European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                , from wire reports. The Day after a $ 12.5 million lottery drawing Conven Ienco store clerk Ionia Klein of Pierre sd., found a discarded ticket behind the counter. The ticket Hap. Pwned to have All the right numbers so she paid for. It signed it Laid claim to the Jackpot and was declared the Winner. But she May have quit her Job too  lottery officials Are not contesting the win but the stores owners and another clerk arc they re suing for the Money. The computer generated lotto America ticket was issued april 4 by a clerk at or Gas a store in Gregory . The clerk apparently thought a customer wanted a $5 ticket. The customer a who wanted five $1 tickets a refused to pay. The ticket was left behind the counter. When Klein opened the store april 7 a the Day after the drawing a she found the ticket a i looked at it and All the numbers matched so i bought it a Klein said. She submitted  state lottery officials and was named the Winner. But two couples who own the store sued accusing Klein of stealing the ticket. Scott and Julie Anstutz and Michael and Diane Dacy claimed the ticket belonged to them because lotto America requires store owners to pay for misprints. Quo then the clerk who printed the ticket entered the fray. A a ,. Robin Parsons said it was her responsibility to pay for the ticket because she made the mistake. She included a $5 Check in the Legal papers served on the store owners. Klein at first said she bought the ticket before the drawing but eventually admitted the truth. Still she said shed done nothing illegal because the ticket was issued before the drawing and had not been paid for by anyone else. Stale lottery officials agree citing regulations that Quot say the person who signs the ticket is the Winner. A a it a our of Irvion that the ticket met All the Security and Validity tests a said Deb Mortonson Public relations director for the lottery commission. While ownership is hashed out in circuit court the state supreme court will decide whether Klein can have any of the Money before the mess is  she received the first of 20 annual checks last week. But Jhc High court ordered the $504,000 put into. Court supervised Bank accounts. The court was to hear arguments Friday on whether to lift the order earthbound Quayle v if vice president Dan Quayle Ever gets an Opportunity to orbit the Earth he apparently wont take it Quayle chairman of the National space Council was asked in an interview in aerospace american pollution Check Harold f. Hemond a professor of civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of technology poses with his recent invention a a portable spectrometer. The Backpack device which weighs about 70 pounds measures pollutants As Well As naturally occurring gases in the atmosphere. Resi sen Magazine if he would like to be the first vice p Dent to go into orbit since a representative and Ator already have. He answered �?o1 would think that it would be rather fitting to have the vice presidents children at some time take a trip to space. They Are space enthusiasts who Marvel at american technology and a think they would be Good candidates assuming they can pass the requisite  the Parade Bill. The Check will be in the  that a what new Yorkus Rich and famous were in sisting when asked Why. They Hadnot followed up of their Public pledges of $25,000 apiece for the City a Welcome Home Parade. Among the missing Are George Steinbrenner sex Bil a Leonaire Donald in Rump and hotel Queen Leona Helmsley. Helmsley offered $1 million to Parade organizers in Early March but officials said they did no to want contributions that Large and she so far has failed to mail off a single Penny Trump said wednesday a we Are going to  How much a we have to think about  As for Steinbrenner spokesman Stephen Mangione pleaded for understanding. A a he a been preoccupied of late and has every intention of fulfilling his $25,0001  Parade organizers report that operation desert storm commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf has confirmed that he will Lead the Parade planned for next month. R the european aim re reporter Gary  you in touch  informed. Reporter Gary Pomeroy likes writing about Ordinary people caught up in _ extraordinary situations in his two years at the stars and stripes that s led him to a sergeant who accidentally got stuck in the . Invasion of Panama and to a woman who spent 10 years trying to get her son released from Vietnam. A then there was the woman from Illinois who Arm twisted Saddam Hussein into freeing her hostage husband. Pomeroy a St. Louis native has been in and around the military for 14 years and is the recipient of several writing and Public affairs awards. He covers military activities in Frankfurt Hanau Gellhausen by Dungen and Erle see. _ if you have a news tip or Story idea in those areas Call German civilian 06155-601237x7ets 348-8237 and ask for Gary Pomeroy. F i Ltd \ by k Ujj Fth it Central Germany