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News br Plains has. he PLAINS, GA. (AP>^ifis an end in a blaze of glory headed home ? briefly ? for Hundreds of friends, fan gathered in this rustic sout glimpse of the man who b< the same moment hi brought the Iranian hostage < A elimnsfi was about nil t the neighbors who stood by h planned to return to Wash Germany to welcome the hos Men sentence MONCKS CORNER (AP) each have been sentenced to chair for the kidnap-slayii attendants. A Berkeley County Jury Monday evening that Henr Sammy David Roberts, 23,1 the three slayings. Before Judge Marion H. K murder charges Monday, h secutive life terms for kidr years to be served consec robbery conviction. Kinon sentenced Copelan electric chair on March 16 I each of the three counts of i subject to automatic app Supreme Court. After sentencing the tw customary in these proceedi God have mercy on your soul T7I? ,? -il ? ~ i i? JO cliJLJLJLliy fcillciKfc ATLANTA, (AP) ? Rela Terrell were shaken when th feared for months was tru< children slain in Atlanta sine Police Chief George Na| Terrell's family Monday, examiner studied a skeletor woods along with teeth and body could only be Earl's. "I'd rather not discuss it Terrell, told a reporter as st family's home. Miss Terre saddened by the recent d Nettie Henderson. "We've been through a lot now this," she said. "Please anything, but I have nothing Jenrette post (AP) ? Rita Jenrette wai for Playboy magazine, whit publish an article she wrote reported Tuesday. The newspaper said it le source that the photographs Jenrette in see-through negli The pictures were taken di Jenrette was in California, th were guests of Playboy publi New Year's weekend. Rita J seeking a divorce. Jenrette was convicted in ( from the FBI's undercover A staying in the couple's tow Monday, when, he says, he \ by his wife's attorney. Cubans get se (AP) ? The Cubans who j Delta Air Line Flight over S< to Cuba will spend the next 1< man becomes eligible for pai U.S. District Judge Chat sentenced crecencio Pere Fresneda to 40-year prison t Perez, 37, and Adega, 26, J to air piracy, which carrie* years. They will be eligible f< of their sentences. "I want the word to go out hijacks an airplane, is appr< he will pay the price," Simrr sentences. He said he ^ casualties. Hundreds coll (AP) ? A fund for the fnllimhia Dnlina PKiof A vtV v^/?uiiiR/ia t \/iiV/V viuu ni u dreds and hundreds of dolh fund's organizers. Hess is accused of accepti stop on Interstate 26 in Cal Jan. 3 at a department store allegedly came from pinball Hess has maintained that was conducting his own un the money changecf hand currently working As an auto The fund organizer, who after an initial news story i began ringing and rang for 6 He said contribution range not know the total of what ha: "^iefs unecoming single term in office came to Tuesday and Jimmy Carter a hero's welcome. s, tourists and the curious hwest Georgia hamlet for a >wed out of office at nearly S fariinp nHminictroHnn crisis to an end. hey have. After returning to im for four long years, Carter lington for a flight to West ;tages home. >d to die ? Two Sumter County men die three times in the electric igs of three service station returned recommendations y Wesley Copeland, 40, and ye sentenced to die for each of inon sentenced the pair on the le gave each man three conlapping and an additional 25 utively on the single armed d and Roberts to die in the >et\veen 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. on nurder. The death penalty is eal to the South Carolina 0 men, Kinon said. "It is ngs for the judge to say 'May I,' This I cannot say to you." in by word tives of 10-year-old Earl Lee ey learned that what they had e ? Earl was one of the 13 e July 1979. pper delivered the news to after the county medical 1 found Jan. 9 in a suburban a swimsuit and decided the _ A. _ 11 9 ? 