European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday May 4,19b8 ranks of . Decay Ona res growing Atlanta up the number of americans with fortunes lopping Sid million has More than doubled in 1hc past five Yean and the ranks of Decca millionaires arc growing 20 percent annually a University researcher said. In 198j, about 18,855 americans had a net Worth of j10 million or More. By i9b7, the number had jumped to si.si6, Thomas j. Stanley a  at Georgia stale University said in a study released monday. The study predicts that by 1990, More than  households will have More than Sio Mil lion said Stanley who includes the information in live Book marketing to the aft Lucyl so be released in june. Stanley said the deca millionaire population is in creasing at about 20 percent a year while inc total number of . Households is growing Al less Inan 2 percent a year. In his treatise on How to sell to inc do Camillio Naire Stanley describes a member of the group typically own or manages a closely held or private business. The super Rich also arc More sensitive to variations in service Quality than to variations in Price he said. As Many As 70 percent of America s Occam Ohio Aires arc self made and those who have inherited their Fortune increased their net Worth by an average of$4 per Dollar inherited he said. Stanley said the american dec millionaire population is spread throughout the nation and Over seas. Surprisingly the highest concentration of Decca millionaires is not in one of the to Stales Stanley said. It is found in american households in foreign  Acca millionaires can be found in 427 per 100,000 households living abroad which is nearly to a times inc National average of 91 per 100,000 households. Stanley said his figures sire based on estimate derived from statistical analysis. The states with the greatest number of Decamillo Nairas Are California with 11.410 new York with10,569 Tunas with 9,241 Honda with j. 171 and Illinois with 4,471, he said. Some states generally not perceived As being Cen Ter of wealth have a much higher than a crag concentration  Stanley said Nevada and Wyoming with i3c1 and its per100.000 households respectively surpass califor Nia s concentration of 116 per 100,000 households. The Southern Region contains inc largest concentration of dec millionaires with an average 209 per 100,000 households. In the Northeast Connecticut with a concentration of 193 Decca millionaires per 100,000 House holds has More than new York with 158, inc study said. 2 charged with rigging $15 million lottery win Harrisburg a. A a computer pert who worked for a company that helps operate he Pennsylvania slate lottery printed a fake ticket so that lie and n Friend could share a $15,2 million Jackpot slate officials said tuesday Henry Rich used a computer Al his firm. Control data corp., to print a copy of the winning ticket the gave it to Mark s. Herbst stale attorney general a Cross. Zimmerman said Al a news conference tues Day. The ticket listed inc winning numbers for the super 7 lottery drawing last july 157 one winning ticket to that Jackpot was sold statewide but the Winner had never claimed the or inc. When he came Forward last week in Crest claimed he had kept the ticket in a Cigar Box. Ihnn used it As a bookmark until recent Sioris about the unclaimed prize led him to double Check the numbers. A Crusi cashed the ticket last thursday and received a s469/j89 Check for inc first instalment slate officials quickly detected the attempted fraud however and inc Cash was never paid Zimmerman said. Rich a computer expert at control Daia which works with the stale lottery has been charged with theft by unlawful taking i heft by deception conspiracy forgery tampering Wilh Public information and unlawful use of a computer Zimmerman said. Rich l being held in Dauphin county prison. Zimmerman said herbal Wos in custody tuesday morning and would be charged later in the Day. Apply to Mirk s. Herbs posed 1ml wet with 1 Oiler Check. James Scroggins executive director of the Lattery said the forgery was traced because herbs ticket was printed on paper that was returned to the stole by lottery ticket agent in Scranton while computer re cords showed inc unclaimed winning ticket was actually said in Bucks county. Scroggins admitted that some lottery officials had doubts about the Validity of the ticket out he said he decided to award the pm anyway because the com Puter validation code on the bogus ticket was accurate. Zimmerman said thai by 4 30 . Thursday lot Tery officials knew inc ticket was fake and stopped payment on the Check which herbs had deposited in several accounts at a local Bank. Agents from Zimmerman s office confronted Herbst on sunday. Zimmerman sail Herbst told the agents Rich was expecting $5,000 from him monday. On