European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Crowe Fop picks of succeed Vessey Washington not the fou year term of the chairman of the joint chiefs of John ves sey does not end until june but the mane vering to succeed him already has with the Navy the most the argument heard among sailors in the Penta gon its the navys it is not the but the position of the nations senior military officer has customarily rotated among the serv Vessey is an army his David came from the air no officer from the Marine the smallest service and part of the naval has served As the leading according to Pentagon scuttle Are James who is the chief of naval operations and a member of the joint and William Crowe commander in chief of naval forces in the both Are with who is 60 years the senior in length of he graduated from the naval Academy in 1946 and earned two masters one from Stanford and the other from plus a doctorate in political science from graduated from the naval Academy in 1949 and later studied nuclear engineering at Oak he earned a masters degree in mechanical engineering at the naval postgraduate school in Pentagon speculation holds that might retire this summer or before finishing the tour As a Pentagon spokesman said the general had Given no indication he would leave Early and that his work schedule was filled Well into the who lied about his age to enlist in the National guard when he was 17 in 1939 and won a Battlefield commission in the artillery in world War has spent More than 45 years in no matter who his Succes Sor might be or when he will step one thing is certain no other officer on duty today has served so and Vessey will be the last chairman of the joint chiefs who fought in world War Vietnam remembered Dpi photo veterans of Echo 2nd 5th who fought together in Vietnam in 1967 and appear on abcs Good morning America the program Joan is at the program was broadcast april it was the first time the men had gotten together in 17 ceremony held for Kent state dead Ohio up about peo ple applauded and cried in a ceremony saturday honouring the memories of four Kent state University students killed by National guardsmen exactly 15 years after the two hour eight of the nine students wounded during that pro test of the invasion of Cambodia stood together on the outdoor their first on Campus reunion since they were shot on May our message is said Alan can who still works with Kent states May 4 task we pause on this Day 15 years later and pay our we dont Ever want to see another Kent state happen Many of the speakers at the noontime ceremony praised the University for deciding to build a memorial to Allison Jeff William Schroeder and Sandra its been nine years since Ive been on this said Elaine Jeff Millers who joined the wounded students on i never thought id be Here what made it possible for me to come Back was the news that we were get Ting a Kent states Board of trustees in january approved construction of a school sponsored a step Many Felt necessary to heal lingering emotional Holstein and Sandra scheuers held Pink rosebuds and wiped away tears As Kent states Victory Bell was rung 15 times 13 for Kisus dead and wounded and two More for the students killed at Jackson state University in Mississippi a few Days the audience included students and fac former activists and Kent Howard told the crowd that the 1970 tragedy must Al ways serve As a reminder that dissent should be silenced Only through reason and not through a gun when those in authority react to dissent As they did Here at Kent state 15 years they abandon the High ground of he they denigrate democracy and our Friday about people honoured the memories of the slain students with a candlelight March around followed by a 12hour candlelight Vigil in the Park ing lot where the students were the Vigil ended at noon fifteen years almost to the minute after the National guard opened fire on the birthday Bash Hitler stirs uproar in a a tavern owner who threw a birthday party for Adolf Hitler defended it As a Good time and said it was blown out of like the presi Dent going to there has been considerable Public out rage Over the april 21 at which a guest dressed As a nazi storm trooper and a Swastika decorated cake was Dieter the German born owner of Lonis said that he was tired of hearing about the Hitler did certain things like killing 6 million but enough is Homburg he said the party was not held actually to Honor Hitler and that participants bore no malice toward Hes just a person to have a party for at that the whole thing has been blown out of like the president going to this is just a thing we do every year where we sing Ger Man songs and have a Good he Union county prosecutor John Stamler and City police director Joseph Brennan disclosed that Between 30 and 35 people gathered at Lonis for the Stamler said Homburg has held such parties for 10 years but Only last months gathering came to the attention of Law enforcement author Stamler and Brennan called the party they scolded Homburg for hosting the which was held a Day after the nazi dictators about 10 Miles Southwest of new York has a Large jewish Community among its Many of the customers of the pub Are said by owner of a nearby shoe quite a bit of the jewish Community went to eat including but i  go there he i dont think i could look him in the a waitress at the tavern said who was born in a Small town near West and came to the United states in had received about 15 threatening Calls Friday morning local rabbi Pinchas Teitz said he was particular outraged Over the party because it was held during holocaust which commemorates the millions murdered by nazi Germany under Hitler during world War Carbide unit producing Poison again a after in stalling million Worth of additional safety Union Carbide resumed production saturday of the pesticide ingredient Methyl which killed More than people in a leak from a subsidiary Plant in carbides Institute unit had been shut Down since the 3 leak at a Plant in which also left thousands the first shipments of Mic Are expected to leave the Plant As soon As enough of he Chemi Cal is company spokesman triad Epps said Carbide will sell the chemical to other including fac for delivery Epps said minor engineering problems had delayed the scheduled restart of car bides Mic unit Here when you have a major chemical unit Down and out of operation for five you expect to run into almost predictable situations where you have to shut Epps it was pretty much a Normal Startup for a unit like Epps said Carbide had been working around the clock for several preparing the renovated Mic unit for Mic production began at saturday with the introduction of phosgene and Mon Methylamine gases into the Epps the renovated unit has improved scrub Bers and flares to control escaping Inadequacy in these systems at Bhopal was blamed by Carbide investigators for letting the leak get out of other improvements at the Institute unit were in refrigeration to keep the Gas at a stable temperature and in a computerized leak officials Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago May 1945 the in one of the wildest Battles of the Pacific launched the first major tangled counterattack of the Okinawa they hurled amphibious suicide planes and Pilot guided flying bombs at american forces on the 30 years ago today May 1955 fifty million West Ger mans gained the rights and privileges of a Sovereign nation As 10 years of Allied occupation formally ended at 20 years ago today May 1965 an agreement was signed to end hostilities in the dominican the pact was a preliminary step toward negotiating the political issues that caused 12 Days of bloody 70 years ago today May 1975 the Ford administration outlined a two year pro Gram for the transportation and care of up to vietnamese