11 1 - * tu an, uie ooy s auni, vicki ie stood in the doorway of the 11 said the family wars also ;ath of Earl's grandmother, with our mother passing, and , I'm not trying to be mean or else to say." 3d 'semi-nude' s photographed "semi-nude" ch is apparently planning to in its March issue, the State rnnH frnm an rlAM. 1IVU At VIII OKI UlllU^lltll ICU included some shots of Mrs. gees. uring the holidays while Mrs. le paper added. The Jenrettes isher Hugh Hefner during the fenrette has since said she is )ctober of charges stemming bscam investigation. He was nhouse in Washington until vas threatened with eviction mtences i ileaded guilty to hijacking a outh Carolina and ordering it ) years in prison before either *ole. rles E. Simons on Monday z Perez and Juan Adega srms. iaa previously pleaded guilty s a minimum sentence of 20 >r parole after serving a third loud and clear that if anyone ihended, tried and convicted, ions said before imposing the vas happy there were no ected for Hess legal defense of suspended lur Hess has collected "hunirs," according to one of the ng a bribe on Oct. 18 at a rest houn County and another on in West Columbia. The bribes operator Joel Hendrix. he was framed and that he dercover investigation when s. The suspended chief is mobile salesman. ' requested anonymity, said ibout the fund, his telephone {/z hours. d from $1 to $500, but he does s been collected. PLAINS, Ga. <AP) ? Former President Jimmy Carter said he was on his way home to Plains on Tuesday u;hl>n ho hon rH (Vin CO Atvinxi/inM "?v*? i?v uvui u vuc oc? niitui itau hostages had left Iranian air space and that all were "alive and well and free." In an emotional homecoming speech in which his voice broke at several points, the former president expressed joy that the hostages had been freed and deep gratitude to the Algerian envoys who acted as the gobetween in negotiations for their freedom. "It is impossible for me to realize, or any of us, how they feel on that plane because they recognize that they are hostages no more," Carter told several thousand well-wishers gathered in Plains for a welcome home celebration. "They are prisoners no more and they are coming back to this land that we all love." The Algerians for the last few weeks have been real heroes," he said. "They have literally worked day and night, from their president, their foreign minister, the president of their national bank and others to try to gain the freedom of the American hostages. "I'd like to express my personal, and also my political, official and public thanks to the people of Algeria," he said. Carter said he planned to fly to Germany to greet the hostages. He said he already had dispatched former Secretary of Slate Cyrus Vance to be on hand when the hostages step from their plane in West Germany for OA . A- A ~ ? liic ou-iuuc ui|i iu <iii rtinencaii military hospital in Wiesbaden. The former president also thanked South ( homea (AP)? South Carolinians The L spent a year watching as Edward another native of the state, the ev William Belk, and 51 other "Amer Americans were held bly...jus hostage in Tehran. Now that valor they're on the way home, the hostages state plans to celebrate. they're The demonstrations of < support range from ringing IS1?' the bell on Town Clock in ine Winnsboro, Belk's ^PP31*6*1. hometown, to unfurling 52 yreenvi yellow, 200-foot streamers from the top of a building in J/2_hour Greenville. 31 The No date has been set, but streame; the American Legion is the nort planning a statewide sides of commemoration in Building Columbia. accordi Today at US( Basketball Doubleheader. vs. Florida at 6 p.m. and I Temple at 9 p.m. in the Carolin RI1 Film? Charlie Chaplin' and "The Idle Class" plus Fox at 2:30 p.m. for 75 cents and ; p.m. for $1. "The Majestic Rhine" at 8 ? -- ruisseu House Ballroom. Tlcl the public; free for USC stude Weather Wednesday:Chance of rain. L( 30s. High in the upper 40s. Thursday:Rain ending with joilowing. Low? in the mid 20s 50s. aqesl American officials, foreign governments and the American people for their unity during the 14-month crisis. "Throughout this time of trial, we Americans have stood as one, united in our prayers, steadfast in our concern for our fellow Americans in peril," he said, adding that he doubted more prayers ever had been offered for Americans in danger abroad. Carter also expressed joy that the hostages freedom was secured on terms that "will always preserve the honor and the dignity and the best interests of our nation." As his last official act as president, :J 1 i?