European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes january 1981 local ceremonies Mark arrivals former hostages return to Homes by the associated press the freed hostages started return ing to their hometowns to the friendliness of Small town America and to the people they grew up there were Miles of yellow hundreds of Wel come signs and even some Apple pie from if it helped anyone at All to realize what Freedom i think it was Worth former hostage Michael of told a cheering crowd in front of the Lackawanna county the picture of life for the 52 americans during months in Iran became Clear As some of them gave de tails of their treatment treatment that apparently varied widely and included beatings for Metrinko was greeted at the Scranton Airport by Pennsylvania William Scranton who a native son has returned Home to to the people who love him a High school band played cod bless America As Metrinko stepped from the plane onto a 150footlong red Frederick Lee of Frances got a key to the City when he landed in Deputy mayor Tom Henry said Kupke has Long had the key to our Kupke also was made a Sagamore of the Wabash Indiana equivalent to a Kentucky thank East Germany plans Bee up of its forces Berlin up1 East Germany wednesday announced plans to modernize its armed forces in the face of unbridled rearmament by nato particularly the United states and West the announcement came in a speech by Deputy defense minister Werner who said it was urgently Nec Essary to carry out such in an interview with the stat controlled news Agency Fleissner urged raising the defense budget to equip All parts of the forces and sorts of this he said was necessary because of the unbridled rearmament in the nato especially in the United states and West As Well As the forced in crease in readiness to Fleissner pledged East Germany leaders would always ensure the country National Peoples army was modernized and ready to fulfil its role in the Warsaw you very from the Bottom of my be when Bruce and his wife arrived at their Home in wednesday they found Wel coming a vase of yellow Flowers and a Platter of Apple pie and pumpkin cake from neighbor Bobbie  need some she after the germans greeted their they went inside their and a neighbor tacked a sign on a tree in the front Yard do not let him be with his two of the 52 released hostages re turned Home tuesday night after White House John went to his Home in just out Side where neighbourhood children provided a candlelight and Jerry of mount flew to saying he plans a three or four month vacation before going Back to in Robert is hospitalized with pneumonia and Bronchi and is suffering from but his physician said wednesday the oldest of the 52 former hostages is doing he rested he is in satisfactory and his temperature is said Susan director of Public affairs at the National Hospital for Ortho Weinberger says rearming must have priority continued from Page i imbalances that have developed Between our strategic nuclear forces and those of the Weinberger and Jones testified on the fiscal 1982 defense for which for Mer president Jimmy Carter requested billion More than billion Over the 1981 Weinberger put much stress on his View that some social programs would have to be or perhaps to achieve the Reagan administrations goal of rearming he testified As members of the panel began hearings on the military budget submitted by Carter before he left they said they will recommend substantial increases in the spending proposed by car but Are not ready to come up with figures in response to a question by John Weinberger said he believes the nations military might could be strengthened and the budget balanced without cutting social programs below acceptable he i think we Are going to have to make adjustments in the funding of these it will require a reduction in at least the rate of growth in Many a reduction actually in the he said that the administration and Congress would have to consider reducing some programs that have been consid ered sacrosanct and in the Case of some the question would be not How much we should reduce but whether we should have it at Weinberger mentioned no specific pro referring obliquely to righting criticism that some of the subordinates be ing chosen for High level positions in the defense department Are not sufficiently committed to a strengthened no one will be appointed or submitted for confirmation who does not share the View that America must regain her strength and the chaired by John Long has pushed for a stronger defense posture but has been overridden by a democratic ruled con global7 strategy urged to protect vital interests continued from Page i broadened global strategy to confront the soviets wherever they May raise a major menace to their collective the cannot and should not carry i9fh Hole at Andrews course could be made by Oil drilling Rig Scotland up the news May be enough to make Jack Nicklaus snap his an Oil company has been Given the godhead to explore the hallowed links of the Royal and ancient Golf the golfers Nightmare that the 19th Hole will become an Oil Well and Arnold Palmer will have to Dodge the roughnecks on his Way up the 12th Fairway came a step nearer when the government included the course in an area licensed for drilling by Premier consolidated the news brought consternation to the occupants of the deep leather chairs in the it would be the most appalling sacrilege a blasphemous thing to said Pat 1 am sure the club would not sell people have been playing Golf Here since god knows but the 226yearold the High Temple from which the rules of Golf Are handed is not in immediate according to the Oil company no golfing finance were not about to make the 20th or even the its just not a part of the License area were interested said Rupert the sole Burden for the increase in Mili tary strength for this Jones at the same he indicated some concern that the nato countries and Japan have not yet rallied to meet what he views As a rising soviet referring to possible soviet moves against the Oil producing persian Gulf re Jones said this has not yet spurred sufficiently vigorous and concerted action among Friendly As he has in the Jones said that Adverse trends in the military balance and emerging incentives for soviet aggression and intimidation suggest that the 1980s will be a period of greatly increased he warned that the soviet Union May see the Early and Middle 1980s As a period of transitory but useful military Adan the fourstar general said that the Overall military position relative to that of the soviet while de Clining and therefore dangerous is neither desperate nor beyond he expressed Confidence that the United together with its retains Many specific military advantages and the economic and technological Poten tial to frustrate the soviet drive for super medics and were taking Good care of checked into the hospitals emergency room shortly after 7 tues and was admitted for rest and Obser said state department spokesman Jack he had a Little fever and a cough and obviously Steif the returnees almost two dozen of whom will go to new York for a ticker tape Parade on Friday got the same kind of tumultuous greetings in their hometowns that they Haven gotten everywhere since their release from Iran eight Days ago from Rhei main a and to West to but on there was a differ the cheers were from the people they the people who rang Church Bells for wrote letters to them and suffered with them through 444 Days of some of the hostages talked about that Robert of North Little for that he was beaten by his captors during the second Day after the takeover of the embassy in Tehran on he also said he spent two three month periods in Soli tary was left blindfolded for six hours at a stretch and was guarded by a monstrous Dwarf with a huge head and no discussing his he Many of them i hate very physically abused in an interview on the flight from Washington to Kupke also said he was physically abused during his he said he didst want to go into details but i have some real horror stories to Barry of new York said in an interview on lbs televisions morning that he was not tortured in the classical but added denying my human rights is the highest torture in the William of West University that he faced constant Petty but no horror Kathern of said on abcs today show that the after effects of imprisonment were we slipped Freedom pretty easily and pretty she Many towns planned Public celebrations timed for the return of a Parade is scheduled in on sunday for for Marine Jimmy of and for of Sun City Lopez was flying Home wednesday odes return was delayed be cause by his Bruce of the charge affaires at the said at a news conference tuesday As the a hostages Rode from the Airport to West Point on sunday through those cities and towns and saw that demonstration of Small town we knew we were it was that kind of Small town America that greeted the former hostages on Central Europe forecast for thursday mostly Cloudy skies with dense fog in the morning and again in the fair to partly Cloudy skies with Haze and fog during the of some isolated localities will have Light drizzle or especially in the High temperatures lows Sunset thursday Sunrise Friday at Outlook for Friday Calls for Little but for warmer temperatures recorded wednesday 4am 4pm i 43 Fig 43 43 m 30 36 p 25 34 d 25 36 Fig 43 45 d 41 37 thundershowers fair cd Clouds partly Cloudy m mostly Cloudy Fafon Del weather so Fig cd f Fang f 4pm 32 34 43 46 25 37 7 25 44 46 30 41 23 27