monday night Zimmerman said Herbst gave Rich  provided by the slate. Rich who is armed tried to flee when agents moved in but he was captured without incident the prosecutor said. This is inc second fining Case to plague the Pennsyl Vania lottery the april 24, 1980, drawing of uie daily number was fixed by adhering pingpong balls used to pick the winning digits. The so called 6-6-6 Case named after the winning numbers also resulted in tighter Security procedures for inc televised drawings. Scroggins said new proce dures would also be Implom Colca because of the new Case. Lung cancer victim s family May sue Minn court rules St. Paul. Minn. Up11 the  court of appeals reversing a trial court ruled tuesday that the family of a it Nakor who died of lung cancer May proceed with a lawsuit against r. J. Rey nolds tobacco co. And a retailer. A three judge panel unanimously overturned a Hon Cpin county District court Judy s dismissal of the product liability suit brought by the family of John Forster of Wayzata Minn. The family sued Reynolds makers of Camel cigarettes and Erk son Petroleum corp., owner of Holiday station stores where Forster said he bought cigarettes. The App Cak court said District judge Jonathan Lebedoff erred in ruling that the Federal cigarette Labelling and advertising act prevents an injured person from pursuing a lawsuit in a stale court for damages for illness or death caused by smoking. Judge Thomas Kalitowski writing for the appeals court panel said that if the Federal Law preempted slate Law per Sonal injury victims would be left with out a  he said that situation has not been tolerated by 1he . Supreme court or the supreme court of Minnesota he said the Federal Law which requires warnings on cigarette packages and in advertisements provides no Relief for injured persons. Therefore remedies provided by state tort Law will not be withdrawn from Minnesota citizens without either an express statement from Congress or a Clear and unequivocal finding of implied Preemption the ruling said. We wish to emphasize that in no Way does our holding suggest that appellants will or should succeed in this action or that respondents should be found liable of damages the court said. We recognize appellants claims May be difficult to prove. However the difficulty of proof should not preclude the Basic right to present claims for adjudication. The appeals court said in recognized the potential for significant burdens on the Legal system if it opens she flood Gates and allows smokers to sue for alleged injuries. How  the court said Al the very heart of our ruling is the firm conviction that if there is a need to immunize inc tobacco Industry from tort liability that decision must be made by Congress in an unambiguous mandate and not by the  Forster and his wife Ann filed the product liability suit in Murch 1985. Wafer shortage changing san Francisco s image san Francisco a one Day after a water rationing plan look effect decorative fountains fell Idle bar tabs grew and plumbing Supply stores reported brisk sales of water saving devices. San Francisco residents have been told to Cut consumption by 25 percent in response 10 the area s most severe water shortage since inc 1976-77drought. But Many of the cutbacks will be highly visible to inc hundreds of thousands of tourists who Crow disc City each summer. Only fountains that use recycled water like the one in front of City Hall continued to flow monday others were still filled with water but no longer sprayed it into the air or ice in Tumble from sculpted waterfalls. Restaurants no longer serve water to diners automatically. Many like Maxwell s Plum at Ghirardelli Square have posted signs advising diners of the regulation. " would say right now. About one Quarter of the customers have asked for water said dining director Rob Ert Stewart As be observed the popular restaurant s luncheon crowd. If one person Al a table asks for water Only he gels water said slew Art. Business Al the bar was up. Stewart said. At lunch Niosi people have a beverage. They have a drink they have a Lite pc wine he said. The Only people who might complain Are usually from the Midwest. You know they Don t generally drink alcohol As much. Homeowners were snatching up plumbing supplies such As sink Wash ers and Low restricting Shower Heads. At the supermarket like Goodman slumber store plumbing manager Andy pappus said he was especially Busy sunday afternoon As customer sought ways to Cut water use in their  said people were especially in Turc std in water saving Shower Heads which Goodman s Slor Tsal prices ranging from is to j40. The expensive ones have More adjust ments for the  Papp Assaid. We carry a flow re stricter kit for about Sobut if seems like they Remore interested in putting on a new head he said