-J J: J it--' *1? \_/cu tei saiu lie nau uirecieu mai me lights of the national Christmas tree in Washington be turned on in "a prayer of gratitude at the hostages release." The former president said he was grateful for the welcome he received in Plains, where a sea of several thousand well-wishers were on hand for his triumphant return home. Carter said coming back to Georgia is "a happy experience for me and I thank God for it." Darkness at the Tehran airport caused a one day late delay in the hostages' departure, due to blackout conditions imposed as a result of Iran's war with Iraq. Runway lights were eventually turned on for the flight from captivity. Working overnight Monday in the Oval Office with Vice President Walter F. Mondale and two longtime confidants, Charles * Kirbo and Hamilton Jordan, Carter bartered final contract terms Tuesday and then ordered the return of Iran's frozen assets - triggering the hostages' release after 444 days' of agonizing imprisonment. "The hostages are now ready to fly," Iran's chief negotiator then said. Jarolinc oming e egion's commander, Bingham, presider T. Pendarvis, said Metropolitan ent will be an chapter. icanism assem- Afterwards, each, t in support of the family will be oi tne returning streamer, Bingham ?. We're pleased that Columbia has be (coming) home some 150 flags < certainly been a long Street ever sir hostages were biggest celebration "They flew so long tly is planned in flags became tattc ille, where the worn and had have scheduled a 2 replaced," sai celebration for Jan. Councilman Patton He said the cou six-inch-wide discuss some othei rs will dangle from celebration to he th, east and south hostages, and pai the 300-foot Daniel Belk. for several days, In Winnsboro, th< ing to Robert to ring the town bell 3 | Hous use women Cfl061T JSC men vs. a Coliseum. (AP) ? The s urrup Carolina House, i ? nir iviu simultaneously \ Movietonews release of 52 at 7 and 9:30 hostages Tuesday, the news and pr ordeal would neve ; p.m. in the again. iets House Speaker nts With ID. Mike Daniel annoi freeing of the ho: Tehran, Iran, and the 124-member "emit some I >vv in the mid emotion." The representsti . . , and applauded. fair weather House Speaker . High in the Schwartz said, "I is a wonderful tin and for the famili Carter wanted them off the ground before he yielded the presidency at noon, but the hostages' plane left Iran three minutes after Reagan's inauguration speech concluded. In Wiesbaden, American officials were ready to examine and debrief the hostages during a decompression period that would delay the hnmppnmino A tr?n m frnm Washington, including former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, departed for Wiesbaden from Washington to handle the first official reception. It was shortly after 3 a.m. EST when Iran and the United States resolved an 11-hour disagreement that delayed the hostages' freedom onk more day. Immediately, Carter set in motion the transfer of billions of dollars of Iranian assets. The assets, frozen by Carter following the Nov. 4, 1979 hostagetaking, were shifted into an escrow account in London for return to Tehran. This was the last step required of Carter for the hostages' release, "At 6:47 this morning, the president was notified by Secretary of the Treasury William Miller that the frozen Iranian assets had been transferred to the escrow account of the Algerian Central Bank at the Bank of England," Powell said Tuesday. "This step completely fulfills all steps agreed to by the United States prior to the release of the hostages." All that remained was for Algerian intermediaries to officially notify Iran, Powell said. That was accomplished at 8:17 a.m. EST, according to Powell. i plans vents it of the day the Americans were Jaycee held. Some of Belk's relatives who live in Fair \ hostage field County were expected sent a to join the ceremony, which said. officials said may occur as en flying soon as the hostages are an - Main free. ice the No celebrations were taken, planned in West Columbia, that the where Belk was expected to sred and return after getting back to to be the United States. d City Adams. "The thing that would be ncil will foremost in our mind would r sort of be not to disturb the family >nor thp> at all or worrv in ??? ticulariy way untii they get back together," said assistant city e plan is administraator Bill Unl for each thank. e members over news i South hostages who have endured convening so much these past 444 vith the days." American ? , . A1. cheered "?use Chaplain Alton avpd thp Clark, in his opening prayer, r happen ''kened 0,6 release ?( 52 Americans, including William Belk of Columbia, to Pro Tem the Biblical freeing of the inced the Israelites from slavery in stages in Egypt to Clod's nromi?pH called on land. body to type of "We are unendingly thankful and filled to overflowing with joy for the ves stood freedom of our American hostages," Clark said. Ramon "Forgive us for anything we know this might have done to bring ne for us about such a tragedy and es of the forbid it to happen again."