Millionaire seaman gives to charity after Lotto win in New York
Johan Johansson a 58 year old Swedish born former merchant seaman living in Brooklyn won 2.2 million dollars in New York Lotto. He plans to give some to Rosa the ticket buyer charity and four foster children in Korea India and Africa. He will receive 100000 in two weeks and ten annual payments totaling 2252069.20. He remains in his Brooklyn home and reflects on his late wife Bridget who died of diabetes.
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Africa
George Yamin
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Regan tightens strings on state borrowing
New York State Comptroller Edward Regan aims to curb public borrowing as he notes about 2.1 billion may be needed through year end. He demands project by project justification, cost data, and potential alternatives from borrowing authorities before approval. He warns some funds may be unborrowable due to legal limits and urges a state priority list and local spending curbs.
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Marc Humbert
Albany
Edward Regan
Hugh Carey
Regan
New York
State
Municipal Assistance Corporation
Comptroller
Carey
Rochester
Tax evader curbs debated by Assembly GOP leader
Assembly Minority Leader James Emery cites a $3 billion tax evasion loss and proposes a panel of businessmen with help from The Business Council to advise the Tax Department. A six page study says New York could cut sales taxes by one third if collections matched California but officials call the figures simplistic and unsubstantiated. Emery denies branding businessmen as crooks.
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Assembly
James Emery
R-Livingston
New York
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Emery
New York State
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Tax Department
Karen Townsend
No win no lose casino on East 38th Street draws crowds
New York AP reports a no risk learning casino called Casino on East 38th Street off Fifth Avenue attracts 400 plus visitors. Players pay ten dollars an hour for play with non alcoholic drinks, and classes cost fifty to seventy five dollars, taught by a PhD in high energy physics. Some press members tried the tables, while others found the thrill diminished without real money at stake.
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New York
East 38Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Dennis Pappas
Richard Plumer
Eastern Illinois University
Supermarkets for crime flourish in New York clubs
New York State Liquor Authority chief Edward J. McLaughlin says unlicensed after-hours spots flood the state, from social clubs to high-style casinos, with prostitution, gambling, drugs, and weapons sales. He cites staffing and funding shortages, especially in New York City metro area and Long Island, costing the state about 60 million dollars annually in lost tax revenue.
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Edward J. McLaughlin
SLA
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Westchester County
Task Force
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Jeremy Weinstein
Buffalo May Have Next Test Tube Baby in 82
Dr Jack Lippes, Buffalo OB GYN and creator of the Lippes loop, plans to start in vitro fertilization at Erie County Medical Center before year end. He envisions fertilized eggs implanted into a uterus, with a lab to fertilize and grow embryos before reimplantation, aiming to help women with damaged reproductive systems. The procedure has low reported success rates, and Lippes cites recent international progress as a backdrop for his Buffalo effort.
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New York
Erie County Medical Center
Jack Lippes
University of Buffalo
England
Australia
Norfolk
Lippes
Patrick Steptoe
Robert Edwards
Study Supports Power Plant Feasibility in North Hempstead
A detailed study by the Power Authority of the State of New York finds a refuse-to-energy plant in North Hempstead feasible to build and operate, burning garbage to generate electricity. PASNY chairman John Dyson and Town Supervisor Michael Tully announced the findings, noting potential savings of nearly 6.5 billion gallons of imported oil yearly.
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