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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1982)
Boat owner, laid off machinist finalists in $1 million lottery GRAND VIDEO OPENING! INTRODUCING: THE TIME ZONE 2160 W. 11th 342-1534 Sun. - Thurs. 10 a.m. -10 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 10 a m. - Midnight GRAND OPENING OFFER OF 6 PLAYS FOR ONLY $1.00! nuncn rimcm RICH ECCNOG DRINK and GIFT CERTIFICATES ALL DECEMBER 20% off HANDPACKED ICE CREAM Ixxrated at 13th & Hilyard and in the Atrium, Downtown OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Charles Davis, laid off from work as a Boeing Co. machinist last August, says having a shot at the first $1 million grand prize in the Washington state lottery "is the second-greatest thing that's happened to us.” Davis, 27, of Tacoma, was one of 10 finalists selected Saturday in a splashy preliminary draw ing by lottery director Robert Boyd in front of lottery workers, auditors from a certified public accounting firm and about 100 reporters “The greatest thing was the birth of our daughter Ericka, 8," said Davis He and his wife, Peggy, have been improving and furnishing a new home they bought four years ago, but their only income is his unemployment compensation and her pay as a housekeeper at the Executive Inn in Fife, said Davis. "If we win the million, I’m going to retire,” Davis said. “I won’t be a hotel maid any longer I’m going to stay home.” Boyd pulled the winning names from a revolving drum containing 6,240 3-by-5-inch cards, each bearing the name of one of the first validated $100 winners in Pot O’ Gold, the first lottery game. In the final drawing Friday, to be televised live at 7:30 p.m. around the state, the grand prize winner gets $50,000 a year for 20 years, the runner-up gets $50,000 and the rest each get $10,000 Finalists in order of selection were Claus Oefler, 37, Vancouver, Wash ; Jana Page, 30, Walla Walla; Mark Freeman, 48, Seattle; Christa Maiuri, 24, Walla Walla; Warren Harvey, 61, Gig Harbor; Phyllis O'Hair, 44, Kennewick; Darleen Garwood, 43, Vancouver, Wash.; Davis; Robert Swanson, 55, Mountlake Terrace; and Clyde Overman, 30, Wenatchee “I knew I was going to be a winner,” said Freeman, operator of Fremont Tug Co. “My sister, Merry Stoppelman, predicted it. "When she heard I had a $100 ticket winner and would be eligible for the big drawing, she said I was certain to win I don't know how she could predict it.” Freeman owns five tugboats and moorage for 90 pleasure craft and commercial boats and 65 houseboats on Lake Union He said he got the lucky ticket at the urging of his son Erik, 12, who saw a lottery advertisement at a restaurant The youngster isn't getting any reward, how ever Instead, Freeman says, the money will go to improve the tugboats or, if it’s the grand prize, to buy a new one 100 Portlanders urge NATO not to deploy nukes PORTLAND (AP) - Demon strators urged Sunday that NA TO reverse its decision to de ploy U.S.-made long-range nu clear missiles in Europe About 100 people attended a rally outside the federal building in Portland despite steady rain, police said. Rally organizers put the turnout at closer to 200 The demonstration marked the third anniversary of NATO's decision to deploy cruise and Pershing-2 missiles in late 1983 or early 1984, organizers said U S. officials say the missiles are needed to prevent the Soviet Union from leaving the United States at a disadvantage The demonstrators said they were acting in solidarity with the European peace movement "As things now stand, the missiles are going to be de ployed," organizer Norman Solomon said. "There's been no action by Congress to inter fere with deployment It's going to take a groundswell of oppo sition in the United States to prevent deployment."
