European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 19, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5winners step up a shaking and screaming Tallahassee Fla. Apr one Lucky player trembled so much that she dropped her ticket when she heard that she had won a share of a $106.5 million into Jackpot. Another ran outside in her Bathrobe screaming a a we re Rich we re Rich a a two winning ticket holders in the nations second richest lottery drawing came Forward monday. Both plan to share the wealth with family members one group in fact had gone so far As to create a Legal partnership in Case its numbers won. Six winning tickets were sold for $1 each. Each is Worth $887,500 a year before taxes for 20 years. Kathy Smith of Longwood said when she realized sunday morning that she had a ticket with All six numbers a i Shook so bad i dropped the she said she had picked the winning numbers a 56-21-34-35-45 a at random. She will get one fourth of the $17.75 million individual winners share with her brother and her Mother receiving equal cuts and seven others splitting the final 25 percent. Her brother Chuck a Tampa accountant came up with the partnership idea and he and the others a mainly relatives a entered into the formal agreement last week. The group bought 50 tickets. The other Winner to come Forward was Richard j. Piasecki a retired Auto worker who came to Florida from Kenosha wis. A we told our Landlady and then she wanted to feel it and she started rubbing it and i grabbed it out of her hands a Piasecki said laughing. A she said she wanted to rub it for he said he a sharing his Cut with his two children. His daughter Mary to Bednarski met her husband with the news by running into the driveway of their Wisconsin Home in her Bathrobe Yelling a a we re Rich we re Rich a mrs. Bednarski who has four children said she will quit her Job at a local restaurant. A this is my notice a she said at a news conference adding that the family is considering moving to Florida. The families said they weren to disappointed with the Cut of the near record Jackpot. Pennsylvania posted the record prize in april 1989 with a $115 million Jackpot. Helping hold one sixth yearly shares of the winnings Are from left Richard Piasecki and his wife Jeanne and his son Richard and Scott Smith and his sister Kathy Smith and his Mother Pat Landry. A who needs $106 million a asked Pat Landry Smiths Mother. Landry 54, of Sorrento said she will quit her Job at Seminole Community College but she plans no big spending sprees. A i done to want my life to change a she said. A a in a quite pleased with my life very pleased with my life. Done to get me wrong i turn this Down a but i mean this is frosting on the Smith 34, said she wont quit her nursing Job because she loves her work but she plans to buy a car and some land for horses. Her 35-year-old brother said that he will continue to work too adding that he will a prudently invest and a maybe buy a few Piasecki and his wife Jeanne of new Smyrna Beach will Divide their Money into thirds to share with their two children. Piasecki said he a almost died after going through his 30 tickets right after saturday nights drawing. Heia Secki retired from Chrysler corp. In 1988 after 32 years As a body repairman. He and his wife who moved to new Smyrna Beach last year and live in a rented Mobile Home plan to buy a Small Home with a Little leak scuttles shuttle launch for 4th time Cape canaveral Fla. Up a another crippling fuel leak monday forced Nasa to cancel the space shuttle columbian a planned tuesday launch putting the Star crossed flight on hold until after an october Mission by the shuttle discovery. A at this time we Are scrubbed a said shuttle program director Robert Crip pen. A the next flight up will be discovery a. We Are looking at a tanking option for Columbia to better isolate where the problem is. The team is disappointed columbian a seven member Crew had been scheduled to blast off on a 10-Day astronomy Mission at 1 28 . Tuesday a record 111 Days behind schedule because of repeated Hydrogen fuel leaks and trouble with an on Board Telescope. The postponement was the fourth. Just three minutes into High Speed fuel loading monday sensors in the shuttles engine compartment detected concentrations of explosive Hydrogen Gas that exceeded safety guidelines that were eased Over the weekend because of previous leaks. Launch director Robert Sieck then cancelled the countdown. Nasa officials and other sources said monday that Columbia had to be off the ground by wednesday or the flight would be delayed until after the launch of an air Force Titan 4 rocket later this week and the launch of the shuttle discovery to carry the Ulysses solar probe into space. Discovery is scheduled for Blastoff around oct. 8, although Crippen said in top Fri fugitive arrested on tips from to watchers gingers Are debating whether to order a fueling test to make sure that it has no leaks like the one that grounded Columbia. In the meantime engineers Are developing plans to Load fuel Back aboard Columbia possibly As Early As sunday in another attempt to pin Down the leak. This time television cameras will be mounted in the engine compartment to help engineers see the trouble area. A the mood is pretty depressing after All summer trying to pin Down these leaks a said Keith Hudkins director of shuttle engineering at Nasa Headquarters. A fall the experts and i mean experts have been working very Long the decision to cancel the launch was Sands of time no doubt a crushing disappointment to the skipper Vance Brand 59, and his Crew co Pilot Guy Gardner 42, John a a Mike lounge 44, Robert Parker 53, Jeffrey Hoffman 45, and civilian astronomers Ronald Parise 39, and Samuel Durrance who turned 47 monday. It also marked a potentially devastating setback for Nasa which has been under intense pressure to resume shuttle flights after a four month launch hiatus and a summer of criticism Over the flawed Hubble space Telescope. In an Effort to eliminate the possibility of any More leaks the Veteran shuttle had been equipped with a new fuel line fitting to replace one that leaked in May three new Hydrogen fuel pumps and a new Seal in an engine valve to replace one that apparently leaked earlier this month. New London Conn. Up a the Fri captured one of its ten most wanted fugitives monday at the ship Jirard of a major defense contractor Fol owing tips generated by a television show officials said. Wardell David Ford 34, was wanted on charges of murder and armed robbery following a 1983 robbery of an armoured car at a Montgomery Ward store in Detroit said Jack Breslin of Fox broadcasting so a american a most wanted television show. Fri agent Richard Farley confirmed Fords arrest at general dynamics electric boat division shipyard but withheld other details pending a tuesday news conference in Hartford. Breslin said a segment of the sept. 7 to show recreated the crime and Gener ated tips Over the weekend from the new London area. A people were saying he worked As a labourer on the docks at electric boat a said Breslin. Electric boat is the Navy a prime builder of nuclear submarines. Fri agents went to the new London facility monday and reviewed Fords Job application and Analysed his handwriting Breslin said. The suspect then was summoned by company Security where Fri agents took his fingerprints Breslin said. A it was a match and he was arrested a he said. Fords arrest was the 119th capture resulting from tips generated by the show and the eighth from the Fri s ten most wanted list said the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 19, 1950 a the state department announced that an explosion toppled the voice of America Antenna at Bethany Ohio. The Fri was investigating the possibility of sabotage.30 years ago today. Sept. 19, 1960 a at least 78 . Military and family members died in the crash of a world airways military charter dc-6 carrying 87 passengers and a Crew of eight. The flight which originated at Clark a Philippines crashed on Guam the . Air Force announced.20 years ago today. Sept. 19, 1970 a musician Jimi Hendrix died at age 24 in a London Hospital. Police sources said he apparently died of a drug overdose.10 years ago today. Sept. 19, 1980 a the United states and the soviet Union planned to open talks on a Mutual cutback in nuclear missiles in Europe president Carter announced in a nationally broadcast news conference. A preliminary meeting was scheduled in new York Between Secretary of state Edmund s. Muskie and soviet foreign minister Andrei a. Gromyko
