European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 5 newspaper report denied former hostage Plotkin shocked7 by drug Story los Angeles up freed Ameri can hostage Jerry Plotkin says he was shocked by a newspaper report that he was the subject of a narcotics investigation and charged the paper with attempting to make sensationalism out of the daily news of los Angeles reported last week that local and Federal officials were investigating the possibility that plot the Only private citizen taken hostage in was in iran for drug promptly denied doctor sues Over article about Shah Washington a the physician who recommended that the late Shah of iran be treated in the United a move which figured in the seizure of americans in is suing science Magazine about an article questioning the former monarchs Benjamin Kean filed the libel suit in Federal court charging that the respected journal implied that his diagnosis of the Shah was superficial and who is seeking million in dam charged that the article damaged his medical Robert the attorney representing science said tuesday that the 100yearold journal has a reputation for accuracy and carefully written to defend article we intend to vigorously defend the Arti cles truthfulness and the integrity of its Perry said in an the article in question was a freelance piece that appeared in the it was written by Mark a writer for medical world a new York Perry the detailed account covered the medical problems of Shah Mohammed Riza Pahle Kean travelled to Mexico to examine the Shah and the decision to admit the former ruler to the United states was based in part on Keans Kean told the state department that the Shah was very ill with Lymph gland cancer and a blocked bile the former Mon Arch ultimately died of the cancer last july in but the article said the Shah immediate problem at the time of diagnosis was Gall bladder which could have been treated in when the Shah came to new York City for militants in iran used the decision As an excuse to seize the embassy in Man pays zooms off at 140 Mph a a Driver being chased by the Oklahoma Highway patrol stopped at an exit Gate on the Cimarron paid his 80 cents and zoomed off again at speeds up to 140 officials Gate attendant Vern Heddlesten said the Driver was just As polite As he could patrol officials said the Chase began when a trooper noticed a speeding car and then Learned the car was allegedly the 40mile Chase ended when troopers shot at the fleeing car and it crashed on i 35 near authorities a 21year old Man was taken into they were investigating i was in iran on legitimate Plotkin said monday in an interview with lbs network affiliate in shocked that anyone would mention or bring up anything on a subject like that after the ordeal i have just gone of suburban Sherman said he was in the embassy to make business arrangements when the building was seized by iranian i was in visiting with the commercial Plotkin i was asking what conditions were How to conduct Busi i was interested in the right things to do in a country that just had a plotkins has said her Hus band was trying to set up a business that would provide construction firms in iran with the newspaper article about a narcotics investigation astounds annoys Plotkin i think it degrades whoever did it and the marvelous reception most of us have been anyone who attempts to make sensationalism out of patriotism really Doest belong in his reunited with his wife at West said he spent his 444 Days of Captivity with two or three other male although Cut off from the other hostages and from any outside he i never for a moment doubted the american peo ple were with us 100 he said he emerged from Captivity with a heightened sense of patriotism that sur Prises i was a hostage because i was an Amer the longer they kept me the prouder i became of being an he i feel theres no place in the world like its thank god they got us who lost 40 pounds while held referred to the physical abuse that has been recounted by Many of the hos but said now want the time to dwell on in More concerned now that the Amer ican people know How much we appreciate what Treyve How Treyve received that really what in thinking Sac group staging its biggest test of reaction to Astrike Washington up hundreds of manned bombers and a minuteman missile Are being used in what the strategic air command Calls the biggest and most comprehensive test of ability to retaliate after a nuclear none of the 800 Sac b52 or fb111 bombers involved in the 20day exercise will carry nuclear the Pentagon said in announcing the Belli to file suits on behalf of hostages los Angeles up attorney Melvin Belli will file a suit against the government of iran on behalf of families of some of the former he said tues unless the government gives them it is one of two suits Belli was to carry against in the already filed in Federal courts in san Francisco and Wash he is representing Ira Nian emigrants who lost their iranian government he said families of six of the hostages approached him about eight months ago to seek payment for the we All decided to wait until the hos tages were out of he iran might have wanted them to sign waivers and it would have been harder to get them president Carter signed waivers for he and they Are utterly and pm Pletl he cant waive their rights for and there Are a number of torts that can be conjured up mental torture and they have the and their families have the one or two minuteman capable of hitting targets in the soviet will be fired from Vandenberg air Force base near los Angeles into the Pacific test Sac the United states will notify the soviet Union before it minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles were fired during similar exercises in 1980 and a Sac spokesman dubbed global shield the test involves people at More than 70 Sites in the United states and on Sac the Maneu vers began at 8 Mon the exercise comes amid intense debate among military and political planners Over the vulnerability to soviet attack of the icbms deployment of the my icbms in Hildean seek shelters in the West and whether to revive the by bomber As a replacement for the 20yearold b52 elements of the the the air Force the air National guard and Canadian forces will participate with Sac in the Sac aircraft to scramble at one More than 400 aircraft across the United states will scramble is and air and missile Crews will receive simulated orders to execute strikes against hypothetical enemy Sac the exercise assumes Sac aircraft massive b52 and swinging fb111 and icbms will survive a nuclear attack and be Able to plans and proce dures designed to heighten the probability that Sac aircraft will survive during War time conditions will be Sac global shield has been constructed to realistically measure sacs response to a set of preplanned events leading up to a simulated attack on the United Sac we Hope to demonstrate that we can continue to meet the challenges of keeping our aging aircraft flying under realistic wartime which will be simulated during the exercise the strategic air command said the exercise bears no relationship to any aspect of current International devel of time presidential Welcome Home former hostage Bruce Laingen is Over come with emotion As he shakes hands with president Reagan during welcoming ceremonies at the White House tuesday for the 52 released who has acted As spokesman for the was ranking Diplomat at the embassy in Tehran at the time the americans were taken prisoner by Irani an a photo in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 Douglas Macar thur flew to recaptured Suwon Airfield in Korea for a Quick look at the fighting and the stake now is More than it is free 20 years ago foday 1961 president Kennedy named Edward Veteran radio television director of the information to years ago foday 1971 president Nixon asked Congress to extend the draft two More years and to appropriate billion to make the military More he voiced Hope that this would establish an Al Volunteer army by