European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday August 9,1988 $23 million prize in Florida lotto still unclaimed Tallahassee Fla. A one Lucky ticket Holder hit the record $23 million Florida lotto Jackpot lottery officials said sunday but no one had called in to claim the prize. Lottery officials determined that the ticket was purchased in Brandon just East of Tampa but details on the Winner and the outlet where the ticket was sold were unavailable sunday said lottery spokeswoman Rebecca Negron. The six numbers drawn saturday night were12-15-17-18-31-42. The estimated $23 million Jackpot to be paid out Over 20 years was the product of record one week sales of More than $26.6 million said lot Tery Secretary Rebecca Paul. That doubled the previous sales record of $12.9 million. The exact size of the Jackpot was to be known monday. On saturday alone lotto players purchased 11.5 million $1 tickets the largest single Day of sales since the games began in april. During a Peak sales hour saturday the system was generating More than $24,480 per minute. Saturday s lotto drawing produced More than$6.5 million in prizes for the 610,000 players who matched three four or five of the winning numbers. But the number of payouts meant those win ners would have to wait for their Money until monday to allow the computers to process All the claims Paul said. Drought assistance Bill wins Senate approve Washington a the Senate voted 92-0monday to approve the $3.9 billion drought assistance Bill a wide ranging measure that would be the mos expensive disaster Relief legislation for agriculture Ever passed by Bill would extend help to hundreds of thou Sands of growers and ranchers. It is expected to receive final congressional approval from the House perhaps As Early As tuesday and president Reagan is expected to sign it Bill is a compassionate response from the heart of the american people sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., chairman of the Senate agriculture committee said shortly before the vote. They have seen enough farm under the legislation growers who lose More than 35 percent of their crop because of the drought would be entitled to an emergency payment totalling 65 per cent of their expected Federal subsidy or of the anticipated Market Price of the crop up to $100,000. Farmers who Are the hardest hit would be entitled to even More coverage. They would receive Aid covering 90 percent of their drought caused damage for Al losses they suffer beyond three fourths of their crop. A new program would provide reimbursement for up to half the costs of replacement feed bought during the drought which has driven up the prices of Grain that Farmers feed their herds. The measure however provide assistance to livestock poultry Swine and fish Farmers who buy their feed rather than raising their own. Soviets get missile destruction notice Washington up the United states Noti fied the soviet Union monday that it will begin destroying nuclear missiles to be eliminated under the inf treaty next month at the army s longhorn arse Nal an army official said. Destruction of the Pershing missiles will begin sept. 8 at the Marshall Texas facility the official said. The intermediate nuclear forces treaty signed i december by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and president Reagan Calls for the destruction Over the next three years of All ground launched missiles with ranges Between 300 Miles and 3,400 Miles. The treaty requires inspectors of the opposing super Power to be present when the other destroys missiles the official said. Last monday the soviets began destroying ss-12 missiles at their facility in Sarozek in the presence of . Inspectors. Under the treaty Only the missiles launchers an support equipment Are being eliminated. Each nation is being allowed to keep its nuclear warheads. . Officials said last month there Are about 6,000soviet and 2,000 . Items to be eliminated when the total number of launchers and support equipment Are counted. Truck passenger slain in Highway shooting by the associated press a passenger in a pickup truck was shotto death in Oregon after an argument with a passing mot9rist in one of five separate Highway shootings in two states including one in which a greyhound bus was sprayed with bullets authorities said. Sunday s apparently random shoot Ings also injured five people. The Oregon shooting occurred sunday evening about 10 Miles West of Portland when the truck edged through congested traffic state police said. Jody Wayne Dixon 28, of Portland died at the scene of a single gunshot wound to the Chest said senior trooper Norma Adamse. Investigators said the argument began Ashe truck carrying Dixon waited in a Long line on . 26 at the Cornelius pass suspect who was driving a pickup truck raced to the head of the line and then merged in front of waiting vehicles. As the suspect pulled off the freeway atthe exit he turned and fired one shot from a Small Caliper handgun Adamse said. No arrests were made in that shooting or the state s other one in which a woman was wounded in the foot by a passing Motorist on a freeway police said. Diana Harris 19, was in Good Condi Tion sunday night. Harris was a passenger in a car hit by gunshots fired by a Man in a car on inter state 84 in Northeast Portland. In Colorado the most serious of three Highway shootings left three men Hospital state s first shooting occurred Early sunday when a greyhound bus Washin with three bullets As it passed a slow moving Van on interstate 70, just West of Parachute in West Central Colorado a greyhound spokesman said. One woman suffered facial cuts from flying Glass. No arrests were drive by shooting on 1-70 in Northeast Denver in the evening left Cung la 17, uncritical condition with a head wound and his two passengers in Good condition said Denver general nursing supervisor Pam Bourg. No arrests were of the victims told investigators their car Cut off another car which the caught up with them. A passenger in the other car then fired several victims car then slowed into a Guardrail and was struck in the rear by a car driven by Eric Urbanich 21, police said. Urbanich who was not injured wriggled put of his car and approached the shooting victims car. He was lying Back in the seat Urbanich said of the Driver. There was blood All Over his the state s third shooting a 30-year old Man was jailed in Breckenridge for investigation of a shooting at a car carry ing a Mother and her four children said police it. Bill shooting in Silverthorne about 60 Miles West of Denver was triggered by Anear head on collision said Barnett. No injuries were reported. Boning up on Gator Hunt Doug Mackey Righta licensed Alligator Hunter and Steve Prater inspect skulls of alligators in Palm Beach f1&, during a class for Hunters signed up to take part in a september Gator kill the first sanctioned since the Early 1960s. Astronomers find Galaxy 15 billion Light years away Baltimore a astronomers have discovered a Galaxy 15 billion Light years from Earth one of the most Distant galaxies Ever seen it was announce monday by the space Telescope science Institute. The Galaxy named 4c41.17, was discovered by scientists using a new search strategy they developed. Twas located because of the enormous Power and Peculiar spectrum of its radio Galaxy is More than 90 percent of the distance to the visible limits of the universe the announcement discovery was made by Ken Chambers a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University and George Miley professor of astronomy at Leiden University in the Netherlands who was stationed at the Telescope science Institute in Baltimore by the european space Agency. The made their observations with Wil Van Breugel an Astron Omer at the University of California Berkeley. Extremely Distant galaxies Are of great interest to astronomers. Because Light from them takes billions of years to reach the Earth Remote galaxies can be used to provide data about the Early stages of the universe. The record distance of the new Galaxy Means it is being seen Only about a few billion years after the big bang which scientists believe marked the beginning of the observable universe. The announcement was made in Baltimore at the Gen eral Assembly of the International astronomical Union
