European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday december 5,1988 12 in new York to divvy up record prize of $45 million new York a the word was definite sunday morning 12 ticket purchasers held the magic numbers entitling them to split the state1 record $45 million lotto. Terrific is the Way lottery spokesman George Yamin guessed the winners would feel about la re sults. Each ticket was Worth t3,7so,oco, Yamin Sard meaning that each ticket Holder would gel a. Check into weeks of $ 142,857 after taxes. A Check for the same amount would come each year for the next 20 years. Acting lottery director Russell Gladieux said 37.4 million tickets were sold in the frenzy leading up to saturday night s drawing going at a clip of about28,000 a minute. "1 estimate most of new York adults. New Jersey adults Connecticut adults and Southern Canadian adults played the lottery he said. However the winning tickets were bought Down state. Three tickets were purchased in both Manhattan and Brooklyn two were purchased in both Queens and Wesl Chester county and one was purchased on both Salen Island and in Suffolk county."1 Don t know How i m going to explain that to the upstate press Gladieux said. The Jackpot Rose from $26 million to a guaranteed $45 million after no one picked the winning number sin wednesday s drawing. About $20.3 million Worth of tickets was sold in wednesday s drawing. The Jackpot stopped at �45 million even though twas thought the figure could go higher with so Many people buying tickets. We Are still processing the sates. I Don t know yet if the total Wilt go higher vain said. The largest previous Jackpot awarded in new York was s41 million in 1985. That prize was divided among three winning tickets including a group of 21factory workers from mount Vemon. The largest single Winner in new York state lottery is Pasquale Consalvo of Salen Island who won a 330,5 million Jackpot in january 1986. The largest lottery Jackpot in the United states 161.98 million was divided among three winners in California in october. The largest single Winner in history was a Florida woman who won f55.16 million in september. The winning numbers drawn saturday were 1.8,13, 18,28 and 48. The supplemental number was 19. Bishop s Sale of Waikiki site spurs storm of Catholic protest Honolulu a clergy and parishioners of a roman Catholic Church saturday criticized their Bishop s decision to sell to japanese investors the Ocean front land on which their Parish has worshipped since the 1830s. The $45 million Deal which will result in the demolition of the Copper roofed modernistic St. Augustine Church in the heart of Waikiki and the building of a new Church nearby was announced Friday by Bishop Joseph Ferrario of Honolulu. Diocese offices were besieged with phone Calls Fri Day and saturday after news reports of the Sale. The diocese hired a Public relations firm to help Field the Calls. " / an advertisement taken out in the major daily news papers Here saturday urged catholics to protest in writing to he Vatican in Rome which would have the Power to overturn Ferrario s decision. The Church built in 1962. Is situated on a 50,000-, Square foot parcel where the sacred hearts fathers have led services since a thatched missionary Church was built in the 1830s. Members of the order and the congregation complained that the Deal went through without their approval. "1 thought they were going to take our feelings into consideration said Adeline Trask one of about 35 Parish members invited to a meeting with the Bishop in May to discuss unsolicited offers that were being made for the Church property amid a land Boom fuelled by japanese investments the purchaser announced Friday is Hama Jikaku a Tokyo real estate company. The company agreed to allow the Church to remain free of rent for 2vi years while a new Church is built several blocks away on property also owned by Hania Jikaku the Honolulu diocese said. After the new Church is built s25 million will be left for a variety of educational and charitable causes Fer radio said. "1 really think this use of real property is a real stewardship of our properties he said. It s a ques Tion of Justice the haves serving the have not of respecting the rights of people of the at $45 million the property is going for $900 a Square foot compared with $400 a Square foot in other recent sales of similar Waikiki property. The Rev. Louis Boeynaems a retired priest who served Assi Augustine Church pastor from 1980 to 1983, said Many priests Are flabbergasted that he Ferrario does t consider the history of the newspapers Here reported that company officials could not be reached for comment on what they in tended to do with the property but there was speculation that a luxury hotel or condominiums would be built. " the property is across the Street from Waikiki Beach whereas the new site the Church would be Given is several