Word: queene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weeks later the Hanigans were indicted on charges of kidnaping, robbery and assault. The news stunned Douglas. The Hanigans were one of the area's most prominent families. Besides his cattle ranch, George Hanigan owned a string of Dairy Queen stores throughout the state. "They were very good people, never in trouble," says Dolores Zavala, a Mexican American who runs a grocery in Douglas...
...Iran, one of them unexpectedly found himself on the way to freedom. Last Thursday Radio Tehran broadcast the text of a message from the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to President Abolhassan Banisadr. "Considering the humane reasons that are seriously observed by Islam," decreed the Ayatullah, ailing Vice Consul Richard Queen, 28, "should be handed over to his parents so that they may provide treatment for him wherever they wish...
...learned of Khomeini's decision only a few hours before the radio announcement. Half a world away, Jimmy Carter heard the news in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was stopping over on his way home from his visit to Japan. Declaring that the U.S. would be "very thankful" for Queen's release, the President quickly added: "The humanitarian thing to do would be to release all the hostages immediately." The next day he spoke with Queen for ten minutes by telephone. Happiest of all were Queen's parents, who have been residents of Lincolnville, Me., since December...
...first, U.S. reaction was guarded, partly because of so many previous promises from Tehran that have not been honored. But barely six hours after the announcement, the Iranians moved Queen from Martyrs' Hospital in north Tehran, where he had been undergoing treatment for four days, to Tehran International Airport. Queen appeared gaunt but smiled broadly as he told reporters that his illness was "something with the brain, some sort of virus, I'm not sure." Exhilarated by the prospect of gaining his freedom, he continued: "I feel a lot better right now, in the last hour...
Analysts and theater critics agree that Queen's release indicates Iranian production values may be changing. "I think we're seeing a new, softer Khomeini," says Walter Mutt of The New York Times. "He's still living in a glass house, but he's getting other people to throw his stones...