European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes gallery outbid Autry for ouster s gear . O in. Up a new York City gallery saturday out bid Cowboy film Star Gene Autry for in l of. George Cusk s Field hell and treasured dog calling Horn and a Sioux woman s bloodstain cd ghost Alexander s Cal cry paid s 19,800 Iii a Tor Hie hell and the Horn and $ h full for the dress from the wounded knee massacre in an auction of Memorabilia by the Kiha Mobley gallery. The gallery engaged in a Telephone bidding Dud with Aulon s agent from Cailil Ornta gallery spokesman Noel Tinai my. The former actor k collecting Western Ilams for a new museum in Texas he said. Custer earned his place in history Multi he and his troops were killed in an Littfin Battle with Sioui indians Oit the Little Bighorn River in Montana. The Field Bell Wilh Saber slings was made to fit Coster s irim 29-Inch Waist and bears a shiny brass Eagle buckle. The Horn made from a Texas Long Horn steer s Cornu was among Custer s favorite possessions. Custer bought the Homalka Deer hum ing with Texas planters after the civil War his wife Elizabeth wrote in lie Raulo biography. Tenting on the he was delighted to discover that each Patti of hounds bayed at the sound of its master s Horn and promptly Bough one himself she wrote. The ghost dress dates from the dec. 2l1890, massacre of Sioux indians at wounded knee in the Dakota territory. The wearer and other braves squaws and children were among the More than 300 Sioux slaughtered by sur rounding soldiers from troop k of the 7th cavalry Custer s old co Rimand. The ghost dress which was believed. 1 killed As ousted Patron rams tack into tavern Indianapolis Al l a Man thrown nut of a tavern saturday a fir n fight with his Girlfriend rammed his 24.0ui 1-Pound truck into the bar killing eurs to people who normally a Flun l qualify. They did it simply by of filing la Weir entry forms to the Statcy began men at precis the Lucky Monral. No Appi Imants from Albania. Guadeloupe. Liechtenstein. La end Surg Monaco new Caledonia or fan Marino were sheets soul. The sweepstakes under a unique Tjw defined a Yolk up people in 36 a Nutries whose Emi Geltion to Tiv United slates has dec fan is Nee Isis. For ears All j?0, x 0 immigration slots available eau Jear Hac been tilled by people Wilh Safe ii preferences Csir Alc skills or cd Fly relatives already living in inc jnitejpsla1o\. Others failed to make the Cui under Duffir to 5.000 peo ple this year and in 19kb. The Only main requirements were a desire to come to America and Lols of Luck. To give All applicants an equal Chance the slate department advertised in the 36 countries that anyone sending entry Forron of a special Post office Box in Warp Angton would be selected on a first a first served basis after the stroke lid Nigil on Jan. 21. The estimated 400,000 requests re Fei cd before Ihen were thrown away As i Host sent mistakenly to . Embassies abroad. The first several thousand received on Jan. 21 a arc ranked in order of receipt and computerized. The estimated letters received after that arrived Loo late. Ruin Van heaven a slate department spokesman said huge numbers of applicants Send multiple requests in Hopes that Al least one would reach the department at precisely the magic moment and Nike it Imu the top 10,000. We estimate that one out of Ihrck applications was a duplicate she said. Widespread interest in the Prog Rani Nas reported in Ireland As Well As in pm Ida which finished second in the sweepstakes Wilh 2,078 winners. Britain was third with 1,181, followed by indo Nesia with 810, 1 Oland with 592, Japan with 51 hand Italy Wilh 315. Van heaven noted that the lists were based on place of Binh h that applications from Latvia Czechoslovakia and other countries thai limit emigration May have come from people who have already left those nations. Indeed Many of the applications were mailed in the United slates and May have come from students or residents with temporary visas now hat the winners have been picked . Embassies around the world Are mailing requests for biographical data. Under the Law authorities have until sept. 30 to process inc Firel 5,000 and sept. 30, 1988 to process the next 5,000. Applicants who fail to provide the Nec Essary papers in time could be out of Luck. In addition some of the applicants will be ineligible for various reasons such As criminal records and others May decide they Don t want to become Amer ican residents after All. Van heaven said the department has set aside a number of applications beyond the first 10,000 in Case there Are dropouts. If number 9,998 Falls by the Wayside there will he More in line right behind Here is Ihu slate department s list of he numbers of winners from each country Albania 0, Algeria 15, Argentina 170, Austria 82, Belgium 63, Bermuda 6, Bril ,18l,canada2,078, Czechoslovakia 27, Denmark 54, Estonia 7, Finland 39, France 201, East Germany 20, West Ger Many 311, Gibraltar i Guadeloupe 0, Hungary 32, Iceland 4, Indonesia 810, Ireland 3,112, Italy 31 518, lat via i liechtenstein0 Lithuania 3. Luxembourg 0, Monaco 0, be cafe Mia 0, Netherlands of Norway. Poland 592, san Marino 0, Sweden 129, Switzerland 96, Tunisia 16. Norwegians have to stash their skis Brainerd Minn. Ai j for 13 years troops from the norwegian Home guard taking part in a Winter training Exchange with the Minnesota army National guard Haven l been disappointed by the weather. There s been plenty of ice and Snow until this year. At Camp Ripley where he 104 norwegians will be stationed officials said the thermometer hit 42 degrees Friday and there Are Only races of Snow. The Camp is Southwest of brai nerd in North Central Minnesota. The training normally involves a Tot of skiing and Winter camping but skiing will definitely not be the focus this said capt. Lucy Kender a National guard spokeswoman. The Exchange will be More in tense for the 04 National guard troops sent 0 Norway last tics. Day. They la do a lot of skiing and will spend at Casl one night in an ice Cave they build themselves. Kender said
