European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 26, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3 Star trek s Gene Roddenberry Dies los Angeles apr Gene Roddenberry the to producer who launched the Sta ship Enterprise and introduced a Star trek cast of Vulcan klingon and human explorers in the 23rd Century to generations of fans has died at age 70. Roddenberry died thursday at Santa Monica Hospital medical Center minutes after having a heart attack at his doctors office across the Street Hospital spokesman Ted Braun said. A decorated world War ii flier former pan am Eilot and los Angeles police sergeant Roddenberry Egan his Hollywood career As a free Lance to and movie writer and created Star trek in the mid-1960s. The original series was a ratings Flop but it developed momentum in syndication a spawning sue feature films and a new to series. It became a cultural phenomenon Complete with Star trek conventions books clothing and lunch boxes. Fans Are known As  a few ideas in the annals of motion picture and television history have inspired More passion and allegiance on the part of the audience than has Star trek a said Paramount pictures chairman Brandon Tartikoff whose studio made both the series and All of the Star trek feature films. A Twenty five years ago Gene Roddenberry imagined an optimistic future for us All a Tartikoff said a and his vision will live on Well into that  Star trek premiered sept. 8, 1966. Set in the 23rd Century it featured a Crew of intergalactic explorers on the Sta ship Enterprise including the dashing capt. James t. Kirk played by William Shatner and the logical emotionless Vulcan first mate or. Spock played by Leonard Nimoy. The show which tackled such themes As discrimination overpopulation and pollution never Rose above no. 52 in the ratings and was cancelled in 1969. A corps of zealous fans a the original a trekkie so a launched letter writing campaigns to keep the series alive. The 79 to episodes gained great popularity in worldwide syndication and remain in syndication today. The Crews Mission a a to seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no Man has gone before a continued in the movies and in the new syndicated to series Star trek the next generation. The 35,000 members of Star trek the official fan club celebrated the series 25th anniversary last month. A a it a rather sad that in the year that All us fans Are a Gene Roddenberry behind camera in 1978 with Star trek film Crew from left Leonard Nimoy director Robert Wise Deforest Kelley and William Shatner. Celebrating. We have to Stop and sadly reminisce about the Man who created the whole thing a said Dan Madsen president of the Aurora  club. Star trek lovers from around the world have deluged the fan club with Calls of regret. A people have been very very touched by what this Man gave us. They re quite shaken up a said Madsen 29. A fans have been calling from All Over the world. I just got off the phone with somebody from England. A beyond his death Star trek will live Long and  Roddenberry produced the first movie Star trek the motion picture and served As a consultant on the others. The newest. Star trek i the undiscovered court to is scheduled for a Holiday season release. He was executive producer of the new series which features new intergalactic characters who add to the cast of such Well known aliens As Vulcan klingon and Romulas. Nimoy said Roddenberry a had an extraordinary vision about Mankind and the potential of Mankind a  a the Star trek phenomenon will be his legacy and will live on forever a Shatner said. George Takei who played chief navigator Sulu said a Gene was a dear Friend As Well As someone who shepherded my career. We Call him the great Bird and he really was for  a in addition to warm thoughts Gene has left a significant legacy that will outlive us All a said Walter Koenig who played or. Chukov in the original to series. A every time an episode is played Gene Roddenberry will be played As  Roddenberry a native of Elpaso Texas was nearly As Well known As the series he created and Roddenberry remained in demand As a speaker. He especially enjoyed Contact with science fiction writers. A you see what Star trek has brought to me is More than just credit for the television show Quot he said in a 1989 interview with the associated press. A my friends arc Isaac Asimov Ray Bradbury Arthur c. Clarke and we sit together and explore our dreams of the  he fantasized about exploring space himself. A the whole idea of space is exciting a he said. Quot i would go up tomorrow it they would find a Way to put me on it a spaceship a  a other credits included the 1971 Rock Hudson thriller titled pretty maids All in a Row which he wrote and produced. He is survived by his wife Majel Barrett an actress who appeared in both Star trek