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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 22, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5kids get a treat ? Gulf War leftovers Boston apr cafeteria food has never had great allure for finicky schoolchildren but wait until they find out that their French Toast beef chunks and Pepperoni pizzas Are leftovers a from the persian Gulf War. Of course some nutritionists have an easy answer what the kids done to know wont Hurt them. As for the grown  who Are dishing the stuff out in schools from Washington state to Washington d.c., the $300 million Worth of leftover desert storm rations Are a treat. A school lunch programs need All the help they can get a said Joanne Morrissey who oversees food distribution for the Massachusetts department of education. A was Long As they re foods the kids will eat this will be very  Massachusetts recently received 20,000 pounds of bread. In the next few weeks Morrissey is expecting four truckloads of a a by rations. Military chefs whipped up entire meals for 400 people out of one 4-foot-by-4-foot Carton. Last week a truckload of old bread arrived at a storage depot in Chicopee a town in Western Massachusetts. A i done to think the bread is All that attractive a Morrissey said. A people Are a Little nervous about bread that sat least i year old. But they could make French  some schools will even receive res or meals ready to eat a those vacuum packed dinners soldiers carted in backpacks and grumbled about in the Field. Some schools Are planning desert storm Days Morrissey said. But knowing How finicky children can be some nutritionists say they might not advertise where the lunches Are coming from. A a there a grumbling no matter what we feed the kids a said Helen Mont Ferguson who is in charge of feeding 30,000 Boston students. A even if we done to use this food for a month Well get Calls next week saying a what Are you doing feeding my kids this desert storm food a a in August the defense department began giving away the desert storm leftovers. The Chicago based second Harvest is distributing about half of the food. A this is a wonderful peace dividend Quot said second Harvest spokeswoman Christine Ott. The 100 million pounds of food is distributed to 42,000 charitable organizations by 180 food Banks. Of the remaining desert storm food half is going to the states for schools and charitable organizations and half is being kept for Federal agencies that serve Job training programs emergency response teams and even the Fri. In Missouri schools received 90 boxes of lean beef chunks. Firefighters on the West coast have been drinking 6-ounce containers of Orange juice that did no to make it to the persian Gulf. And $270,000 Worth of toiletries went to the Washington state department of veterans affairs. The toiletries known As sundry packs a Marc perfect for homeless individuals a said Gerald Smith californians director of surplus  drugs brain tutors found in Texas gunman Killeen Texas apr an autopsy of George Hennard the gunman who killed 23 people in a cafeteria massacre last week showed no signs of drugs or brain tutors police said monday. The autopsy confirmed that Hennard 35, killed himself with a gunshot to the head at the end of wednesdays rampage at a Lubye a cafeteria. Hennard had a history of marijuana use but tests for drugs were negative the autopsy said. Hennard a father had suggested last week that his son might have had a brain tumor causing his violent rampage wednesday. Police however said in a in the stars and stripes10 years ago oct. 22,1981 a Western defense ministers vowed to deploy new . Nuclear weapons in Europe and called for a Public relations Campaign to Stem the rising tide of anti nuclear sentiment.20 years ago oct. 22,1971 a foreign Secretary sir Alec Douglas Home opened a six Day parliamentary debate on Britain a bid to join the booming six nation european economic Community saying that neither Europe nor the world would wait for Britain if it rejected membership in the common market.30 years ago oct. 22,1961 a seven countries asked the United nations to Issue a Quot solemn appeals to Russia to Call off its plan to set off a 50-megaton nuclear device the greatest explosion of the atomic age.40 year Sago oct. 22,1951 a three members of Kentucky University s Quot fabulous five basketball team which represented the United states in the 1948 olympic games were arrested on bribery charges. Alex Groza Ralph Beard and Dale Barnstable confessed to taking $500 bribes to fix a game during the National invitation tournament in 1949. Investigators suspected that every Kentucky game of the 1948-49 season had been fixed. Statement that a other than the self inflicted gunshot wound the rest of the brain shows no  on sunday mourners placed Flowers at the cafeteria As others gathered at Church services and funerals. The Rev. Joseph fagg of first United methodist Church asked his congregation to Pray for the victims including 55-year-old Ruth Pujol a member of the Church. A