeel everywhere we we found some Way to he Mckeel smilingly told reporters he Hopes president Reagan didst watch to this when he made his remark about but he said jokes like that were the Way we kept from going Mckeel said he was in solitary for 42 Days after being captured because he threw chemical Mace into the face of one of his he said the iranians tried to grab he shot the and that when they knocked the filling out of my he described life As a captive As basically one of routine up when you wanted butter and Jelly and maybe some cheese for then playing and Reading he said he never thought he had been and received frequent at least 23 to attend big Parade new York a Twenty three of the returning hostages have accepted an invitation to a ticker tape Parade Here at the end of the mayor Edward Koch four other returnees said they might be Able to Koch said at a news Confer ence in City the Parade will begin at Fri Day at the Battery and will proceed up Broadway along manhattans traditional route of heroes to City where the mayor and Cardinal Terence Cooke will Greet the the Waldo Fastoria agreed to provide free hotel and several Broadway shows have volunteered free tick according to the there will be no shortage of ticker tape for the Parade a Connecticut company donated 100 Miles of mistaken belief a spokesman for manufacturer of electronic communication equip ment with offices in and new said Koch and others were mistaken in their belief that computers had All but done away with ticker while it is True that Wall Street firms have increasingly turned to systems not requiring the paper Albert a company vice there is probably More ticker tape made today than Ever in to allay worries on the mayors Boyars said he decided to have the 100 Miles of paper in 440 Rolls trucked to the City from Norwalk for distribution to firms along the Parade Koch said the first returning hostage to arrive in new York would be Jerry plot a Brooklyn Plotkin was to arrive wednesday and the others on thurs Day afternoon at Laguardia Koch this is not for its for the mayor he added that Friday would be a Day of a Day of among those invited to the Parade and City Hall ceremonies Are Kenneth former Canadian ambassador to the algerian and West German ambassadors to the United and a number of other foreign crime dominates worries spending for police shows dramatic increase Washington up crime Domi nates americans worries about their per Sonal safety and Over the last 15 the nation has dramatically increased spending to beef up police the Commerce department the overriding Public concern is the threat to Security posed by the pervasiveness of criminal activity is generally perceived As one of our nations gravest the department said in social Indica tors a massive statistical report pre pared by the census the recently released report is one of a series developed Over the last decade de signed to assess the Quality of american the reported rate of Many crimes is growing at a decelerated Pace and victimization rates for most violent and household crimes have remained fairly constant during the the study Public safety chapter although analysts see the slower growth of crime As a positive the Public Gener ally does the report the Media is constantly feeding information about the latest rapes and it when people hear the grim it is very difficult to console them with the fact that the rate of murder per population has not increased significantly in the last several spending for police Protection was billion nationwide in fiscal Only percent of All governmental the report but payments for adjusted for in increased 375 percent in the 25 years ending in compared with a 114 percent increase in total government spend per capita state and local costs for police allowing for increased 127 percent nationwide from about in 1960 to around in the study