European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday october 31,1990 Keith Thomlinson a bartender in Middletown ., happily shows a copy of his winning lottery ticket. Lottery ticket left As tip gives bartender one big Happy hour Providence  A there Are big tippers a and then there Are those who leave $25,000, even though they might not know it. Just ask Keith Thomlinson a bartender at the greenhouse inn and restaurant in Middletown. He found an instant lottery ticket among his tips last week. When he scratched off the numbers he had won $25,000. A it sat there for almost two Days until i scrubbed it off a Thomlinson 42, said monday. A i was just  the ticket came from Russell Clark of Newport a regular at the greenhouse who often leaves an instant lottery ticket with a Dollar or two As a tip at area restaurants and bars. He said he often leaves Candy or Flowers too. A a it a just something i do a he said. Thomlinson gave $1,800 to Clark and $5,000 to his Mother and father. A a she a going to pay Bills a Thomlinson said. A a dad a retired. They done to have a real big  Clark 60, a lab technician in Newport said he probably would use his $1,800 to buy More lottery tickets for his friends in the restaurants. He has an informal agreement with the waiters and bartenders that if they win More than $600, he gets a Cut. Clark said that in the 10 years he had been handing out tickets a waitress once won $500. Widow awarded compensation for brewery worker s alcoholism Lansing Mich. Apr the widow of a brewery worker who became an alcoholic taking advantage of free Beer at work is entitled to workers compensation benefits an appeals court said in a ruling issued monday. Ruling on the Case of Casimer a. Gacioch who worked at the Stroh brewery co., the state court of appeals said alcoholism is like any disease and workers Are entitled to compensation if the work environment aggravates their condition. While Gacioch was predisposed to alcoholism before the brewery hired him he was not an alcoholic when he got the Job the court said. The circumstances of the Job shaped the course of Gacioch a disease the court said a aggravating and accelerating the underlying alcoholic predisposition to the Point of uncontrolled addiction thus constituting a personal injury under worker compensation Laws. Gacioch drank Only three or four Beers on weekends when he began working on the Assembly line at Strohs in 1947, said Norton Cohen an attorney for Gacioch a widow Wanda. Strohs policy following a 300-year-old european tradition permitted workers to drink All the Beer they wanted during Breaks and that contributed to Gacioch a alcoholism Cohen said. By the time he was fired in 1974, Gacioch was drinking 12 bottles of Beer a Day Cohen said. Gacioch died in 1977 when his Hospital bed caught fire while he was smoking. At the time he was being treated for severe liver problems caused by his drinking. His widow could receive $106 a week in workers compensation benefits. An attorney for the brewery failed to return a Telephone Call seeking comment. Stateside woman allegedly shot Hole in plane s fuel tank Modesto Calif. A police officials report that a woman allegedly shot a Hole in the fuel tank of a Small air plane that was flying Over her property but the plane landed safely at a private strip nearby. It. Art Voortman said Pilot Bill Yandell and a passenger smelled fuel As they flew at an Elevation of 800 to 1,000 feet. After Landing they found a Bullet Hole in the left Wing fuel tank. Voortman said investigators went to the Home of Jon Dee Scruggs 48, because she had threatened to shoot any plane that flew Over her land. A recently fired .22-caliber Rifle was found at the residence he said and Scruggs was booked for investigation of assault with a deadly  Flash fire starts As ailing girl succumbs St. Louis apr a fire broke out in a Hospital As doctors were making a vain attempt to revive a 13-month-old girl suffering from a heart condition authorities said. The girl died. The child whose identity was not released was brought to St. Louis children a Hospital by her parents when she became ill officials said. The infant was critically ill and Hospital personnel had been trying to resuscitate her for about two hours when the fire broke out. A spark from a heart lung machine set a surgical drape afire the Hospital said. Although the girl suffered Burns on her legs and arms the fire was not believed to be the cause of death said Hospital spokesman Dave Elbom. A nurse suffered smoke inhalation and was treated at the Hospital. Teh other babies in the paediatric intensive care unit were evacuated and were not injured the statement  kills woman on eve of her planned wedding Brockton mass. A a 26-year-old woman died the Day before she was to be married when her sports car crashed into a tree As she returned from an evening out with friends authorities said. Dawn Tomlinson of Abington was killed in the crash on a curved Street that has been the site of other serious accidents said police it. Robert Morrill. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a Hospital. Tomlinson was to have married Peter Moniz 29, of Abington the next Day. The two had been engaged for seven years. She had just started a Job As a systems librarian for Arbella Mutual insurance in  in the Doghouse Over car pooling canine san Jose Calif. Apr a judge turned Down a motorists argument that his dog should count in a car Pool because the animal watched for cars and warned his master whose eyesight is fading. Sherman Hill of san Francisco argued that Queenie was being trained As a a seeing Eye Driver and was learning to bark at the sight of cars. But san Jose municipal judge John Pasco said Queenie does no to count As a rider. Vehicles with two riders May use car Pool lanes in Santa Clara county. Pasco fined Hill $115 for driving Solo in the commuter  express sprint plan partnership Kansas City to. Up us sprint and the american express co. Announced an agreement monday that would allow american express members to use their credit cards for sprint telecommunications services. The program called american express connect plus is available to american expresses 25.8 million cardholders in the United states. Card members would be Able to place Calls using their american express account number. American express members also could use their card to Access the sprint network while travelling and have the same benefits As the sprint Voncard for Long distance Calls. Charges including Call detail would be billed to their american express account. A this will be an outstanding partnership for us sprint and american express a said Jorge Rodriguez vice president of marketing and advertising at sprint. A us sprints Long distance network its products and its people will provide the same High level of customer service that american express customers  Rodriguez said cardholders who place Calls using american express would receive a 10 percent discount on existing sprint rates and the Opportunity for other discounts on consumer calling plans. Card members also could participate in sprints frequent calling program callers plus which allows them to earn Points toward free travel merchandise and Long distance service. They would receive extra Bonus Points for participating in the connect plus program. Sprint is the Long distance unit of United telecommunications inc. Of Kansas City