European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday april 3, 1986 honesty Reay is the Best policy from press dispatches honesty paid off for William Murphy of Montreal when the unemployed Man returned a lost lottery ticket Worth More than $7 million and was Given $1.2 millions a Reward. The loto 6-49 ticket which won $7,650,267 in last saturday s draw was among several lottery tickets in a Wallet that the 28-year-old Murphy found on a Montreal Street sunday morning. Both Murphy and the owner of the winning ticket Jean Guy Lavigueur talked to reporters at a loto que acc reception. Murphy who is on welfare said he checked the address in the Wallet and then mailed it to the owner but kept the tickets. Lavigueur a 51-year-old widower and also unemployed said he had bought the $1 tickets with his three children and a brother in Law Jean Marie Daudelin but he did not know he had the Winner. He told the reception that Murphy would receive an equal share of the winnings along with the five Purchas ers. One million for him Lavigueur said. It was Worth baby makes free a photo entertainer Olivia Newton John and her husband Matt Lattanzi hold their daughter chios Rose Dur ing a photo session in february. The baby was born Jan. 18. The photo was taken by Olivia s Mother Irene Newton John. Murphy said he kept the tickets at first so i could Check them out i figured it might be Good for $10 or something he said. About four hours later i was sitting Down having a Coffee and checking the tickets and that s when realized it was Worth $7 he said he Only had 56 cents and thought for about two hours of keeping All the Money to myself but the decided he could t. He remembered the address from the Wallet but it took him two trips to the Lavigueur Home in Eastern Montreal before he succeeded in returning the tickets. Sunday night Yves Lavigueur 18, answered the Knock at the door but he Speaks Only French and Mur Phy Speaks Only English. Murphy left but returned monday night with a bilingual Friend and Jean Guy Lavigueur was at Home. He came to our House and said you re a million Aire said Lavigueur. I told him to come in but i did t believe him until i saw the ticket. And i said to him i m giving you $1 million How Many honest people Are there around these Days Well we be just seen there Are still some Murphy said he has t decided what to do with the Money but said he would return to his Hometown Vancouver British Columbia. Hotel to adjoin Grace and a 200-room hotel with a guitar shaped swimming Pool will be built beside Elvis Presley s former residence managers of his estate said. Ground breaking for the hotel is expected within two months David Beckwith a spokesman for Graceland enterprises inc., the company that takes 500,000 visitors a year through the Presley residence said in . Hoffman cancers conf race Dustin Hoffman s photograph reportedly is coming Between him and Cannon films causing him to Bow out of the movie la the actor cancelled a contract to Star in the movie after unauthorized use of his photograph in Trade publications to promote it according to a source quoted in the los Angeles times. Dustin sent them a letter terminating the contract for their fundamental breach of contract the unidentified source was quoted As saying. Dustin Hoffman the source said the contract had Given Hoffman the ready for prayer a photo an egyptian Vendor of worry beads the muslem equivalent of a roman Catholic Rosary used during prayer pauses outside the Al Azahar mosque in Cairo Egypt. Right to approve use of his picture. A spokesman for Hoffman Spunch productions in new York told reporters the actor was out of the coun try and unavailable for comment but said it s definitely definitely Yoram Globus president of Cannon films denied the report and said la brava is still on. He also denied that Hoffman had been Given the right to approve us of his photo. The film is based on an Elmore Leonard novel about a retired secret service agent caught in a blackmails am. Old rocking chair gof him a stuntman who has scaled mountains and trekked across death Valley is claiming a world record for Rock ing in a chair and says he s exhausted. Robert Mcdonald 27, of Mariposa calif., eclipsed the 18-Day record for continuous rocking and said i Twain t easy. I m ready to collapse because i have had a hard time keeping any food Down he said adding that he has lost weight and had a hard time remembering things for the past several Days. Regular pries Dur Price 10.95 $8.50 of a. A 1$ regular Price $9.95 i regular Price $16.95 apr Cef total savings of 25% or More off 8,25 regular Price $14.50 or Price $10.95 at most stars and stripes shopping Center bookstores
