European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes sunday october 13,1991redd Foxx has on movie set los Angeles apr. Comedian Redd Foxx who played a crabby junkman on the 1970s to series Sanford and son died Friday after suffering a heart attack on the set of his new show a network official said. He was 68. Foxx died Friday evening at Queen of Angels Hollywood presbyterian medical Center said Jeff Sagansky president of lbs entertainment. Foxx was rehearsing a scene for the lbs series the Royal family at a Paramount studios sound stage when he collapsed. He is Best known for his role As a cantankerous Watts junk peddle on Sanford and son. The show lasted from 1972-77. Demond Wilson played his Long suffering son Lamont. Whenever Lamont threatened to leave the father played by Foxx would fake a heart attack and moan a a in a coming Elizabeth in a coming a a reference to his late wife. The Bow legged foul mouthed comedian was a frequent Headliner in Las vegas before starting work on the Royal family in which he co starred with Della Reese As a Retiree forced to take in his grown daughter and her three children. Foxx starred in an Abc variety show from 1977-78, but reprised his role As Fred Sanford on a show that lasted from 1980-81. He had another comedy in 1986, but none of his shows Ever achieved the popularity of Sanford and son. Foxx was bom John Elroy Sanford on dec. 9, 1922, in St. Louis. His entertainment skills were honed in the streets and nightclubs of Black communities. As a child he would sing and play the Washtub Bass. He ran away from Home at 13 to join a Street band then began working As a comic in the 1940s. He worked As a dishwasher and slept under newspapers in Harlem while pursuing his career. At one Point he spent 95 Days in jail for theft of food although the charges were dropped. It was in Harlem that Foxx got the name a a red because of his hair color and tight skin. He added another a a do later. He was called a Chicago red to differentiate him from his Friend a Detroit red a the Young Malcolm a who wrote in his autobiography that Foxx a was the funniest dishwasher on  As his career grew Foxx played the famed Apollo theater in Harlem and other Black vaudeville venues. From 1951-56 he worked with comedian Slappy White. Miami up a Manuel Noriega actually stole the $10 million he claims the . Government paid him for his work As a spy prosecutors said in court documents made Public. Prosecutors filed the documents in response to a july 15 request that . District judge William Hoeveler drop the charges against Noriega. His lawyers said the charges should be dropped because the government lied about How much Money it paid Noriega during the 1980s. The Issue was raised when the government froze Noriega a european Bank accounts alleging they contained the proceeds of narcotics trafficking. The government Friday produced documents showing that the army and the Cia had paid Noriega Only about $320,000. Noriega claims . Intelligence agencies paid him at least $10 million then tried to conceal the payments. Fort Sheridan Iii. Up army recruiters exceeded enlistment quotas for fiscal 1991 with 99 percent of the recruits surpassing minimum aptitude standards the army recruiting command reported. The command said 78,000 soldiers entered Active duty in the past fiscal year. A record 98 percent had High school diplomas and 75 percent scored in the top half of the Entrance aptitude test. A army research has concluded that High school diploma graduates and those who score in the top half of the Entrance test Are More Likely to Complete their enlistments More successful in All types of training and perform better in their units Quot the command  attack Dies at 68 his Salty work was a hit with nightclub audiences. He made 50 party records that sold More than 20 million copies a Many under the counter. He broke into television in 1964, appearing on no cd a today show then made various guest appearances. He made his motion picture debut in Cotton comes to Harlem in 1967. His other films included Norman is that you Foxx a personal life was Foxx notably extravagant. At one Point he owned a Beverly Hills mansion and several expensive cars including a Rolls Royce. Foxx also was extravagant in his generosity. His shows often featured old friends and comics from his earlier Day. He often donated his time to do prison shows and appeared at benefits and Charity events. In 1972, he was part of a Bob Hope overseas show. In the 1970s, As chief of police of a Small All Black town called Taft okla., he bought a police car and supplied Christmas turkeys for every family. However Foxx a reputation also was besmirched by several allegations of violence. In 1979, a los Angeles Superior court judge issued a default judgment of $30,000 against Foxx for allegedly beating and pistol whipping an executive of his now defunct cosmetics firm. Foxx never responded to the suit. When his second wife korean bom Yun Chi Foxx filed for divorce she contended he hit her and threatened her with a gun. She also contended he gambled away thousands of dollars in Las vegas. Foxx filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy Protection in february 1983, citing mounting debts and tax problems. The irs claimed Foxx owed $2.9 million in Back taxes penalties and interest. An agreement worked out with the irs allowed Foxx to keep Many of the personal items. The irs continued to take a portion of the Money Foxx made performing in Las vegas. Foxx was recently married for the fourth time. Foxx and Kaha Cho were wed on the Las vegas strip in july. Noriega has claimed he was paid through a secret Cia slush fund and that other Money was Given to him through . Payments to the panamanian defense forces which Noriega controlled. But in the documents released Friday prosecutors denied Noriega was Ever paid through the Cia slush fund something that would have required congressional notice. And they said the funds the United states paid to the psf were supposed to have been used for special military projects and that Noriega a converted them to his own  Noriega 53, is on trial on 10 counts of racketeering conspiracy and importing and distributing cocaine. He is accused of turning Panama into a Haven for smugglers shipping illegal drugs to the United states. Noriega faces up to 145 years in prison. More than one third of the recruits said they enlisted for the benefits a 22,000 for the army College fund 5,300 for the monetary enlistment bonuses and 1,200 for the College loan repayment program. Quot i think the country a going through an Era of Good feeling toward the military a said spokeswoman Peggy Flanigan in explaining the surge of enlistments. A the Economy always has some bearing on it recruiting. But the army is enjoying a very Good image right now. It has become a profession with some  she said the lure of education funds also is responsible. A Loans Are becoming harder to get for education a she said .Tennessee Board votes to retain Steinbeck novel from wire reports Jacksboro Tenn. A the Campbell county school Board has rejected a petition to ban John Steinbeck a of mice and men from the High school. Jannie Saunders took the Board a petition with More than 1,000 names on it thursday objecting to the Book. The Board voted 6-1 to allow the novel. Saunders said passages read to her daughter in a loth Grade English class contained a a blasphemous language excessive cursing and sexual overtones. Saunders asked Friday which passages offended her said a i wont use that kind of  teacher Ron Reynolds said students must read five books from a suggested list of 10 to 20 books and arrangements can be made for alternatives if they find them  coverage discussed Washington a leading Media executives met Friday to discuss the problems of War coverage stressing their assertion of a right to publish news stories without Advance clearance from the military. The conference called by the american society of newspaper editors and the radio television news directors association endorsed an Effort already under Way Between the Pentagon and a group of Washington Bureau chiefs to establish Clear Cut guidelines for War coverage. The Effort grew out of the Many difficulties the Media encountered in covering the persian Gulf War. Traffic computer goes awry Miami a an air traffic computer serving Southern Florida failed for about two hours Friday causing some delays As controllers had to communicate flight plans by Telephone and enter information into computers by hand. Before the computer was fixed 58 landings and takeoffs were delayed at Miami International Airport and four were delayed at Orlando International Airport said Kathleen Bergen a spokeswoman for the Federal aviation administration. The failure decreased flight safety said Arthur Joseph a safety representative for the National air traffic controllers  Powell hospitalized Baltimore a retired supreme court Justice Lewis Powell or was expected to remain hospitalized until tuesday for tests related to an irregular heartbeat a court spokeswoman said Friday. Powell 84, was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital after suffering a fainting spell while attending a meeting there wednesday. Doctors expect the tests to take until tuesday supreme court spokeswoman Toni House said. Powell a condition was listed As Good and stable Hospital spokeswoman Marion Glick said. Powell had a pacemaker implanted in his heart in january House  has three pups san Diego a a Pacific Blacktop shark delivered three healthy pups at sea world a the first documented birth of the species in Captivity officials said. A we Are of course jumping for Joy a said sea world spokesman Fred Jacobs. The Mother about 9 years old went into labor Friday morning in a 55,000-gallon schooling fish aquarium. The 24-Inch pups closely resemble adults which grow up to 6 feet Long. Carl Jantsch the Parks assistant curator of fishes said two pups were believed to be males. The sex of the third was undetermined. The Mother was removed from the aquarium for fear she might try to eat her Young. The newborns will be fed bits of shrimp squid and fish fortified with Vitamin supplements. . 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