European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 17, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5anderson, 5 other hostages Honore Marks 6 years of a reporter s Lebanon Captivity Washington a senators journalists and former hostages on Friday honoured Terry Anderson and other americans still yield in Lebanon with special tribute to the professionalism and a a guts of the associated press reporter imprisoned for six years. A we have not forgotten them and we will not forget them a president Bush said of six american hostages in a letter to Peggy say Anderson s sister marking the anniversary of his capture. Bush who has revived the hostage Issue since the end of the persian Gulf War told say that her brother and five others a Are held cruelly apart from their families simply because they Are  a a a a Quot a a \ a a. A a a a Katharine Graham chairman of the Washington Post co., said at an emotional 90-minute ceremony at the Capitol that Anderson had risked his personal safety to bring the world the Story of Lebanon. A a. A. A. A your american name for it is guts a she said. A Terry Anderson embodies this  relatives and friends of the other american hostages a Thomas Sutherland Joseph Cicippio Jesse Turner Alann Steen and Edward Austin Tracy a attended the ceremony. Sutherland a wife Jean flew in from Beirut. Anderson 43, the chief Middle East correspondent for the a was seized by unknown assailants on a Street in Beirut on March 16,1985. A there is Only the frustration and the anger that we in the a feel at the mindless savagery of people who would hold a Man for so Long for no reason a said a vice president Walter Mears. But say reflecting Optimist shared by other speakers said the Capitol Hill gathering similar to those held annually since Anderson was seized a is the last  she said she has waged her tireless Campaign to free her brother because a it is not his destiny to die chained to a filthy basement Wall in the bowels of Beirut and have no one  sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-n.y., one of says strongest backers on Capitol Hill said the United states was closer than Ever before to promoting a a political settlement that could Lead to Freedom for the hostages. A True peace can to be achieved As Long As american hostages remain in Captivity a said Senate minority Leader Robert Dole a Kan. The hostages Are thought to be held by pro iranian shiites operating in an area of Beirut controlled by the syrian army. Syrian officials told Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii last week that they would work to free the hostages. Bush and other officials have said they have no Concrete information about if or when the hostages will be freed but they Are continuing to make Contact with governments with a stake in the Issue. The state department said in formal statement Friday that the continued detention of the hostages a is a criminal act that serves no cause. We continue to hold the kidnappers responsible for the safety and Well being of the  a we Call on All countries with influence to obtain Freedom for All the hostages. We have not forgotten and we will not forget them a the department said. Andersons work As a journalist was praised by his colleagues. Burl Osborne president of the american society of newspaper editors and publisher of the Dallas morning news said the editors group has voted to give Anderson its first amendment award. The groups fondest Hope is that Anderson will be free to receive the Honor next month in Boston he said v Mears quoted anglican envoy Terry Waite As saying it was ironic that Ander Peggy say places a Candle in ceremony honouring her brother while her son Edward Langendorfer and husband holding their grandson Randy Brewington 4, look on. Son a who had spoken out for the people of Lebanon should find himself in Captivity.�?�. A a. A i. A. A Waite himself a hostage was captured in january 1987 after serving As a mediator. A. A a. A a a a a a a a Phil Donahue the television talk show Host said say and others have done a service by focusing attention on the Case despite the toll on their own emotions and lives. Say he said had kept a the Light on a Story that has had a roller coaster effects on her and the others hostage families. William headline Washington Bureau chief for Cable news network said he and other journalists fell a combination of frustration and guilt that they have not done More for the hostages. The Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco a hostage who was held with Anderson until july 1986, said he had a dream Quot that there is going to be a Day of Freedom for Terry  in the time since Andersons capture personal and political events have occurred of which he May have no knowledge his daughter was born and his father and brother died on the political front the Berlin Wall fell and Bush was elected. A six years is a Long time a say said. California sends Layoff notices to 10,000 teachers for next fall in the stars and stripes 10years ago Sacramento Calif. A Brae ing themselves for the worst in californians growing budget crisis schools across the state sent Layoff notices Friday for next fall to about 10,000 teachers. Additional notices were sent to librarians Counselor coaches and other employees. The notices done to necessarily mean the receivers will be out of work next year. In most cases schools Are barred from cancelling contracts of employees who Are not Given Layoff notices by March 15. In past ears thousands of teachers who received March Layoff notices ultimately kept their jobs when final budgets were adopted later in the year. A they Haven to the slightest idea of their budgets with All of the uncertainty Over proposition 98 and the recession a said Susie Lange a spokeswoman for state schools chief Bill Honig. A to protect themselves from the worst Case scenario this is a Legal requirements so that they have authority to make staff reductions if budgets Are Cut deeply. Facing an $8 billion Revenue Gap in the states $55 billion budget gov. Pete Wilson has proposed suspending proposition 98 guarantees of school funds which would Cut state support of schools by $1,9 billion to $18 billion. The prospective Cut plus a variety of local budget problems have forced about half of the states 1,010 school districts to Issue Layoff notices Lange said. She said there were no statewide figures of Layoff notices but Many of the states largest districts reported unprecedented numbers a More than 2,000 in los Angeles 1,548 in san Francisco 800 in Richmond 709 in Fresno and 250 in san Jose. A March 17,1981 a a Public opinion poll has found that 18 percent of West German voters look Back on the nazi Era of Adolf Hitler As a the Good old Days Quot a leading West German Magazine reported. 20yearsago March 17,1971 it. Col. Anthony b. Herbert a highly decorated Veteran of two wars accused two former Superior officers. A maj. Gen. John Barnes and col. J. Ross Franklin a of covering up torture and murder in Vietnam 30years ago Hinckley Ohio a Friday was March 15, so Hinckley awaited its flock of Buzzards. A reputation was at stake and so was tradition. But where were those scavengers the sky Over Whipps ledges and the Buzzard Roost of the Hinckley met Roarks reservation was inexplicably empty save for an occasional Crow Goose or Hawk. Park Ranger Captain Roger Lutz who sought to enjoy his 1.3th consecutive year As the official Buzzard spot Ter arrived with binoculars in hand shortly after 6 . He remained patient and confident As the Buzzard less hours passed. Many came just to be part of that magical moment when a flock of some 70 Turkey vultures would appear. At 2 23 p.m., Lutz observed a Large Bird in the distance Well above the tree tops. As it came a bit closer in there was no question. The Bird was a Buzzard. Lutz speculated that a mid week Ohio w inter storm May have delayed the flock. It is not known where the Hinckley Buzzards stay in the Winter but its suspected they May go to Southern Ohio or Kentucky. A March 15 is a great average Date for their arrival a Webster said. A the fact is there Are things that can affect the migration As they return to northerly roosts such As foul weather. If conditions Are mild you can expect them to show up somewhat  March 17,1961 a president Kennedy told the National Farmers Union that he will ask Congress for legislation to carry out his Campaign Promise to help Farmers. Achieve an equal income status with City dwellers. A �?�40 year Sago March 17,1951 a Frank costello accused of heading a nationwide vice and gambling Syndicate refused to testify before a Senate panel investigating crime saying he was ill. When sen. Estes Kefauver d-tenn., rejected a doctors certificate and ordered him to continue costello refused and walked out under threat of arrest