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etition urges release of woman in Iran Former hostages will be asked to sign Medrki'i United Press International ^[BUFFALO, N.Y. — The 52 for- ■’''ties i r h° s t a g es will be asked to add ;ir signatures to the 4,000 already - umulated on petitions urging 11 iedy negotiations to free a Buffalo- fjCP a woman from an Iranian prison. Hllii The petition is just one of many ^ntf® ;les worked out by ordinary ’•Slid"! zens and government officials to Wlti;jeeure the release of Cynthia Wve.' vyer, 49, the Amherst, N.Y., man held since early May in bran’s Evin Prison on suspicion of ing a spy for the United States. :has yet to be formally charged. The petition urging President nald Reagan to negotiate for the ease of Mrs. Dwyer had 4,000 natures as of Sunday. The signa ls have been received by the Buf- aEvening News and WKBW-TV, io have jointly sponsored the 'fit’s not' France, ® there, hwouli ins’ col- f ive. The former hostages were to re ceive the petition during their stay at West Point before traveling to Washington Tuesday. State Depart ment officials said they would pre sent the petition to the former hos tages to sign at an appropriate time. Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., is mak ing arrangements to have the peti tion presented to Secretary of State Alexander Haig. Rep. Arlen Erdahl, R-Minn., who is expected to be confirmed next week for a seat on the prestigious House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Americans should not slacken efforts to secure the release of the mother of three. “Maybe it was a foolish thing to do (going to Iran),” he said, “but she is an American citizen and we should continue to press every political, in ternational and economic sanction to see that she is returned to this coun try. We cannot tolerate a barbaric act whether it affects 52 Americans or just one.” In Fond Du Lac, Wis., freelance writer Bernice Wermes, who is cre dited with initiating a national letter writing campaign to free a Wisconsin woman imprisoned in Turkey, is urging other writers to join a cam paign to free Dwyer. She said letters should be addressed to Haig. John Dwyer, who said his wife had gone to Iran to “present a diffe rent slant on the hostage situation,” explained she had initially become interested in Iranian affairs “for some months as a result of meetings with Iranian students” at the state univer sity. Negotiations to free the woman are being conducted with Iran through Swiss diplomatic emis- Freedom stamps’ are unique ommemorative of release United Press International AUSTIN — Marc Ostrofsky has uething unique and possibly valu- ile to commemorate the release of 52American hostages from Iran. The 21-year-old University of ixas student, a fan of the unusual, arched for hours’ through old raps Tuesday to find some which appropriately describe the d of the country upon learning ! hostages were free. He found two four-cent “freedom raps.” The first one says ‘Those who hy freedom to others deserve it Iior themselves.’ That’s a quote pi Abraham Lincoln,” Ostrofsky r The other is from George shington: ‘Observe good faith and ice towards all nations.’ You can sorta see why I picked setwo. They say it perfectly,” the lent said. Ostrofsky bought two of each ip from a dealer for 18 cents i. A Dallas stamp dealer said the were among six issued in 1960 as American Credo series, tstrofsky also bought “two nor- 15 cents stamps, the American tamps that you can buy on a roll. 'V People don’t read these but it (the stamp) states, ‘The land of the free — the home of the brave.’” The UT business major then placed two different freedom stamps and one flag stamp on a one dollar bill. He made two such dollar bills and took them to an Austin post office to be cancelled with the date of the hostages’ return to freedom. “At 5 p. m. on the day (it is cancel led), it’s extinct. No one else can make another like it, ” Ostrofsky said. Excited about his possible “collec tors’ item, ” Ostrofsky took his bills to Austin coin dealer Philip Nohra. The potential for the bills being worth several thousand dollars exists if “not many people thought of doing it,” Nohra said. “There’s a large cur rency collecting market in this coun try, but it is impossible to guess (the value). It was a very intelligent thing for Marc to do. I didn’t even think about doing it.” Although Ostrofsky is not plan ning to sell his commemorative bills, which represent an investment of $1.51 each, he said “if someone makes an offer. I’ll think about it.” For now, the bills are being kept in a bank safety deposit box. Although Ostrofsky, who de scribed himself as a coin collector and “avid photographer of women, ” has cancelled bills on other occas- sions, he said he had not planned the freedom bills. “It was just a quick idea. My first intention was to get 54 — one for each hostage, myself and the Presi dent — and to get the President to sign them. But my funds, my banlc account, kept me from doing it.” He hopes to show one of the bills to former hostage William Royer, Parade will welcome home Former hostage in Dallas United Press International BALCH SPRINGS — The small town of Balch Springs is planning a “Welcome Home Johnny” parade Saturday which supporters promise to be one of the biggest in Dallas County history. Former hostage Marine Sgt. Johnny McKeel Jr. of Balch Springs, a suburb of 14,700 southeast of Dallas, will be grand marshal of the parade, which is estimated to last four hours. Organizers of the event, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., say more than 5,000 people will participate in the parade. As of Monday, 100 entries were scheduled, with more expected to sign up today said Edd Caldwell, husband of parade chairman Wilma E. Caldwell. A Marine marching band from New Orleans and Marine color guard from Dallas will be featured as well as five planes flying in formation over the parade route from the Hella Shrine Temple. The Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and some team members are expected, along with top state and local government officials. High school bands and drill teams from throughout North Texas will partici pate, Caldwell said. McKeel is expected to lead the parade with his family, then watch the remainder of the show from a reviewing stand. His younger brother, Todd McKeel, and Todd’s friend, David Wal ker, will carry a banner in front of the lead car. When the McKeels left Balch Springs Saturday to meet their son at West Point, they expected to return home Wednesday. ,'{l also of Houston. His other commemorative bills were made on July 4, 1976; his birth day; and July 7, 1977. The latter was postmarked 7-777 in a Houston post office with zip code 77077. Ostrofsky also presented a $50 bill complete with a cancelled 50-cent stamp to his mother on her 50th birthday. The present is now framed and hanging in the Houston home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ostrofsky. * * 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c £ro ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH ? ENTER !ill|||llllll|||llllll|||llllll|||lfllll|||llllll|||ll PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Are you considering abortion? 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