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The funeral is scheduled for noon Monday at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Hartford.
But some hostages seem to have been singled out for especially harsh treatment. John D. McKeel, 27, a Marine guard, was told early in his confinement that his mother had died, and that he would not be released to go to her funeral unless he gave information to his guards...
Washington knew all about Tabatabai, who had been educated in West Germany. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher had begun pressing Iran to release the hostages right after the embassy was seized. Genscher had his first secret contact with Tabatabai early last year in Belgrade...
In Iran, Banisadr insisted that preoccupation with the hostages was preventing his nation from dealing with its own considerable troubles (30% unemployment, 50% inflation, low oil exports, a nasty border squabble with Iraq), but he could not persuade the newly convened Majlis to act. The summer dragged on. Ramsey Clark...
The government made point of banning all wreaths and eulogies at the graveside. West German military personnel were ordered not to wear uniforms at the funeral. Allied NATO soldiers were discouraged from attending in military dress. In its attempt to downplay Dönitz's death, however, the government...