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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes saturday april 20, 1991 Tucson Ariz. A rep. Morris k. Udall who brought a rare sense of humor to his three decades in Congress and once sought the presidency announced Friday that he was resigning because of ill health. The 68-Ycar-old Udall who has Parkinson s disease and recently suffered injuries in a fall will resign his mouse seat effective May 4, said his administrative aide Matt James. If Udall were Able to make the announcement himself a the would be gracious and he would be dignified a his daughter Anne Udall said a and we would know the decision would be timely and  the announcement ended months of speculation about a darts health and to a tidal future. It came 13 Days before the 30th anniversary of a special election Udall won May 2, 1961. He was elected to fill out the congressional term vacated by his older brother Stewart who left Congress to become president Kennedy a Interior Secretary. Letters making the resignation official were delivered to House speaker Tom Foley in Washington and gov Fife Symington in Phoenix. Udall the Only Democrat among five House members from Arizona has been hospitalized for nearly four months. His condition was complicated by several broken ribs a fractured shoulder Blade and a concussion that he suffered when he fell Down stairs in his Mclean va., Home in january. Even before the announcement politicians praised Udall for his integrity Long service and effectiveness. A the will be missed he cannot be replaced a sen. John Mccain a Ariz said thursday. The departure of the congressman who chairs the House Interior and insular affairs committee will strip Arizona of its last congressional committee chairman. Under Arizona Law Symington will have to Call a special primary election within 75 to 105 Days of the resignation Date to be followed by a general election within 35 to 45 Days. There has been speculation that Dent socratic contenders could include former Phoenix mayor and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard Tucson mayor Thomas Volgy former rep. James Mcnulty former state sen. Luis Gonzales and state sen. Jaime Gutierrez. A darts overwhelmingly democratic 2nd congressional District stretches from Yuma on the California Mexico Border to parts of Tucson and South Phoenix. Last month Udall was transferred from the National rehabilitation Hospital to the veterans administration medical Center in Washington.10 tickets split $7 78.8 million California lotto los Angeles apr an assistant school principal an  who had lost his savings in bad investments and 31 Bowling buddies All struck it Rich in an $1 18.8 million Jackpot the nation s largest. A it is the dream the dream come True a Josef Strauss said thursday alter learning he held one of 10 winning tickets beating the Odds of 23 million to 1. Lach of the winning tickets will pay about $475,200 after taxes each year for 20 years. Strauss 32, an investment consultant who lives in Anaheim Hills said he came to America 2vz years ago and lost $200,000 of his own Money in bad business deals. His $20 investment in lottery tickets was one smart buy. A i 11 to considering some More conservative investments but i ii play lotto once to a while Strauss said. A group of friends and employees from the Lariat bowl in red Bluff pooled their Money to buy $310 Worth of  Betty Channel said she Wasny to disappointed when she Learned her share of the Booty would be just $15,329 yearly. A it was much More fun winning with All these people than if you had won by yourself a she said. Ann Cottman assistant principal at Portola Junior High school in Tarzana will split the winnings with her husband Cott Riun said she is too Busy to think about  arc some kids i want to see graduate a most of the 31 people who will share the winnings from one of the California lotto tickets pose in Redding Calif. She said. Each ticket is Worth nearly $11.9 million. Wednesday s Jackpot topped the National record prize set in 1989, a $115.58 million Pennsylvania Jackpot. The world record is held by Spain which has an annual lottery that reached $1 billion said lottery spokeswoman Joanne Mcnabb. The biggest single ticket lotto Winner in . History is a Florida player who landed a Windfall of More than $55 million in september 1988. -Olympia,-wash.�� apr striking teachers called on parents and students to rally with them Friday at the stale Capitol to demand that lawmakers provide More Money for schools. About. 21,001 Public school teachers walked off the  hailing classes for More than 300,000 youngsters in 3f> communities in Western Washington. There Are about 800,1 00 Public school students statewide. Quot. Quot. A teachers legislators and aides to gov. Booth Gardner said they saw Little Hope for a Quick solution talks Between Union leaders and Gardner collapsed wednesday. A. Washington education association president Carla Nuxoll said teachers were United behind the strike de mands although fewer than half the group s 50,000 members joined the walkout. A for some of our members a strike was not the option that they wanted to take a she said. A this is not a desirable action for us either. People done to do this unless they re extremely  the walkout affects mostly Large and medium sized puget sound communities including Seattle Bellevue and Tacoma. The teachers want at least a 10 percent pay increase Over two years. The House and Senate both propose 7.5 percent increases for Veteran teachers and 8.2 percent Overall taking into account higher increases proposed for beginning teachers. The average base pay for Washington teachers not counting benefits or extras is $32,975. Lawmakers and the governor say the state does no to. Have enough Money to meet the demands. The teachers also want the state to Cut class sizes fix or replace aging and overcrowded buildings and Maki other improvements Nuxoll said. Classes Are the third largest nationwide and some teachers had to buy chairs so All their students can sit Down Nuxoll said. A a we have teachers teaching classes in hallways a she said. A a that a Why we re on strike right now because these issues Are going unattended.�?�. Believe married men have had affairs poll says Atlanta up half of americans believe More than half of married men have had an extramarital affair Federal health officials reported thursday. A nationwide Survey of 1,974 adults also found most respondents a 62 percent a believe the a typical american has sexual Intercourse for the first time at or before age�?T15, the Federal centers for disease control said. The 1989 Survey by the Kinsey Institute for research in sex gender and reproduction at Indian University in Bloomington suggests that widespread notions about sex in the United states could contribute to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases the cd said women were More Likely than men and Blacks were More Likely than Whites to estimate that a High percentage of manned men a at least 70 percent �?1 had extramarital affairs. About 25 percent of women 17 percent of men. 33 percent of Blacks and 19 percent of Whites thought a Large proportion of married men had strayed. Overall people who were younger poorer or less educated Quot consistently estimated younger Ages Quot for first Intercourse the cd said. Those groups also have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases. Women were More Likely than men and Blacks were More Likely than w Hites to believe the typical age for first Intercourse occurred before age 13, the Survey found. The statistics were 29 percent of women 21 percent of men 41 percent of Blacks and 23 percent of w Hites  
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