your minds Are Laid heavy today with grief and confusion and Shock with the tragic events of the week past a he said. Phil Washburn spokesman for the state mental health Agency that organized the counselling at Lubye a said the towns suffering was overwhelming. A we have to counsel some of our Counselor after they hear so Many stories a he said. At the Bible Way missionary Baptist Church about 200 people prayed for the recovery of their pastor the Rev. Shannon Mcmullen among those wounded in the shootings. Hennard a i know there is a dark Cloud that hangs Over the City of Killeen a said the Rev. . Marion an associate pastor. Killeen a town of 67,000, is Home to the army a fort Hood. It was still trying to Cope with the trauma of the persian Gulf War when Hennard went on his rampage. In Killeen and nearby cities residents wore White ribbons in remembrance of the dead. They worked to raise Money for victims families. A a in be never seen this town pull together like this a said Killeen mayor pro Tern Fred Latham. Woman who lost ticket sues Florida for lottery pot paying $6.7 million Tampa Fla. Up a acting out the lottery players worst Nightmare a Tampa woman bought a winning ticket Worth $6.7 million and lost it. Nina Miller 39, a landscaper has sued the state for the Money charging that there is no doubt she bought the winning lottery ticket Jan. 13, 1990, and should be paid. The state insists that if she does no to have a ticket she does no to get paid. A we want anyone who bought a winning ticket to collect their prize a said Ken Hart the lottery a general counsel. A but imagine the chaos that would be created if we did no to require a ticket to be presented to pay the  there is a precedent for paying off. Julius Russell of Chicago lost his winning ticket for a $3 million Jackpot in 1985 and won his suit in court. Millers claim is that no one else came Forward to claim the prize she knew where the ticket was purchased some thing kept secret by the state and she could name the set of 10 consecutive lotto entries purchased before and after the Winner. That a because she said she plays the same numbers every week. The Russell Case in Chicago was similar. He also knew where the Purchase was made and the numbers purchased immediately before and after the Winner. In 1989, a judge ordered the state to pay. Millers Case will be tried in Tallahassee before circuit judge j. Lewis Hall. No Date has been set. Miller said she bought the winning ticket Jan. 12, 1990, at Hutton a Corner grocery store and nobody really doubts her Story. She had no idea that she had forgotten to Check the numbers until june 12,1990, when she was watching a television newscast report about unclaimed lotto winners. When they read the numbers she turned to her Boyfriend Larry Brown and said a Larry those look like my  she said Brown reached for a play slip. A the said a yeah you got the  a and i cannot repeat what i said after that a Miller recalled last week. She said she had cleaned House two weeks earlier and had thrown out most of her old lotto tickets including the one in question. The newscast said the deadline to claim the ticket was Only hours away. Miller raced to the Hutton a Corner store and told the night manager she had purchased the winning ticket there. She then staked her claim again with a Telephone Call and a Telegram to lottery offices in Tallahassee. If a judge rules in Millers favor lottery officials say they will happily pay her the Money. A a in be put myself in her shoes Quot Hart said a and it would be very horrible to feel what she a  5 rescued after 17 Day ordeal in raft Anchorage Alaska apr five fishermen who spent 11 Days adrift in a life raft after their boat Sank in the Pacific caught and ate a sea Gull and rationed packets of water before they were rescued one of them said. A we took it Day by Day night by night. Every Day we made it we gave each other High fives a Keith Pendleton 23, of Lake Stevens wash., said sunday by Telephone from his room at Sitka Community Hospital. Pendleton and four others drifted in their raft after their 97-foot crab boat went Down about 250 Miles off British Columbia on oct. 8. They were rescued by another fishing boat saturday and were in Good condition the coast guard said. Pendleton said their boat had left Seattle and was headed for King crab fishing grounds when it began taking on water and Sank within minutes. He said a fuel tank May have broken and flooded causing the boat to capsize. They drifted in the life raft for two Days when a storm struck and a wave tipped it Over Pendleton said. The fishermen lost All their food and most of their other supplies and All they had left were survival packets of water he said. A the fact is we caught one sea Gull and ate it a he said. The life raft had no emergency signalling gear aboard coast guard spokesman Don Atwell said. The fishing boat Ocean Viking found the raft near British columbian a Graham Island 435 Miles Northwest of Vancouver the coast guard said  
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