European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 28,1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 pen argon based go wins $16 million in lottery Washington to \ a a t i i,._. Washington a army sgt. Lee Nelson stepped Forward sunday to claim his $16 million lotto Amanca prize and said he will quit the service it they let  his enlistment is up june 5. We Haven t really thought about it a whole lot said Nelson 29, a 12-year Veteran who hit the Jack pot in the feb. 18 drawing of the Des Moines Iowa based lottery. He will receive 20 annual payments of $800,000 before Federal and state taxes Are deducted Gam officials said. A native of South Carolina Nelson works at the Pentagon As an accounting specialist. He lives with his wife Mary and two children Ages 5 years and 9 months in the Washington suburb of Alexandria a. Asked if he would donate any of the Money to Chanty Nelson said i am undecided at this  clearly uncomfortable in the limelight Nelson said his greatest fear was the  he declined to give the names or sexes of his children or to Dis cuss his plans in any detail. We Don t want any publicity he said adding they probably will move to Florida his wife s native state. Winning the lottery did not change his routine last week and probably wont change his life he said. I got up went to work spent my lunch hour at the gym came Home and had dinner he said. I put in a leave request on tuesday so that i could have Friday  asked if he would continue to play the lottery he said  he said he picked the winning numbers 9, 1720, 28,46 and 50 at random. Lotto America also will award $25,000 to the Man who sold Nelson the winning ticket Mohammed Ema Houssein an employee of the South Capitol mini Mart in Southeast Washington. Mrs. Nelson said she Learned her husband had won when she went Back to the store to buy a ticket in a local lotto game. The store is the largest seller of lottery tickets in the District of Columbia said Lor Raine a. Green executive director of the District of Columbia lottery. The $16 million prize was the largest since the lotto America game was founded in 1987. In addition to the District of Columbia the states taking part in lotto America Are Iowa Kansas mis Souri Oregon Rhode Island and West Virginia. In a drawing saturday night at lotto America Headquarters in Des Moines officials announced an other Jackpot of $3 million. That winning ticket was sold at a National supermarkets store in St. Louis but the identity of the Winner was not known by lat sunday. Jazz trumpet innovator Roy Eldridge Dies at 78 he tha 1 no a a Nln , by the los Angeles times Roy Eldridge one of the great innovators on the jazz trumpet died sunday in Valley Stream Long Island just three weeks after the death of his wife of 53years, Lola. He was 78. He just stopped eating and wanted Todie said a Friend of the musician. In naming him a member of his greatest All Star jazz band several years ago los Angeles times jazz critic Leonard Feather wrote Roy Eldridge has often been called the link Between Louis Armstrong and dizzy Gillespie but he was much More. To what Armstrong had contributed he added Many new elements longer crack Ling fiery phrases sudden upward and downward movements growling guttural sounds and often a sense of intensity that surpassed even Armstrong  it was in the 30s and 40s that he reached the High Point of his career but at a time of great difficulty for Black musicians. When he left Artie Shaw s band in 1945, he complained bitterly about Many racial incidents while on tour and said he could never again play with a White band even though Shaw personally had been Nice to him. Later however he did play with White bands As segregation faded. Born David Roy Eldridge in Pitts Burgh on Jan. 30, 1911, he studied with his brother the late Joe Eldridge playing the Drums and appearing publicly for the first time at age six. Later he gained sex trumpeter Roy Eldridge who died just three weeks after his wife of 53 years. Prience playing the trumpet at Carni Vals. Going to new York City in 1930, he worked in Cecil Scott s band and later with the Elmer Snowden and cd. John son bands at Smalls then with Teddy Hill Connie s hot chocolates Fletcher Henderson and Mai Hallett performing often As a soloist and occasionally Organ izing his own bands. Eldridge became nationally prominent As the featured trumpeter and Singer with Gene Krupa s band from 1941 to 1943 at the same time becoming one of the first Black jazz musicians to be accepted As a permanent member of the brass Sec Tion of a White band. After ending his tour with Shaw in 1945, he served a Long stint with nor Man Granz s jazz at the philharmonic. In 1950, with some saying he had be come old fashioned he joined the Benny Goodman sextet for a european tour and remained on the continent for 18 months. He was a