European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes saturday. February 8,1986 Tehran victim Hohman not world today found in. Ca de the find of a Century hostage to painful memories Byaro Mapother a Fly a St a a Bremerhaven Bureau swe Steff a. To Rah a enamel is a Ull Huw 7 j. Karlstedt Germany Donald Hohman one of52 american hostages held for 444 Days in Iran says after five years and a couple of false starts he has comely. Grips with the experience. I be kind of settled in and i be proved what i can m not or. Hostage reputation i m or. Ohmar . Physician s assistant assigned to the 2nd army div fwd4th in 41st inf. Hohman splits a 60-hour work week Between work ing with the front line battalion soldiers and he troop clinic at Lucius d. Clay Hohman went to Iran As a Volunteer medic at the . Embassy in Tehran in August 1979, his Job was supposed to last six months. On nov. 4, 1979, More than 3.000 iranian religious fundamentalists poured Over the embassy Walls and the 444-Day ordeal of unpleasantness began Tor Hohman an experience the 17-year Veteran does not think will finally end until he dips into the obscurity of retired life. A physician s assistant and chief warrant office today he was specialist Hohman when 1 left and All of a sudden 1 was a hero for doing something i get paid to first 60 Days of Freedom were not easy. Hohman said army commendations parades in his Home state of California and on new York City s Ruth Avenue a visit to the White House and hounding by the Media took their was probably As much trauma As being taken hostage because i was just going Here and there trying to please the american Public Hohman said. There was just so much wife Anna has not forgiven the television Crews who slaked out their House in Frankfurt and will not talk to the Media to this Day Hohman said. When former hostages met with government officials to evaluate their release and its aftermath they recommended better insulation from the world outside in future situations. Hohman said. I Don t think we were All that stable when we got new Orleans shortly after his release he was just sitting there eating a bowl of chowder and tears jus started rolling Down my face. I Don t know Why. According to Hohman it was his wife who threw inthe Towel on the continuing hostage adulation and said i m going Back Home and you need to go Home Home Lay the interrupted career and the process of re adapting to his absence Anna had gotten used to doing Many Sis Polo by gut Sliu Altier chief warrant officer Donald Yohmin. I be proved what i can do of the things Hohman had always taken care of. The household routine was a Radical change from life in Captivity he undergoing counselling and taking a position with the youth health Center in Frankfurt Hohma left Germany in 1982 for fort Sam Houston Texas and the schooling needed to become a physician s assistant. He did t make it through the first time. His memory would Black out when it came to the chemistry courses Hohman said. Granted a second shot Hohman said counselling that included breathing exercises to overcome the blackouts proved worried Why he was t doing More work with the battalion and How the clinic should be improved. Hews again just another Soldier at work. At least until the paper serving Hohman s adopted Hometown of West Sacramento tracked him Down and asked for a photograph of him in his new Slot. It should t always boil Down to being a Tehran hostage Hohman said. Because it haunts you after a Don t think most of us want a Nigel is a unique worn such a we Nui ran Iota entire Central Europe Dagmar he Dova director of Punj Appu Edart museum Saidla Telephone s a monumental. Romanesque Goldsmith work world importance without exaggeration the find of jul Ile casket was found at beco Castle about 70 Northwest of Prague he Dova said. The Reh quary Isno the Worko the German Cologne Mosel Circle where works were created in the second half of the 12th cents the Slobodny Lobo newspaper said remnants seem to be those of St. Maura who died in 565, Mauritius another ancient Saint. P chamber of Commerce Grot to promote .-German tie Frankfurt a the . Chamber oct Merce has launched a German american Friendship Dation named after the late Leo m. Goodman an incan who served As a special adviser to the Chat Branch in to a statement by the chamber a 1T. Tion will award an annual prize of 10,000 Marks $4,to a individual who is Active in promoting Gerau Uvan ican understanding and Friendship. R Goodman was cited in the statement by the president Frederic Drake As one who worked this lifetime to become a Symbol for better und Between the two Street cleaner in England makes real mess of his Job Newent England a Street cleaner Alan Man set out with Good intentions on his predawn Roi driving his sweeper truck Down High Street in this about 100 Miles West of London. He failed to realize the truck which acts like tit vacuum cleaner had become so full of mud and slush Irain and sleet storms that it began to Spray the Over out through the top. .,".$newman drove on in the wintry morning darkness m ious of the chaos in his Wake As houses on one " " Street became covered with muck. Al i we be been Well and truly plastered said town cd who Cirlor Bill Blackman. Lisa the whole of our Side of the Street turned a dark Unmil color said another councilor Dave Blick. Someon houses Are Black and White half timbered and they a the apologized what was it was dark and i did t Thatcher denies involvement in bid.1st foreign firm begins Trad to Stop Rescue or Westland on japanese Stock London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher insisted Friday her government had nothing to do with an alleged attempt to bribe an industrialist into dropping his fight against an american led Rescue bid for Britain s Only helicopter company. Helicopter tycoon Alan Bristow had claimed two members of lords told him be could have a Knighthood a seat on the Westland helicopter company s Board of directors and an Bove Market Price for Bis shares if he stopped opposing the bid by the us Sikorsky helicopter company and Fiat of Italy. Responding opposition demands for an explanation in. Thatcher issued a statement saying no member of the government nor anyone acting on its behalf has made any Oner of an Honor to or. Bristow or tried to Surg to own in my 111 0117 s allegation added a fresh dimension to the West land Row which has Beady caused two Cabinet ministers to resign and has prompted speculation in some quarters that it , Westland s biggest private shareholder alleged thursday night on Independent television news that two members of the unelected upper tier House of lords whom he refused to identify made the offer to get him not to cause any More embarrassment to the asked whether the government would be embarrassed i the two Peers were identified Bristow replied yes i think Bristow is backing a rival Rescue bid by a european consortium. Critics accuse the government of secretly backing the Sikorsky led bid while outwardly feigning Are High on the list of hundreds of honors bestowed twice yearly by the monarchy for services to the state and Public. They Are Given on the prime minister recommendation and have Long been accepted As a Means of rewarding government supporters for their chairman sir John Cuckney called Bristow s claims fanciful and Thatcher s statement said she would have dismissed any such approach out of hand As a total abuse of the honors Bryan Gould an opposition labor party lawmaker said the alleged offer implied Thatcher was involved because honors Are awarded by Queen Elizabeth ii on the prime minister s recommendation. Peter Shore Leader of labor s parliamentary faction Intlehouse of commons demanded Han Early and authoritative statement on the allegations. George Foulkes a labor Law maker and spokesman on foreign affairs said this needs a personal statement by the prime minister in the common today because she is the one responsible for he called Bristow s account a very grave allegation Andone that needs to be cleared up at the first possible Opportunity. It should not be allowed to drag on Over the weekend Bristow said that in an eyeball to eyeball meeting Jan. 17. The two Peers offered him a share Deal that would have netted him $3.13 million profit. Michaeli Heseltine who started the current juror whence resigned As defense Secretary Jan. 9 after accusing the government of blocking the european bid. Tacitly backed if Alan Bristow has made these charges he would know the risk he was taking in making them and Sud not have made them unless he could sub Tumiate them he said. Tokyo a Merrill Lynch securities to become the first foreign concern to Trade 00 the 3 Stock Exchange ending a 36-year monopoly by of companies. ? the . Company will be joined on the floor Tat months by five other foreign brokerages. All m
