The State - News from Nov. 2, 1986
A woman who came to the United States three years ago from the Philippines won a grand prize of $6.1 million payable over 20 years in the California Lottery’s “Big Spin.” Aurelia Garzota, 56, of Fremont said she plans to quit her $3.60-an-hour job of packing men’s neckties. She also plans to become an American citizen and learn how to drive. Her husband, 66-year-old Calixto, was a civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines for 30 years. When he retired, he and his wife came to the United States to be with their daughter, Lorina Wenceslao of Fremont.
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