European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                / tuesday december ,11, 1930 the stars and stripes Page 5polar Bear kills alaskan in unprovoked attack Point Lay Alaska up a Polar Bear killed a Man out for a stroll with his Girlfriend in an unprovoked attack in a Remote Northwest Alaska Village a the first such attack in recent memory a Federal officials said sunday. The Bear dragged the Many a body away and a search party followed a Trail of blood and tracks for about an hour until they found the Bear sleeping by the partially eaten by Dpi the Bear was shot and killed by a Point Lay teacher. A we have not seen a fatal encounter with a Polar Bear in modern times in the Alaska Arctic a . Fish and wildlife service spokesman Bruce Batten said in Anchorage. Point Lay is an Eskimo Village with a population of about 130 on the Chukchi sea coast of Northwest Alaska More than 200 Miles North of the Arctic Circle the victim of the attack was Carl stalker 28, of Point Lay said North slope Borough Public safety dispatcher Suzanne Drew in Barrow. Stalker and his Girlfriend were out walking about 4 . Saturday when they encountered the Bear who went after them. The couple went in two directions a the woman ran Home for help and the Bear caught the Man. The attack occurred inside the vill Inge limits and was unprovoked said James Christensen director of Public safety for the North slope Borough. Northern Alaska has a population of about 4,000 Polar bears Many of them moving along the coast at this time of year in search of food Batten said. Females Are in their inc and Snow Dens but male Polar bears do not hibernate prow Ling the inc All Winter Hunting for seals or other animals for food. Eskimo Hunters Kilt about l k Polar bears every year using the meat and the hide but Batten said villagers have coexisted with the giant White bears with few problems. A a they be pretty much Learned to live with the bears Quot he said. A it s not like the bears come raging out in the Winter looking for people to , the bears body was flown to Isar Row for examination. Biologists will perform a necropsy to determine if it was a hungry male Bear that went after what it took to be prey or whether there was something wrong Writh the animal. Quot the Bear was hungry enough to eat a Batten said choosing his words carefully when asked what the Bear did once he caught the Man. Polar bears arc aggressive and have no enemies other than Man. They also Are curious and. O survive the harsh Winter investigate any movement in the still Arctic As possible food Batten said. A there is talk in Polar Bear lore a Batten said a that the Polar hear is the Only Bear that would stalk a human. There is very Litlo going on out Luiere in the Arctic in Winter and the Bear would probably Check out any  earlier this season an Eskimo Hunting Walrus shot and killed an approaching Polar Bear in self defense in the Village of Wainwright up the coast from Point Lay Batten said. V i 11 age is on Ai a so a v a ret i c coast a re often warned in Winter to watch of for Polar be arson the prowl. Wichita Kan. Apr scholars Are having trouble putting Francisco Vasquez de Coronado on the map. They want to add the 16th Century spaniards route through the Southwest to the National trails system but they Arentt getting much help from the explorer and his party. A Coronado and  had no idea where they had gone. They were marching off the end of the known world a said Don Blakeslee chairman of the Wichita state University anthropology  and Betty Romero director of the Rice county Coronado Quivira museum in Lyons Are coordinating the project for the Coronado Trail association. They be been combing historical documents including letters Coronado wrote the King of Spain and accounts by participants in Hopes of determining which of 30 proposed routes is the right  there Are plenty of people who have a pet idea where he went Blakeslee said. A every Little town anywhere neat where he might have gone would like to be Able to claim  in 1540, Coronado and his entourage of 300 soldiers and about 1,500 Indian guides and Camp followers left Mexico to search for the legendary Gold Rich seven cities of Cibola. For two years together and in separate groups they explored what is now Arizona new Mexico Texas Oklahoma and Kansas though they found no Gold they helped open the Region to colonization. Romero says she wants her museum to become an interpretative Center for the Trail. In april the museum will sponsor a symposium for scholars to View exhibits of Armor and weapons used by the conquistadors arid debate where Coronado <nid, travelled. A a we re going to try to throw put As Many wrong ideas As we can in a Short period of time a Blakeslee said. A but we Haven to yet gotten All of the people together who need to be in one room arguing