European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and stripes thursday september 8.1988 mayor earns about Home Essaf Street level san Diego a mayor Maureen o con nor has gained some new understanding of the hundreds of homeless in the nation s seventh Large Sicily. For 48 noun she was one of them. O Connor 41, wife of Robert 0. Peterson millionaire founder of Jock in the Box restau rants spent two Days and nights pounding the sirels Over inc labor Day weekend and living i inc Lite of a transient. I the mayor was Iro usted from Retting 1 spots watched drug dealers do business wit-1 pcs cd homosexual i Prosl Ilow luring clients i into Bushes spent a inight in a Park and sought help from government agencies. Ii was a lifetime in 48 hours. No one could Ever Pul into a memo what i have Learned,1 said o Connor who was nursing swollen feet. Only three people recognized her two homeless women and a longtime Friend. Maureen o Connor Florida lottery Winner claims her $55 million Tallahassee Fla. A a real estate Brover who said six numbers had been driving me crazy presented a winning lotto ticket wednesday to claim her record j55 million prize Schelah Ryan of Winter Springs said she did t know what she d do with her winning and was unsure whether she would quil her Job. I be always been Middle class and the Middle class always needs Money she said at a news conference Wilh Ner two attorneys and lottery officials Ryan a native of new York said she was single and had no children. She declined to reveal her age. She said wednesday marked her first trip on plane her first news conference and this ii the firs Lime i be Ever won j55  she picked the first six numbers that she read on the front Page of the Orlando Sentinel. She bought the win Ning ticket in the Central Florida town Oslo Prood these numbers were driving me crazy she said. She had won 14 Wace previously in the game. Ryan said she had been buying four tickets a week until Florida offered a $2 million Jackpot in Early  Hen she s been buying live tickets. Before Ryan claimed her prize several dozen lotto players claimed they had the winning ticket we be had several dozen Calls from folks saying we have the winning ticket. Whal do we do with out identifying themselves or their City or anything else lottery Secretary Rebecca Paul said tuesday. Until someone comes through inc door with a ticket we take it All with a Grain of  it s not a crime 10 claim a winning lottery ticket but it s a felony to Ansem an altered lottery ticket for payment one of the claimants was Charles Hill an Elemen tary school janitor in the Liny Hamlet of Bristol about 280 Miles Northwest of Longwood officials said Hill told them his wet ticket was recovered from pile of laundry after saturday s drawing. Hill s claim was enough to get him a 123,000 Chev Rolet Van Wilh no Cash Dawn. Tommy Thomas owner of a Panama City Chevrolet Dealership said tuesday thai he gave a Brand new mauve Van to Hill after Liberty county sheriff hand w. Rcv Cal Lold the credit manager that the ticket was Bona tide. We took a Chance with them Thomas said. I figured if they were Lucky enough to win the lottery we could do  but lottery officials said wednesday thai Hilt did not have the winning ticket. We have denied or. Hill s claim based on the fact he docs not have inc original of his Tickel a Sale mint by Tom Bell general counsel for the lottery depart ment read. The lottery s verification procedures on the copy provided by or. Hill indicate that he docs not have the winning  several dozen people other than Hill have called the department claiming of have the winning ticket according to the lottery Secretary. She said one identified himself As a resident of Minnesota and another caller came from Central Florida. The Jackpot s final value was Pul at 155.16 million which Breaks Down into 20 annual payments of 12.76 million before tates earlier estimates put the Jackpot at $34 million a record fora Szalc lottery. Dream fulfilled he s is Black in Texas rangers Austin Texas a acc Roy Young received his badge and commis Sion tuesday As inc firs Black Texas Ranger an achievement he had dreamed of since he was a boy. Young 41, said his becoming the first Black Ranger in the group s 165-year his Lory should serve As an indication to other minorities and other people you can have any Type of dream and it can become possible for you one Day Young spoke at a news conference after the ceremony conducted by col. Joe Milnor director of the department of Public safely. Young a 14-year Veteran of the department was most recently stationed in san Antonio As an investigator Wilh the criminal intelligence service. He will  in Garland As a Ranger. I As a Young boy growing up in Southwest Texas read about the rangers and saw movies and things of thai Type and decided i would like to aspire to become a Ranger one Day myself said Young who was bom in Del Rio. Young was among 37 people receiving promotions in the ceremony at the safely department Headquarters. His wife Mary children Anthony and Kristin and other family members watched him receive his badge. A department of Public safety officer must have at least eight years of Law enforcement experience to be eligible to be a Ranger and at least 60 hours of College or the equivalent education. Appoint ments arc made on the basis Ofa competitive examination and Oral interview. Rangers arc charged Wilh four duties Protection of life and property by enforcing state criminal statutes suppressing riots and insurrections investigating major crimes and apprehending fugitives. Heat turned up to rid school of Mold kills animals in lab St. Petersburg Fla. A school maintenance workers hiked the heal to 120 degrees hoping to get rid of a Pesky Mold but the heal ended up killing plants and lab animals and sending Stu dents in search of cooler classrooms. Officials arriving at Lakewood High school tuesday morning walked into stifling heat that had been simmering for three Days in the school s science Wing. Floors buckled students plants withered away and tropical fish in tanks died As did a Turtle a Snake and at Casl one favorite lab rat. There were Many students and teacher who were emotionally attached to Hal rat science department chair Man Richard Henderson said tuesday afternoon when the Wing had cooled Down to a Balmy 90 degrees. Lakewood principal Barbara Brough ton said she feared computers films and other materials also May have been dam aged by the heat workers turned on the Healing systemic the science Wing in an attempt to dry the area Broughton said. The Wing has been experiencing a persistent Mold problem in recent years because a Venti lation system has tailed to properly de humidify inc building she said. By raising the temperature workers hoped id kill the Mold spores and alleviate inc problem. Leg on of itinerant prisoners suggested by new York mayor new York a mayor de Koch a proposed the creation of an Ameri can style French foreign legion in which the nation s prisoners could re Duce their sentences by Labouring the Reich country needs them inc most speaking before a gathering of real Stalc executives tuesday Koch said the City s and the nation s jails need More space so More drug pushers can be incarcerated. One Way to achieve this he said is 10 create a legion either civilian or Mili tary thai would reduce prisoners sentences when they volunteered to work under harsh and physically demanding conditions. This legion would be treated As though they were in constant Basic train ing for Ine marines Koch said talking about the proposal to newsmen Ai mayor Roger Randle of Tulsa okja., visited new York City Hall. Trainer Zolkin keeps his Grin in place As he strains to lift a sizable hunk of Bear Al a Moscow circus preview in Boston s of Nihil Hall. Masha a rus Sian Brown Bear weighs � lot More barely bearing up thin you d expect of 2 by ear old baby girl. But Zolkin does t Sra to mind. To Bear act is a popular feature of the soviet circus which will be play ing next week in Worcester Mam