series a son Rod and daughters Darleon and Dawn. Troops near Dubrovnik As cease fire collapses Zagreb Yugoslavia apr Federal forces surged toward the heart of Dubrovnik on Friday after a local cease fire demanded by european Community monitors failed to halt the fighting around the medieval port. Croatian reports said Dubrovnik was left nearly defenceless after croatian fighters retreated under the assault by the serbian led military. At dec sponsored peace talks in the Netherlands serbian president Slobodan Milosevic rejected the late St dec peace plan which would have demilitarized and Given limited autonomy to the serbian ethnic Region within secessionist Croatia. Milosevic rejected the plan despite new provisions for the demilitarization of ethnic serbian regions in Croatia a key demand he made last week. In addition to Serbia secessionist Slovenia also rejected the plan because the Loose association proposal is a threat to slovenian Independence said the republics foreign minister Dimitri Rupel. However croatian president Franjo Tudja Man said he had met privately with Milosevic and that the serbian president agreed to bilateral talks. Milosevic speaking to reporters just before Tadjman did not mention any planned talks. Lord Carrington of great Britain the conference chairman said the dec mediation Effort would continue. But he criticized the Federal army for its a worrying and threatening assault on Croatia. Croatian defense officials reported that Federal troops reached the Dubrovnik City limits and were advancing on the ancient walled Center from land and sea. The Adriatic port has been the site of fierce Battles Between the army and croats for weeks. There was no Independent confirmation of the report. Croatia declared Independence on june 25, but armed ethnic serbs declared autonomy in regions of Croatia and have captured about a third of the republics territory with the backing of the serb dominated Federal army. On thursday dec monitors angrily summoned Gen. Andrija Raseta Deputy commander of the 5th Federal military District to their Zagreb hotel Headquarters where lie agreed to a cease fire around Dubrovnik dec spokesman Simon Smits said. However the truce was a very Short lived a Smits said Friday. The yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported five Federal soldiers killed and 22 wounded wednesday in Battles for Kupari. The shelling of Dubrovnik on wednesday killed at least three civilians and wounded two croatian officials said. Elsewhere Barlovac an important army Barracks town about 30 Miles Southwest of Zagreb came under fierce rocket attack Friday morning croatian defense officials said. In other developments certain to increase tensions in the fracturing federation a serbs in the Central state of Bosnia and Herzegovina formed their own parliament and declared late thursday that they would hold referendums in november on declaring Independence from that Republic. A police halted voting Friday at polling places by muslims in the South of Serbia and in Montenegro on autonomy for the mountainous san Jak Region a Muslim Leader told the Tan Jug news Agency. No violence was reported. The Leader Asim Kljajic said about 60 percent of the voters had already cast their ballots and that the vote would continue in secrecy. Dubrovnik Lri Volin fortress Sponza 4 1 Palace q Montenegro Macedonia Yugoslavia. Dubrovnik a walled City of ornate Marble architecture remains much As it was in the 15th Century. The threatened City is of great historic significance to Croatia. Here is a Brief history. A seventh Century Dubrovnik established a 1205-1358 ruled by venetians a 1358 controlled by hungarian croatian kingdom which allowed Dubrovnik to evolve into a free and Independent state. In later years Dubrovnik paid Gold and Silver to ottoman Empire in Exchange or being left alone a 15th and 16th centuries Republic of Dubrovnik reached economic height thanks to shipping Industry a 1667 severe earthquake and changing shipping routes cause downturn in Economy a 1806 sacked by Napoleon a 1808 Dubrovnik Republic ceased to exist a 1815-1918 administered by the austrian Empire a 1918 included in the newly formed Yugoslavia source Frummer s fasion Europe and Yugoslavia a Alan Luedon a the president of Montenegro Momir Bulatovic won parliamentary backing Friday for breaking with Serbia its traditional ally Over the dec peace plan the Tan Jug news Agency reported. A an ethnic croatian Pilot with the yugoslav Federal forces made a dramatic defection to Austria on Friday. They said the Pilot told them he did not want to fire on his own people. A Croatia Studtman wrote to a number of world leaders including president Bush. He called on them to take measures against what he described As the Quot Putsch minded top brass in Yugoslavia Zagreb radio reported Friday