blocks from the Beach. M Tchell says . Flap verge fab a Washington a Senate majority Leader George Mitchell said saturday that the United nations decision to move a general Assembly meeting to Geneva was a regrettable action Mitchell a Maine commented in an interview a Day after the United nations voted to move the ses Sion to permit Yasser Arafat chairman of the Palestine. Liberation organization to speak to the general As decision came after Secretary of state George a Shultz barred Arafat from entering the United states Home of the United nations because of what Shultz said was Arafat s support for terrorism.1 think it s a regrettable action Mitchell said of the decision. It represents for the United Stales an isolation and will of course remove the de Bate from the United states at least for a period of Hill said a Bull decision was Clear and con Cise and Well taken As for the Effort to broker a peace treaty in the Mideast Mitchell said i Don t think it derails he peace process. It s been very difficult of course. There have been a number of obstacles Over Lime and we re going let work to continue to do what we can to encourage direct negotiations Between the earlier in the democratic response to president Reagan s weekly radio address Mitchell pledged to cooperate with president elect George Bush when busts takes office next month.". Noting that the White House will be controlled by republicans while democrats run Congress Mitchel said the Power will be shared. Some say this renders our government impotent. That could happen. But it does thave larger objective is to provide to our people the greatest possible individual Liberty and economic Opportunity. Our system divided or not can do that lie it is our joint responsibility president and con Gress to meet the challenges facing our nation in the Way that Best serve All our people he said. Of course we have differences and there will be Dis agreement. It would t be democracy if we did jetliner s blown engine showers Metal on cars Honolulu up a hawaiian airlines dc-9 with 117 passenger aboard lost part of an engine shortly after Takeoff and falling pieces of Mola shattered windshields and pierced the roofs of cars on the ground. No injuries were reported and he twin engine Plant resumed to Honolulu International Airport where the passengers transferred to a another plane spokesman Sconi Wagner said. Tony Robella Security manager for Matson navigation co., said pieces or debris fell Over several Hundred Yards of the company s parking lot. V least 10 vehicles had broken windshields pierced roofs and other damage Robella said. Portable toilet blown from building kills Man Miami a a construction worker was struck and killed by a portable toilet blown off the fourth floor of a building by a gust of wind police said saturday. Ramon Jose Rodriguez 23, a pronounce dead about an hour after the Accident Friday police said. High winds evidently blew the toilet Over the Edge of the building said police spokeswoman Lucy Fitts. The toilet was on Jim Lull inc a National weather service meteorologist said wind gusts could have been about 30 Mph at the time. Byrne May switch to gop for another mayoral race Chicago a former mayor Jan Byrne a lifelong Democrat might switch Politi Cal parties to run for mayor a newspaper has reported. \. The Chicago Sun times citing unnamed sources said Byrne is considering a run for mayor As a Republican. The sources said Byrne has nominating petitions ready to go and will announce her candidacy shortly. In 1983, byte was denied renomination for mayor when she lost the democratic primary 10 Harold Washington who later became the City first Black mayor. I have no political comment tuesday. A the Sun times reported that Byrne a former member of the democratic National commit tee discussed her possible mayoral candidacy with Cook county Republican chairman Jama e. Dvorak. V " Republican officials said Byrne would Likely win the party s primary election against a lesser know candidate. 2 troopers suspended for flying close to shuttle Tallahassee Fla. A two Veteran Lorida Highway patrol trooper who flew an Agency plane into restricted airspace for a closer look at the space shuttle discovery sept. 29 arc being suspended for up to two Days authorities said. ,. Maj. Winthrop Vincent and sgt. Gary Schliiter the Pilot flew 45 Miles out of their flight Pat expressly o View the launch at Kennedy space Center maj. Mike Kirby said. That s not no ". troopers who were headed to Orlando on official business the morning of inc iced restricted airspace before the launch but left before liftoff Federal authorities said. No charges were filed .-./. A Vincent a troop commander in West Palm Beach will be suspended without pay for two Days Kirby said. Schuler will be suspended for one Day. -.-. The troopers were relieved of duty when the investigation began but returned to work oct 2s,
