Page 10-Saturday, July 12, 1980-The Michigan Daily
Freed hostage,
suffering from
brain problem,
meets parents
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From AP and UPI
ZURICH, Switzerland -' Freed
hostage Richard Queen appearing
"euphoric," flew from Tehran to the
care of Swiss and American doctorsin
Zurich and had an emotional reunion
with his parents early today.
"We are overwhelmed," his father,
Harold Queen, said after the 50-minute
reunion at the Zurich University Clinic.
"Richard is not as we have known him
when we last saw him a year ago. He
needs treatment, but we are con-
fident."
BOTH HE and his wife Jeanne looked
tired and strained following the
meeting.
President Carter yesterday
telephoned Queen and said he found
during a 10-minute conversation that
the New York man is in "excellent
spirits."
The president and Rosalynn Carter
spoke with Queen in his Zurich hotel
room..
"THE PRESIDENT said Queen was
aware of and appreciated the great
concern of the American people for the
welfare of the hostages. Queen told the
president that he was looking forward
most of all to being back on American
soil," the statement said.
Preliminary tests at the Zurich clinic
indicated the 28-year-old vice-consul
was suffering from a neurological
problem involving some lack of coor-
dination and a stiffness in his left arm,
U.S. officials said.
"The doctors are optimistic, they are
quite optimistic, and that's the most
important thing," the elder Queen said.
"But it was a highly emotional ex-
perience."
Queen's father and U.S. Ambassador
to Switzerland Richard Vine said they
had no word from doctors to confirm
Swiss television reports that Queen
would undergo an operation Saturday
for an aneurysm in the brain. An
aneurysm-is defined in medical texts as
a sac of blood formed by the
enlargement of a weakened artery.
The U.S. officials said a more
definitive report on the freed man's
condition could be made later today.
Earlier, a U.S. Embassy spokesman
said the freed hostage was not in pain,
and in fact seemed "euphoric" after his
flight to freedom. Iranian leader
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered'
the young man freed Thursday because
of his illness - in the spirit of "Islamic
humaneness," the Iranians said.
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AP Poto,
HAROLD AND JOANNE QUEEN, parents of the first American hostage to
be released from Iran in more than seven months, depart on the first leg of
their journey that will unite them with their son. Richard Queen arrived in
Zurich yesterday and was taken immediately to a hospital.
Child reporters will be covering convention
DETROIT (UPI) - Don't pat that
cute 10-year-old in the yellow
"Children's Express" T-shirt on the
head. He may turn out to bea reporter.
About two dozen youngsters from
Detroit and New York have begun
combing the Republican National Con-
vention site in search of stories as part
of the Children's Express news team.
CHILDREN'S EXPRESS is the
brainchild of New York attorney
Robert Clampitt and was intended
to arv..a. a nn-.ant..: ~acra.:na
Its ingenious reporters won notoriety
four years ago when they scooped the
nation's major news organizations on
the selection of Walter Mondale as
President Carter's choice for vice
president.
The weekly tabloid will publish daily
editions during next week's convention.
Reporters range in age from 10 to 12
and are supervised by high school and
college students. Watching over the
operation is editor Ann Medlock.
MF'n. nsrWam Q5A Mthe"hi"1,""'nm
up with their share of exclusives
because they aren't impressed by the
pomp and circumstance surrounding
politicians.
"They're totally uninhibited," said
Medlock. "Sometimes they'll come out
with a questiqn that makes the adult
reporters cringe."
The young journalists have been
chronicled in their pursuit by various
television crews and other adult repor-
ters curious about the pint-sized pack of
scribes. The curiosity quickly turns to
respect, however, when the youngsters
go to work.
"WE ASKED Senator John Tower
(R-Tex.) a question the other day and
he tried to duck it," said Mike Miller,
10. "He looked real uncomfortable."
"He* said he thought military
superiority was more important than
education because if we get blown off
the face of the earth, we won't need
schools," said Sarah Lardie.
Mike, a student at Wyandotte Middle
School and Sarah, who attends Chip-
pewa Hills Middle School, both in
Mount Clemens, were chosen for the
news team because of their interest in
current affairs.
Children's Express is in the proce~s
of setting up an office at the Cobo Hall
media operations center.
In the meantime, Detroit Press Club
President Ed Lapham has given the
youngsters temporary memberships,
and said they will be welcome at the
club anytime.
"I will tell you that the drinking age
in Michigan is 21, so I can warn you not
to try to get a drink in the bar,"
Lapham chuckled.
"But feel free to use your American
Express or Diner's Club cards."
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