European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday August 7, 1991mia photos Are actually soviet citizens pictured in Magazine Pentagon says from wire reports Washington a the defense department said monday it has discovered that several of the photographs allegedly showing . Service members missing in action from the Vietnam War were actually taken from a january 1990 soviet Magazine and depicted soviet citizens. Investigators sent to Cambodia to Trace a photograph purporting to show three missing americans have found that the source who produced that picture had turned Over others that were found to have come from a soviet Magazine officials said. A a Pentagon spokesman cmdr. Ned Lundquist said a source whom he could not name had provided the Pentagon with four photographs and had described a fifth. Three of the photographs have been found in a january 1990 Issue of a soviet mag Azine tilled soviet skin soyuz Lundquist said. The title Means a soviet  a we have determined that the photographs Are out of a soviet Magazine and Are not missing americans a Lundquist said. The development came As a team of american investigators returned from the first . Search in Cambodia for missing americans said an official in Bangkok Thailand. The team was made up of an air Force specialist on missing americans an analyst of the defense intelligence Agency and an interpreter. Among the cases they looked into was that of a highly publicized photograph that the families of the three missing servicemen say shows their loved ones in Captivity after the War. �?. Officials have cast Strong doubt on the authenticity of the photograph which was made Public. Last month. It shows three men in a wooded setting holding a cryptic sign. On Friday assistant Secretary of defense Carl Ford told a House foreign affairs subcommittee that the source who provided that photo had provided others that appear to be fakes. The investigators sent to Cambodia to Trace the photograph a have found two of the photographs the source gave is in phenom penh in a Library. In a soviet Magazine and that two of the photographs were clearly taken from this Magazine xeroxed photographed and then sent to us a said Ford who is in charge of the Mia pow Issue at the Pentagon. Lundquist said he could not name the source that provided the photographs. He said the Magazine contained a photo of a soviet Man in an electrical slant while the other photo was of a Laker Lundquist said. The third photo found in the Magazine which snowed a group of five men is of soviet workers he said. Lundquist declined to say exactly How the Pentagon investigators tracked Down the two photographs of individuals. He said that officials Nad suspected the photos it vere a of Eastern bloc origin a and that one of those depicted was wearing what appeared to be soviet Winter clothing he said. Another source close the investigation said the . Team spoke with the manag the left photo Pui port Day shows an american Mia. Pentagon investigators say however that it was taken from a Magazine photo of a soviet Baker right. Or of a photographic shop in phenom penh who said he remembered making the photographs but could not identify the Man who brought them to him. Investigators suspect the fake photos were produced in Hopes of getting Money for information on the mias. Some private groups have posted Large rewards some up to s2.5 million for the Safe return of a living american prisoner of War. Attempts to bilk Mia relatives out of Money have led to frequent fabrications of evidence in the  sets sail for Japan to replace Midway san Diego up1 a the aircraft Carrier Independence left monday for Japan where it will replace the aging Midway and give the . Navy its first f-14 squadrons permanently based in the Western Pacific. The 1,100-foot Independence which will be based in Japan will Likely be the first Carrier to arrive at hot spots in Asia and will be Only a few weeks sailing time from the persian Gulf Region. Quot it will be a tremendous addition to our ability to maintain stability and maintain our interests in Japan a said rear adm. Joseph w. Prueher commander of Carrier group one. Prueher will bring the Midway Back to san Diego for decommissioning later this month. A built during world War ii the Midway is smaller than the Independence and is not equipped to handle the f-14, the Navy Stop fighter. Two f-14 squadrons now based in san Diego will be moved to Yokosuka along with the Carrier. A having the Independence with the f-14 and the s-3b anti submarine Jet will be quite an increase to our weapons systems Quot Prueher said. The Midway has been based at Yokosuka since 1973, while the Independence commissioned in 1959, underwent an extensive overhaul in 1988 designed to extend its useful life into the next Century. A the Independence will be there in Japan for a significant amount of time a Prueher said. The move had been planned for several months and preparations began immediately after the ship returned to san Diego in december from the Gulf where it took part in operations desert shield and storm. Many of the families of about 600 Independence sailors began moving to Japan earlier this summer taking with them revenues Worth about $100 million a year to the san Diego Economy. A the Transfer leaves just one Carrier based in san Diego Bay the Ranger. The Ranger is scheduled to follow the Midway into retirement in 1993. However the Navy plans to move the Philadelphia based carriers Kitty Hawk and Constellation to san Diego by 1993, former homeless Man now can buy a Castle Cleveland apr a Man who was so poor he briefly lived in his ear arrived at Ohio lottery Headquarters in u stretch limousine monday to claim nearly $7 million Duane Fisher 30, of Akron said he was homeless for just a week but added that limes were Tough even with a roof Over his head. Quot i Haven t been Able to afford a phone in a year and in be been sleeping on a mattress on the floor of my apartment a Fisher said. A it still Hasni tall set in  Fisher said he let a lottery computer select his numbers for saturdays super lotto. He originally bought $15 Worth of tickets at an Akron store then went Back to buy Candy and decided to buy an additional $4 Worth. He said the winning combination was in the last group of tickets he bought. Fisher opted to receive his prize in one Lump sum a the amount the lottery would have had to invest to make 26 annual payments totalling $20 million the advertised Jackpot. That came out to $8,980,597, or $6,870,156 after taxes. On monday Fisher quit his Job at an Avito parts store where he made $5.10 an hour. But he said hell give $500,000 to a co worker to fulfil an agreement. A if one of us won Over $5 million the other would receive a half million and if it was under $5 million the other would receive $100,000,�?� he said. Fisher said he also plans to buy his German Shepherd Max a Diamond studded Collar and a mate. Black lawyers group votes against Thomas Indianapolis a a National association of Black lawyers has come out against supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas in a vote so close that the judges supporters claimed Victory. Delegates at the National bar associations annual convention monday voted 128-124 against Thomas nomination. Some 31 delegates said the organization should take no position. Thomas Duckenfield of Washington a past president of the association who supports Thomas said a i think the important thing is to show the Public the vote. A majority does not oppose  previously the National association for the advancement of coloured people the nations largest civil rights organization declared its opposition to Thomas. The Urban league decided to take no position. Among other groups opposing the nomination Are the congressional Black caucus the Al Cio the women Slegal defense fund the National abortion rights action league and the National organization for women. The National bar associations president Algerita Scott Davis of Houston said the group had not decided if it would actively lobby against Thomas. The association founded in 1925, has a membership of 14,000 lawyers judges Legal scholars and Law students. Thomas is a former member. The vote followed four hours of closed door discussion. A it was hotly debated a said Delegate Clinton Collins of Minneapolis. Delegates said Thomas opponents attacked the Federal appeals court judges record on civil rights equal Opportunity and the minimum wage. Supporters argued that Thomas is a qualified judge and that it is important to have a Black Justice on the supreme court