European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 1, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 willing to Gamble life savings lottery couple shows $5,000 profit Murray a. A a Pennsylvania couple who set out to bet their life saving sin a state lottery have finished winners even before the final drawing that could make them Rich. We said we would invest our life Sav Ings but it turned out we did t have to said Tom Drake a 30-year-old real estate Man who dreamed up the big Gamble after seeing the movie we played the game to win and became out the Drakes spent $14,000 on tickets. A $10,000 Winner two $1,000 winners and Sev eral $100s, $25s and $5s put their earnings Over $15,000.because some winning tickets award More tickets As prizes the Drakes went through almost 16,000 netted 1,203 qualifiers for the Semi final drawings that select the 100 person with a Chance to become instant million Aires and collect $1,000 a week for life. The state lottery draws one finalist ticket from 40,000 qualifiers on a daily basis. The Drakes have saved their qualifiers fora single drawing. We figure our Odds of being a finalist Are about 1 in 34," Drake said. That s a lot better than the 180,000 to 1 Odds against winning $10,000." Friend says to addict Normal on murder Miami up a witness in the Tele vision intoxication murder trial of Ronny Zamora testified thursday the defendant played a version of russian Roulette with a group of buddies after the slaying of an elderly schoolmate Alan Cohen under questioning by prosecutor Tom Headley said the 15-year-old defendant acted nor Mal like any other Day on the night of satellite rocket fails Cape canaveral Fla. A the $49.4 million Atlas Centaur rocket carrying a satellite into orbit was destroyed just minutes after liftoff. It was the second major rocket failure Here this month. The rocket carrying an Intelsat in a satellite began malfunctioning 55 seconds into the flight thursday night and All information flow from it stopped seven seconds later. We had indications of trouble in the engine area within seconds after liftoff said Andrew Stofan director of launch vehicles for the Lewis research Center. At 55 seconds the Atlas lost control and broke up. It flipped broke apart and Lien the Atlas blew col. Brobert Kormandy Deputy director of the air Force Eastern test Range said the debris landed in the Atlantic Ocean and As far As he knew none landed on Cape canaveral. The air Force recovery team already has been searching for debris from the Delta rocket that blew up sept. 13, that rocket was carrying the $42 million european space Agency Orbital test Satel Lite. The state says Zamora robbed mrs. Eli nor Haggart 82, shot her to death when she threatened to Call police stole her car and took her Money to bankroll a trip to Disney world. Zamora s attorney Ellis Rubin admits his client shot Haggart but contends the youth was insane at the time because of involuntary subliminal television in Rubin contends in his novel defense that Zamora was a to addict who retreated to violent television programs such As Kojak when rejected by his parents. The trial is being televised under a year Long Experiment by the Florida supreme court. Cohen said Zamora and three other youths had dinner together after the slay ing and decided to go to Disney world a four hour drive from Miami. He said Zamora told them before they left that he had a gun in the trunk of the car. They stopped at one Point he said and Zamora got the gun put one Bullet in it and started clicking the trigger at one of the boys. Zamora was joking fooling around having fun he said. He said Zamora went around the car and after apparently removing the Bullet pointed the weapon at one of his friends pulled the trigger for a sixth time and said bang Cohen said they stayed two nights at two different motels with Zamora picking up All the Bills. Cohen said Zamora watched television Only once during the trip when a championship bask Bali game was on. Zamora told him Cohen said he had More than $400 the amount rousing from hag Art s Home. And after they bad returned 10 Marui a Cash he said Zamora pointed Cut the i Eggart Home As the place where be h a gotten the car. Cohen said that when he found Cut Ter the woman in the House had been killed he asked Zamora about it. He said he did t kill her Cohen said. He said someone else had killed Cohen said when he asked Zamora again whether he had killed the woman Zamora replied no could you bring yourself to kill someone Cohen said he answered no i can to but How about you a Cooling drink for a hot Knight flushed with his school 2m football Victory Over Northgate ugh Mascot de Lachendro tries an Iron handed method of quenching his thirst As he carries the mail for Knoch High schooling Saxonburg. A. The a we suit of Armor designed for a Broadway pro duct on was donated. A photo
