European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday october 1,1985 thousands remember 50s Hollywood rebel fair punt ind. A Many of the leather jacketed fans of the late James Dean who turned out to Mark the 30 anniversary of his death had t even been born when the famous film rebel of the 50s was killed in a car crash but As one of them said i guess everyone needs a  this was Dean s Hometown. And thou Sands came Here Over the weekend. On sept. 30, 1955, the 24-year-old actor died on a California Highway. This is a religious experience said Jerry Crowe a 22-year-old leather Jack eted Dean look alike who drove from his Home in Atlanta for the ceremonies. "1 can relate to James Dean in a lot of personal ways. It s not just his movies it s his attitudes his emotions Crowe said. Standing at the Flower lined Tombstone bearing Dean s name. James Dean seems to be the Only solid thing in my life. As i drove through Fairmount for the first time it was an amazing feeling like coming  Dean s screen portrayals of rebellious Young men have attracted the youth of every generation since his death but his friends and co workers insist Dean was not at All like the characters he played. He was playing a part and it s been kind of sad that people assume that he was that rebellious unpleasant kind of person that he played in rebel without a cause " said Ann Doran who portrayed Dean s Mother in that film. A chartered bus took camera toting fans from the Fairmount Park cemetery to the permanent Dean exhibit at the town s museum and to Fairmount High school from which Dean graduated in 1949 there one of his former teachers Adeline Nail pointed put the seat in which he sat during Spanish classes. I be been a real fan for eight years now said Deborah Willman 26, who travelled to Indiana from Australia for the Observance. She was staying with an Indi Anapolis couple she met through the James Dean International fan club. I can t explain Why i feel this Way about him it s just a feeling. But when i saw East of Eden that was it. He was like no other actor. He just had something special and i could t miss this said Willman who proudly wore a to shirt Fea Turing a picture of her idol. Dean was born in nearby Marion on feb. 8,1931, but Fairmont eventually be came his Hometown. His Mother died when he was 9 years old and he was Lent from California where the Deans bad lived for five years to the Fairmount Home of his aunt and Uncle. A few Miles from there about 1,000 cars were registered Over the weekend for the James Dean memorial run a caftan car show featuring 1949 Mercury the automobile that gained in popularity from its use in  a Silver porsche sped or the same Model car Dean was driving in his fatal crash stood alone at the Gate. Also among the weekend activities Wen James Dean look alike contests. Retiring Vessey praised As Soldier s general7 Andrews fab my. A president Reagan monday praised retiring Gen. John w. Vessey jr., the chairman of the join chiefs of staff As a Soldier s general who made life better for the us. Serviceman and helped Bol Ster the defense needs of the nation. Gen. Vessey never forgot what it was to be an enlisted Man just a 01," Reagan said at a colourful retirement ceremony. Pc secy 63, plucked by Reagan from his assignment As army vice chief of staff in 1982 and elevated to the Pentagon s lop military Post prom ised his wife that he would retire and re turn to his Home in Minnesota by the Winter of 1985-86. Gen. Vessey Al ways remembered the Soldier in the ranks Reagan told an audience of 2,000 in a Silver hangar be Vessey decked with flags. America. And these soldiers stood taller because of  Vessey said it was a great Day to be a Soldier and told the president As he prepared for his negotiations with the soviets that he needs a firm defense of the United states As a building Block for  pc secy warned the soviets it would he foolish for them to Start a War and he urged . Allies to continue providing adequately for their own defense. Vessey said he had thanks for some in con Gress for their firm support of Strong defense but he also had a few stinging words for those he charged dabbled with the details of the defense budget and failed to judge the Gener Al High Quality preparedness of the . Mili tary forces. Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger and vice president George Bush also at tended the ceremony highlighted at the end by a flyover by 11 helicopter Sand four groups of jets. Vessey is the last chairman of the joint chiefs to have fought in world War ii. His successor adm. William j. Crowe jr., was commissioned an officer in 1946 just after world War ii ended. The chairman of the joint chiefs is the High est ranking military adv scr to the president and the overseer of the body made up of chiefs of staff of each military service. Vessey a quiet individual who has shied away from the press forged close relationships with Reagan and Weinberger. He oversaw much of the administration s military buildup fighting for the my missile and the president s Star wars missile de of Csc program and he worked to quiet inter Scricc jealousies rather that push for Reorg in Ilion of the Pentagon s . In a letter to the president pc secy said he thought now was a Good time to retire because our armed forces have made extraordinary improvements in the last few  pc secy lying about his age began his Ca reer by enlisting in the Minnesota National guard in 1939 As a teen Ager. He was called to Active duty in 1941, rising to the rank of first sergeant before winning a Battlefield commission at the Anzio beachhead in Italy on May 6,1944. His career included several Tours of duty in Germany As Well As Vietnam. In 1978, he became the first commander in chief of the South Korea United states combined forces command. A year later he returned to Washington to become the vice chief of staff for the army. The Holder of College degrees from the University of Maryland George Washington University and the Industrial College of the armed forces he was appointed the nation s 10th chairman of the joint chiefs by Reagan on Juelg 1982. Innovative photographer Kertesz Dies in . At 91 new York a Andre Kertesz acknowledged As one of the great innovators of photography in the 20th Century has died at his Home at the age of 91. He began taking photographs in his  live Hungary before world War i gained a reputation in Western Europe after settling in Paris in 1925 and arrived in new York in 1936 at age 42. An exhibition of some of his Moat important photographs opened in May at the Chicago Art Institute. Apptt president Reagan meets Ullh King Hussein of Jordan in he White House Oval office. Hussein agrees to work for peace talks with Israel Washington up Jordan s King Hussein met for nearly one hour Mon Day with president Reagan and agreed to work for direct negotiations Between Jordan and Israel that could Start before the end of the year. But the two leaders disagreed on whether the peace talks should be under an International framework that would include the soviet Union. The United states has urged bilateral talk while Jordan has supported an International conference. The time to begin is now Reagan said in Farewell remarks with Hussein by his Side. Hussein repeated his pledge made last Middle pleads guilty to theft awol Annapolis my. Up a naval Academy midshipman Only the third Middick in 63 years to face a court martial pleaded guilty monday to stealing clothes record albums and other items from a school store. Sentencing was set for later. Midshipman Clayton Lewis 20, of Roa Noke rapids n.c., had been accused of stealing $8,000 Worth of goods from the midshipmen s store Between August 1984 and april 1985 but prosecutor it. Rebecca Gill Host agreed to lower the value of the merchandise taken to $5,000. Another Middick who since has left the Academy had implicated Lewis in the theft. In addition to pleading guilty to theft Lewis also pleaded guilty to being absent without leave from the Academy. Lewis had left the Academy on two Occa Sions. He first left in May during an investigation into the theft but surrendered to Navy authorities on May 20 in Norfolk a. He was reported missing on july 22, the night before his court martial was to begin.  and a Girlfriend were picked up in los Angl to aug. 15 after they tried to leave a restaurant without paying a s14.86bill. Week before the United nations general Assoc ably saying we arc prepared to join All parties in assuring a negotiated settlement free of belligerence and hostile  neither Reagan nor Hussein mentioned palestinian participation in the peace talks in their remarks. Reagan mentioned the proposal for a ji.9 billion arms package for Jordan submitted to Congress last week and said these arms arc important in meeting Jot Dan s proven defense need and As evidence that those who seek peace will not be left at the mercy of those who oppose  peace talks have stalled on the question of palestinian participation with the United states ruling out any talks involving pales line liberation organization representatives until the Plo recognizes Israel s right to exist and accepts two . Security Council resolutions that involve return of Arab lands by Israel and peace negotiations. Last monday egyptian president Houi Mubarak got a Cool reception from Reagan when he again prodded the United states to break the deadlock by talking to the Plo. American officials said the american position remains unchanged