Iran: A Hostage Comes Home

"I just wish there were 52 more with me." So said freed I U.S. Hostage Richard Queen last week, after descending wearily from a C-141 StarLifter at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, B.C. Leading the well-wishers were Secretary of State Edmund Muskie and Queen's younger brother Alexander. Said Muskie: "Richard, may I say on behalf of the President, the State Department, myself and all Americans, we welcome you home."

Queen, who was released two weeks ago by Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini after 250 days as a hostage, was then taken to Georgetown University...

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