European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday june 26,1987 North to talk privately then give Public testimony Washington a la. Col. Oliver u North the silent Central figure in the Iran con tra affair will Tell his Story at the Public hearing beginning july 7 after first being questioned privately leaders of the congressional investigating panels said wednesday. They said the had not committed themselves id concessions North had demanded. North had earlier refused to be questioned privately and his lawyers had been negotiating with the committees for a week to limn the length and scope of his Public testimony. Sen. Daniel a Inouye a Hawaii the chair Man of the Senate panel said at the end of wednesday s hearing that North s attorney Brendan Sullivan had been informed by Teller that we would make no commitment on limit ing col. North s testimony or Promise nol to recall him As a  l3-46 vote in Senate $1 trillion a Shulton not Tom pm Coralic controlled shale approved trillion 1988 budget wedge it by a j3jote, ending the first round of Thill Kar so poet Battle Between Congress and the Wal pause. Only three repute act voted for the plan which would Rajapr the projected deficit.to$133.9 billion a above Theolu 8 billion ceiling set in the i a budget Balanon Law the 1j0r approved the by a tuesday Del Resolution does not i signature but president i lined to veto Tan increases it Call Bey pass in separate legislation. . Ships pass Suez end out to persian tolf a three us warships persian Gulf Waggne to escort passed through in Suez canal a Navy tear reportedly swept heading Kuwait wednesday the off Kuwait req since september t of aiding Iraq in at wait has denied the Chipi Are being Regis Flat seeking Protection for iranian Iiran locked in1980, has accused tacks on iranian allegations but 11 tired under the from iranian Zut in Egypt m guided miss and the a jibe missile frugal Klakring Jef a Convoy of 13 v101-Miw a canal and into theg in Ephrain Gulf based Marine Tiv said an 18-Man . Navy the bomb disposal experts was kuwaiti experts and helicopters in 1 for mines. Troyer Kidd Lalley and Down the Suez. Expo Clud Jackie Gleason Dies at 71 cancer claims great one Lauderhill Flap Jackie Gleason the rotund great one who got laughs and riches As a blustering bus Driver in the honeymooners and a Academy award nomination As a Pool shark in the Hustler died wednesday. He wa�7l. Gleason died of cancer at his Home in this fort Lauderdale suburb at 7 20 . Wednesday his wife Marilyn  had family and close friends in for sunday mrs. Gleason said. He was feeling in Good spirits monday and tuesday. He quietly comfortably passed 3w3v Gleason was released june 18 from Imperial Point medical Center in fort Lauderdale after spending about a month , creator of the poor soul Reggie Van Glea son Iii and Joe the bartender was one of television s biggest draws in the 1950s. When bus Denver Ralph Ramden turned to his wife shaking his fist and threatening one of these Days Alice millions of viewer shouted  later years his recurring role As sheriff Buford t. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit movies won Over a new  falstaff an capacity for enjoying life was reflected in his two trademark lines How Sweet in is and and away we go he drove himself hard on the set he once broke a leg on the air and played hard off it. His drinking and eating habits became the stuff of legend. Producer David Susskind once said Gleason could put away More Scot Cli per Square hour than any Man alive an Gleason s weight at one Point ballooned to More than 280  Only live once Gleason would say. Lets live it  he admitted to smoking As Many As six packs of cigarettes per Day and scarcely Cut Back after a triple coronary bypass in 1978. Doctors also performed arte rial bypass surgery on his legs in 1983, and he suffered from emphysema and  was bom Herbert John Gleason on feb. 26, 1916, the son of an insurance auditor who lived in a cold water Brooklyn Flat. A brother died at age 14,when Jackie was 3, and five years later his father vanished one night on the Way Home from work. He was never seen again to support her son Jackie s Mother went to work As a subway cashier. Jackie who unit High school after a few weeks became enamoured of show business during a class play and soon got a Job As master of ceremonies at a local i healer taking Home s4 a  hustled More Money at a neighbourhood Pool Hall developing skills that later helped bring him an Academy award  Mother died when he was 18 and he spent the Neil several years roving the backwaters of entertain ment working As a carnival Barker a daredevil Driver a Slung Driver a disc jockey and a comedian in night clubs. He caught the Eye of movie Mogul Jack Warner and tried his Luck in Hollywood appearing in the Navy blues and springtime in the Rockies before heading Back to new York and roles in such Broadway plays As hello poppin and artists and  his big break came in the new medium of television. After to years As the Lead in the life of Riley he was signed in 1950 to cavalcade of stars and two years later had his own  became the top male television comedian of the Day in 1954, he signed a series of contracts Worth $16 million with lbs and an automobile company guaranteed 