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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Monday February 16,1987 Vol. 97,No. 96 (USPS 650-640)
By JOSEPH REBELLO
Staff writer
HAYS — On the same basketball court he had played on as a schoolboy more than 13 years ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Gerald Seib heard his hometown mayor proclaim Saturday as “Gerald Seib Day.”
Hays applauds Seib when he returns home
Red and white balloons, Valentine's Day hearts, a large U.S. flag, and posters saying, "Jerry, We're Glad You're Home" and "God Bless You" adorned the gym at Hay's Thomas More Prep-Marian school, where about 400 city leaders, former classmates, teachers and friends gathered to welcome Seib hom
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the courage with which Seib endured his ordeal in Iran made him a world hero.
"But you were a hero to us before all this happened." he said.
Before the public reception, Seib said that for one fleeing moment during his detention in Iran, his mind went back to his days as Kansan editor in fall 1977.
At that time, Iranian students demonstrated several times on campus against U.S. policies and the Shah of Iran.
Seib said that those events were not covered enough by the Kansan then, and said that the newspaper should have paid closer attention
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