European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 3, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3 toll free numbers to guide americans in voting overseas Washington a americans abroad who want to know How to vote in their Home states will have toll free Tele Honc numbers available in Japan South Korea Western Europe and Many other countries. Quot its already available for Canada which has the most potential voters a said Henry Valentino head of the voting assistance program. A you can dial the same number As you would in the United states 1-800-438-8683.�?� toll free numbers Are also available now from Japan a 0031-11-3059 South Korea a 008-1-800-903-8248 and from 16 other countries. Eventually All countries will be included according to the december Issue of voting information news published by Valentino a office. Information is now available during Normal business hours Eastern Standard time and messages can be recorded at other times. Other countries with Large numbers of potential . Absentee voters include Mexico Britain France Germany and Italy. Estimates of the number of potential american voters abroad vary from 1.9 million to 3 million More than in some individual . States according to Thomas Fina . Representative of the democratic party committee abroad. This does not include members of the . Armed forces stationed in other countries. The number who actually vote is Small partly because of the red tape connected with registration and the issuance of Absentee ballots. Americans living in other countries will not be Able to vote Over the toll free lines but they can get information on How to obtain the papers needed and How to answer the questions asked. This information is not always available from . Embassies or consulates. . Military units have officers assigned to help voters but their information May also be incomplete. Valentino said increased interest in voting by overseas citizens is expected in 1992. A president will be elected As Well As a third of the members of the Senate the entire House of representatives and Many local officials. 15 teens injured in crash of school bus Sno plow Orem Utah apr a school bus collided with a Sno plow monday morning at an Icv intersection sending 15 High school students to hospitals authorities said. Witnesses said the Sno plow hit the bus broadside after the bus headed Down a Hill apparently unable to Stop and ran a Stop sign. The Impact forced the bus which was carrying 80 students onto its Side said police capt. Jay Barker. Ten teen agers were taken to Utah Valley regional medical Center and five to Orem Community Hospital. Fourteen were listed in satisfactory condition with bumps and bruises said Anton Garrity spokesman for both hospitals. The remaining teen an 18-year-old Exchange student was in fair condition with a broken  armful of Christmas Sas Dov Cathy Joe Pestana 12, of boy scout troop 64, struggles with a Christmas tree sunday Anrhein main a Germany after wrapping up a Sale to a customer. The Christmas tree sales Are a traditional project for Many scout troops in Europe. Trees Are on Sale at Rhein main for $1 per foot from 9 . To 9 . Daily until Christmas. Cicippio s release ends family s roller coaster ride Norristown a. Up when the phone Call finally came monday after More than five years of waiting Thomas Cicippio broke Down and cried. A . State department official called Cicippio a Home at 4 05 . With news that his brother Joseph had been released by kidnappers in Lebanon. A the first thing ill do is give him a big hug a Cicippio said choking Back tears. A my feeling right now is one of nervousness and very very  Joseph Cicippio 61, was freed monday by his pro iranian kidnappers in Lebanon and headed to Damascus Syria after More than five years in Captivity. A a in a so Happy a a tearful Helen Fazio the freed hostages sister said As she entered Thomas Cicippio a Home. Fazio 71, has cancer and in june was Given Only two months to live. She has said that waiting for her brother a release gave her a something to live  one of the Cilip Pioss siblings 73-year-old Rose Abell died in december 1986, and his family made several pleas through lebanese newspapers for his Freedom. Since his brother was kidnapped sept. 12, 1986, Thomas Cicippio has maintained a sign on his front Fawn noting the number of Days his brother and others have been held hostage in Lebanon. On monday Cicippio erected a new sign on the Lawn. This one said a free at last. Joseph Cicippio was abducted two Days after moving with his lebanese wife to a % j la 5 i Cicippio our own 1908 Thomas Cicippio gives the thumbs up sign after posting a free at last on his billboard. A new Home in West Beirut. He was in route from the Home in the Muslim Section to his Job As acting comptroller of the american University of Beirut when he was kidnapped. Since then the Cicippio family maintained a roller coaster Vigil for him their Hopes rising and falling As each new hostage development became news. The Cicippio Are a close knit family. Joseph is one of seven surviving children and it has fallen to Thomas Cicippio 67, the eldest brother and a retired postal worker to be the family spokesman. Joseph Cicippio has six sons and a daughter. His second wife Elham 34, stayed in Beirut after his abduction working As a Secretary at the . Embassy in the Christian Section of the City. Cicippio was introduced to Elham by friends in 1984. Before marrying in 1985, Cicippio raised a roman Catholic converted to islam. His son David 31, said he has been told that Cicippio read the Koran daily in order to boost his spirits during the ordeal. Cicippio a wife has spent much of her time trying to Contact islamic leaders to free her husband. At one Point the revolutionary Justice organization an offshoot of the pro iranian Hezbollah or party of god had said it would kill Cilip it to if Israel did not release Hezbollah eader Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid. An emotional trauma for the family came when the first deadline for his execution set for 11 . Aug. 1, came and went. Shortly afterwards came word to Norristown that there had been a 48-hour reprieve. Cicippio a wife had made a Public Appeal in arabic for the captors to spare his life and his abductors said they were responding to that Appeal. Also in August Thomas Cicippio expressed frustration with the Reagan and Bush administrations and with the . State department. A a in be never heard anything from the White House from the first Day Joseph was taken a he said