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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday february 14, 1992radio Days Over for an Munich Munich a amps a the oldest american forces network Europe affiliate radio station in Germany will cease local broadcasting today after a three hour Farewell show to be carried by the an radio network. Americans living in an Munich s listening area will continue to receive an broadcasts but starting at 2 . Today the signal and the local portion of the broadcasts will originate in Niernberg. Army sets. Jeffrey Reilly and Kelly Rowe will Host the the last radio show which begins at 11 a.m., live from Munich. The show is a retrospective of music popular during the stations five decades of operation and taped interviews with people associated with the station Over the years. The hosts also plan to take a few Calls from listeners according to the Sta Tion manager  sgt. Melissa Stup. An Munich first hit the airwaves on june 8, 1945, in an artists mansion Down the Street from its current offices in Munich a sch Abing District. The staff grew to several dozen by 1948, and included 10 announcers five music librarians two bands and five military musicians. The current staff consists of 11 enlisted  seeks Man in alleged fake Mia photo Washington a the Pentagon said wednesday it is searching for the Man in a photograph which it believes was misrepresented As a picture of a . Soldier missing from the Vietnam War. Capt. Susan St Mednansky said the defense department has been told by a reliable sources that the photograph was not of  maj. Donald g. Carr As asserted by self described Mia Hunter Jack Bailey. To confirm this the Pentagon wants to personally interview the Man it believes is depicted in the photo she said. She declined to describe the individual other than to say he a not american and not thai. A we can to talk about it because its an Active investigation a the spokeswoman said. Abc news reported tuesday it had discovered the photo was not of Carr in a laotian prison Camp As purported by Bailey but of another Man. The report also said the Man who resembles Carr is believed to be living in Germany. The photograph was taken at an exotic Bird Export company outside Bangkok Thailand the owner of the company told Abc. Carr has been missing since 1971, when his plane crashed in Laos. The Bailey photo surfaced last summer. Sen John Mccain r-ariz., a former pow during the Vietnam War sent a letter wednesday to attorney general William Barr urging an investigation of the Case. Mccain said it Wasny to yet certain that Bailey committed a fraud m the Carr Case but he said the Abc Rowit raised questions that required an immediate investigation. A to what extent Are the a relies of american pow mias being preyed upon by foreign and Domestic criminals who exploit their misery by Selling bogus information about the Fate of their missing loved ones a Mccain wrote. The Senate select committee on pow-m1a affairs also issued a statement saying the main victims of fraudulent pow Mia photographs Are the families of the missing. Quot we Are determined to see this trafficking in pow Mia families emotions Stop a sen. John Kerry a mass the panel chairman and sen. Bob Smith r-n.h., the vice chairman  in the statement. More than 2,000 american service members Are listing As missing in action in Southeast Asia. The alleged photo of  maj. Donald g. Carr which is believed to be a  packs it in after police Trail trip to warehouse Jacksonville Fla. A finding Cash stuffed suitcases was a burglars discovery of a lifetime a until the internal Revenue service alerted police about his sudden wealth. John Franklin told police he found $237,000 in two suitcases during an August burglary of a warehouse storage locker authorities said. The unemployed Man said he used the loot to buy an $84,000 House two vehicles furniture appliances and designer clothing detectives said. He got married and spread some of his wealth among friends. The irs began tracking Franklin after it received a Cash transaction report on his Home Purchase. Franklin had no Bank account or known source of income. Irs agents notified police after they followed Franklin to the same warehouse last month and saw him driving away with a Load of goods. Franklin was arrested monday on burglary charges and his property was seized said Keith Waddell a sheriffs burglary detective. Franklin told officers he went Back to the warehouse because he had run out of Money Waddell said. A a it a a rags to riches to rags Story. Easy come easy go a Waddell said tuesday. No one has reported the $237,000 stolen and police believe it was stored in the locker by drug dealers. A if someone wants to talk to me about the Money id be glad to talk to them a Waddell said. Franklin charged with burglary and dealing in stolen property was being held wednesday in lieu of $75,000 bail. Firm agrees to drop and saying Cereal benefits unborn babies new York up general Mills has agreed to drop a National advertisement that targets pregnant women with claims that total Cereal is nutritious for unborn babies the state attorney general said wednesday. A this is the first Cereal in the nations history that makes claims about fetal nutrition a said a spokesman for attorney general Robert Abrams. A a it a still Good for you but just not As Good As they say. They really can to make claims about How their product is Good for unborn children a said spokesman Edward Barbini. The Minneapolis based manufacturer whose whole wheat Cereal flakes Are sprayed with extra vitamins and minerals denied any wrongdoing in settling the Case. But it agreed to refrain from further use of the and. A a total sprint advertising claimed that a your baby has its first breakfast nine months before its born a make it a Good one a a Abrams said. A the rest of the and claims a total is the one when you re eating for two a and a your baby counts on you to eat  a Abrams in a statement announced a joint settlement with Texas attorney general Dan Morales. General Mills agreed to pay the two states a total of $30,000 in costs. The ads were declared misleading for implying that total supplied 100 percent of the recommended vitamins and minerals for pregnant women whose nutritional needs Are greater than other Peoples. A in fact total Cereal provides less than 20 percent of a pregnant woman a daily Calcium needs and a diet without further supplementation would be clearly deficient a Abrams said. The ads appeared in september issues of a lamaze a a baby on the Way a a childbirth a and a american baby magazines. Further use had not been planned said general foods spokesman Craig Shulstad. A we maintain that total is a Good Choice for pregnant women because it is a nutritionally dense food a he said. Canada targets migrant shoppers Ottawa apr in an Effort to Stop canadians from doing so much shopping across the . Border the government has scrapped $50 million in annual import duties on consumer goods and stiffened fines for smuggling. The government of prime minister Brian Mulroney also made it More expensive to order goods from . Cata logs slapping a postal fee on mail order packages sent into the country. Every weekend Border Crossings Are jammed with canadians returning from the United states their cars packed with everything from groceries to major appliances. Most canadians live within 100 Miles of the . Border. Canadian retailers have complained bitterly that High taxes and import duties Are driving shoppers South. The package of government initiatives  to curb about $3 billion in sales lost to . Retailers. Critics of the government move Are sceptical however saying Canadian businesses might not pass the savings on to Consumers. They also say it does not go far enough because food and gasoline which Are cheaper across the Border Are not among items no longer subject to tariffs. Effective at Midnight wednesday import duties were lifted from 25 consumer goods ranging from video recorders to soccer balls  
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