great hit in France where he made some of his most famous school pulls crime lesson from Book recordings. Returning to the United states in 1951, he became part of the mainstream jazz movement frequently appearing in Small groups with Benny Carter Johnny Hodges Ella Fitzgerald and Colema Hawkins. Described by Magazine editor Barry Ulanov As a biting driving brass Man almost without equal for sheer Power from the earliest years of swing he was known for an exuberant personality Anda keen sense of Competition. Even in his later years he enjoyed challenging younger musicians to cutting contests according to Groves dictionary of jazz. Groves said Eldridge Drew his main inspiration not from Armstrong but from saxophonists Carter and Hawkins whose Fleet arpeggio style and Rich tone he adapted to his instrument. As a result Eldridge Early acquired a keen awareness of Harmony an unprecedented dexterity particularly in the highest Register and a full slightly overblown timbre which crackled at moments of High  he also had a formative Impact nearly Bop musicians and his work in swing had particular influence Over Gil Lespie. By the late 1950s, Eldridge was alternating Between flugelhorn and trumpet. He was also an adequate performer on piano Bass and Drums. As a Singer he had what was described As a personable Gruff Quality and his Best known Sone was let me off  fort Smith Ark. A school officials have removed from a work Book a Page that asked elementary Spe Cial education pupils to pretend to be criminals. One youngster Drew a picture of him self behind bars and wrote that murder was his make believe crime. The fort Smith school District received a complaint about the exercise which was deemed of questionable usefulness and will not be repeated said Deputy superintendent Johnny Owen. Owen said the assignment was Only recently brought to the District s Atten Tion. The Workbook was distributed in october to five special education pupils at Runnymede elementary school he said. The deleted exercise read did you Ever think about doing something Terri ble pretend that you did it. Describe the crime you committed and make your own Mug shot and  an adult found one youngster s draw ing and response and questioned sunny Mede principal Jane Wiswall about it. Wiswall would not comment about the exercise. The student a third grader had drawn a picture of himself in jail looking forlorn with a cigarette dangling from his Mouth. Above the drawing he listed his make believe crime murder his work received a a Grade. The exercise was contained in a work Book called anti colouring Book pad 2," which encourages creative colouring and is used As a supplemental text. No other assignments in the Book were considered offensive and the Book will continue to be used Owen said. Owen said the teacher who assigned the exercise will not be reprimanded. We the school administration agree this was not in Good judgment he said. I think the publisher should not have put that particular exercise  improved shuttle engine fires successfully i tits vat 1 r aia i am Taca Huntsville Ala. A Nasa officials were pleased with the results of a 45-second test firing of a space shuttle main engine at the Marshall space flight enter. Anything that goes the full duration looks and sounds like a Good test to me Marshall director . Thompson said after saturday s test at the Northern Ala Bama facility. Nasa engineers fired the engine As part of a series of tests to make the main engines for the space shuttle More effective. John Mccarty head of the propulsion Laboratory at Marshall said the tests will help reduce internal engine stress making the shuttle s main engines last longer. We re validating changes in the engine the first real ones since it was designed in 1972," Mccarty said. Thompson said the benefits of the test firings should be seen by the mid-1990s when Nasa begins sending pieces of its space station into orbit aboard the space shuttle. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 28, 1949 the paraguayan government changed hands for the sixth time in 13 months when a group of civil ians overthrew the 4-week-old provision Al regime of Gen. Raimundo Rolon. 30 years ago today. Feb. 28,1959 sen. Richard b. Russell d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed serv ices committee said the Senate had Little Choice but to support the Extension of the draft for another four years. 20 years ago today. Feb. 28, 1969 maj. Gen. John s. Hughes commanding general of the Southern european task Force was killed along with his Pilot maj. Edward g. Haislop when his plane crashed i thick fog near Milan Italy. 10 years ago today. Feb. 28, 1979 president Carter announced he had invited prime minister Menachem begin of Israel to meet with him in Washington in an Effort to get mid dle East peace negotiations moving again