with one another  i j a a a Quot Vav a Don Blakeslee reviews possible routes of Coronado. A daughter of King Calls off stage appearance in Arizona Tucson awl. Apr the daughter of Martin Luther King or. Cancelled her performance in a play sunday choosing to support the Campaign to punish the state for refusing to create a Holiday honouring the slain civil rights Leader. Yolanda King a 34-year-old actress had originally a said she would appear m the play a stepping into tomorrow a but then changed her mid _ a it became increasingly apparent to me that my presence in Arizona could and would be misconstrued by some to be contrary to the goals and tactics of the proponents of the King Holiday a she said in a statement read on her behalf at a news conference sunday. A i believe that the greater Good would be served by my support of this Boycott As it represents a growing National conscience and expanding scope that increases daily a the statement said Attalia Shabazz the daughter of slain Black Muslim dissident Leader Malcolm a decided to keep her commitment to perform in the musical play. It went ahead As scheduled sunday at the University of Arizona both women Are founding directors of nucleus a performing arts group that has taken the show nationwide for More than 10 years. Some 300 actors rotate in the shows eight roles during appearances in about 60 cities annually. A Arizona voters on nov. 6 Defeated two propositions to establish a paid King Holiday. Since then there have been numerous cancellations of conventions entertainment performances and sporting events nil commissioner Pauj Tagliabue has recommended moving the 1993 super bowl out of Arizona. In 1987, then gov. Evan Mecham stirred controversy when he rescinded a paid King Holiday declared by his predecessor Bruce Babbitt attorney general Bob Corbin later ruled that Babbitt lacked the authority to de Clare the Holiday. Sundays production combining music comedy and drama to examine such problems As teen pregnancies drugs suicide and peer pressure was. Booked months before the nov. 6 election University officials said. Shabazz said she was performing in the play because there Are Many different ways to fight for a cause. And we Haven to done All of the Field work which is absolutely  Blakeslee said the Field Wmk could eliminate some routes. One proposed path the anthropology professor checked was obviously wrong. He said he. Crossed the Cimarron River where the routes proponent said Coronado crossed. But the Canyon the explorers described was not there. Coronado s letters and the other texts offer clues but few definite directions. A 1 a these records really weren to written to Tell anybody How to get to the places mentioned a Blakeslee said. Ambiguities in the texts also have frustrated scholars Blakeslee said. V Romero and Blakeslee Are hoping new information on Indian trails May play a big role in assembling the Jigsaw Puzzle that previously had critical pieces missing Coronado had Indian guides who apparently knew the country because they were Able to Lead the hundreds. Of soldiers to water every night during their travels in August in southwestern Kansas brakes tee said. By using historical accounts old maps letters and other documents Blakeslee has established locations for Many Indian trails in the great  about everything important in the Early history of the Plains happened along established trails he said. Most of the eight trails already in the system Indus ing the Santa be Trail in Kansas we re established along known routes Blakeslee said. Some trails Are still marked by Wagon ruts but delineating Coronado a Trail Hasni to been so simple. The National Park service was unprepared for the task when ordered by. Congress to study the feasibility of establishing a Coronado Trail Blakeslee said. A it takes a lot More Effort More manpower and entirely different  v v Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today dec. 11,1950 a . Marines cracked through communist troops blocking koreans chosen pass and began rolling Down the bitterest Retreat Trail in the corps history.30 years ago today. Dec. A 1960 two americans were among Nobel prize winners. Donald a. Glaser 34, won the physics prize and Willard f. Libby 5l won the chemistry prize both Are with the University of California 20 years Ogo today. Dec. 11,1970 a Milder weather and cutbacks by Consumers combined to ease Britain a electricity shortage As Union leaders agreed to reopen talks As workers in the state owned electricity Industry entered the fourth Day of their go slow action in a dispute Over wages.10 years ago today. Dec. A 1980 a soviet president Leonid i. Brezhnev invited the United states China Japan and other countries to join Moscow in renouncing foreign military buses nuclear weapons or use of Force in the Oil Rich Middle East. A. A Quot