1100,000 a year through 1972 regardless of whether he  the show he developed the character that were to Delight audiences for More than a decade. By far the most popular were the honeymooners the battling Blue Collar couple and their neighbors in a run Down tenement the skit became a series from 1955 to 1956. With Gleason As Ralph Ramden Audrey Meadows As his wife Alice Art Carney As sewer worker de Norton and Joyce Randolph As Trinie Norton. It won raves from critics and developed a following that persists three decades later. Ralph Ramden is a character that we might be gelling from or. Dickens if he were writing for to said novelist John o  s Ramden was a bully who never Hil an aspiring big shot who could t make the american dream Square with reality. Gleason s face would glow like a Jack of lantern As he spun a new fantasy inflate like a threatening Bullfrog when Alice doubled and Sag like a punctured balloon when Fortune eventually turned against him. But at the end he would always Tell her baby you re the  Many to sitcoms the laughs in the honeymooner grew from likeable characters in a believable predicament. Gleason once told his writers to make the characters real and he would worry about making them  you re doing situation comedy you have to have the people like you Gleason would say in 1980. That s what s probably wrong with the sit Eoma today. There s no one you can really feel you want to  doing 39 episodes of the honeymooners Glea son called in quits with a year to go on that Rich con tract. It Wai impossible he said to keep Good material flowing at the Pace demanded by a weekly series. Gleason remained on television Wilh his own variety show from i957-i9s9, and broadcast live from Miami from 1964-1967, backed by Sammy Spear s orchestra the june Taylor dancers and regular appearances by Frank Fontaine As the barfly crazy Guggenheim. He took on a serious role in the time of your life on television and won a Tony award for his performance in the musical take me along on Broadway in 1959.then, in 1961, he was offered a Small serious part of Pool great Minnesota fals opposite Paul Newman in the  he was heaped Wilh acclaim by surprised critics. Gleason had two daughters Ceralde and Linda by his marriage to Genevieve Hall bal which lasted from 1936 to 1971. He married Beverly Mckittrick in 1971, and they were divorced three years later. He then wed Marilyn Taylor the younger sister of his Long time television choreographer. In addition to his wife and two daughters Gleason is survived by a Stepson and four grandchildren. From Page 1 since april 8 withdrew. An aide to the in position tinned by phone  Jung s House Narsi Jit Ein lifted. Kim  pressing for his col in s Freedom. The opposition Sla Lement name after Chun and Kim failed to reach agreement " Nool Lical Reform country since Junel  willing to drop Nia april 3 decision suspending talks on revising the Constitution and other major reforms said a presidential official who declined to be named. In would be Good to resume immedi Aily debate on constitutional revision and to work Oul an agree  allow do immri0mpmm _ vision Chun was quoted Asu a but Kim said. Had been no agreement and not appear to understand the extent of the crisis facing South  could not reach any outright agreement on my request for him to re Voke the april 13 decision he said. The opposition wants direct presiden a  As part of a program for advancing democracy in South  s willingness to resume Wilts represented a dramatic and embarrassing a Tor the government which hadinsi5tclmwliriwo weeks ago that in would no Tenn my the opposition my drive june 10 aimed Al ousting cram and forcing direct elections. Reagan from Page 1 personal Assurance of Chancellor Kohl that Justice will be done. The Chancellor has assured us that there will be no Deal to Exchange Hamadi for German hos tages held in Lebanon and they will not Grant him  i am confident the German govern ment will fulfil its International Legal obligations and Smadi will get the jus Tice he deserves Reagan s spokesman said he Laid mrs. Stethem. An administration official discussing Reagan s private talk with the woman said she sobbed throughout the Call. Hamadi is wanted in the United slates on charges of air piracy and murder. He is accused of being one of four hijackers who killed Stethem and held 39 Ameri cans prisoner for 17 Days. In Bonn Wolfgang Schaeuble the stale Secretary said Hamadi will be placed on trial. In the Federal Republic of Germany for air piracy murder and other crimes As soon As possible. The chancellery official added thai Bonn Cabinet ministers had opposed extradition out of fear for the lives of two German hostages in Beirut this decision was not taken lightly Schaeuble said. But the risks in poses for the two West German hostages held in Beirut will be smaller than with the other  the murdered Serviceman s sister. Sherry is Crealla said German interests Are Loo different from those of the United Stales to ensure that Hamadi will be punished appropriately. Robby was an american military Man he was on a Job for our govern ment he was out of our country and he was there representing the United states she said. Now she said Hamadi could easily become a Pawn to be traded for the West German