European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 a a a the stars and stripes monday december 17,1990indians Mark death of sitting Bull Little Eagle . Apr american indians marked the Centennial of grief saturday Over the slaying of sitting Bull and the massacre at wounded knee with the Start of a horseback ride across South Dakota. About 50 people gathered for the 175-mile journey on horseback an annual event since 1986. The mostly South Dakota indians began from the place on the standing Rock Indian reservation where Sioux Leader sitting Bull was killed Del 15. 1890. A a to me the ride is a Way of bringing together the people who make up the Sioux nation Andun that respect bringing together the nation itself a said Ron Mcneil who said he is a descendant of sitting  riders were headed for wounded knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reser Yatin. Along the Way they expect to be joined by about 250 More riders before the journey ends dec. 29. It was at wounded knee 100 years ago that the last major engagement occurred Between american indians and . Troops. A today we Start a new Road a said Dave Archambault president of standing Rock College in fort Yates n.d., on the standing Rock reservation. He called the anniversaries of death and massacre a time of Healing for the Sioux nation. A we must la Start walking this prayer and living this  a group of sitting bulls descendants met for a religious ceremony at his old Camp along the grand River. Shortly after Dawn about 20 runners left fort Yates n.d., for a 45-mile relay to meet the riders at the Camp. Before the runners left a pipe ceremony was led by Isaac dog Eagle who said he also was a sitting Bull descendant. Silting Bull was killed during a period of unrest at standing Rock. Police there feared an uprising and hoped that by arresting the powerful chief dissent could be diffused. The arrest went awry and sitting Bull was killed. The slaying heightened tension Between american indians and police that culminated in the massacre of Sioux men women and children by . Cavalry troops at wounded knee on Dee. 29,1890.how Many american indians died there is a Point of Contention. The Federal government says about 150 indians say close to 400. Twenty nine Federal soldiers died. Indisputable said historian Michael Lawson was that the deaths of sitting Bull and those at wounded knee were the inevitable result of a clash of cultures. Lawson of the . Bureau of Indian affairs was among historians who addressed a symposium saturday attended by about 100 people in Pierre. The massacre at wounded knee marked the end of the Golden age of the Sioux a period in which they dominated the Northern great Plains Lawson said. The Sioux Warrior society reached a Peak in 1876, when indians Defeated it. Col. George Custer in the Battle of Little big Horn on traditional Sioux Hunting grounds in nearby Montana he said. The fortunes of the Sioux rapidly declined after that As a series of treaties stripped them of land and forced them onto reservations in South Dakota. After sitting Bull was killed Mim com Jou chief big foot led a band of about 400 Sioux from Central South Dakota to seek Refuge at the Pine Ridge reservation. The Sioux agreed to Camp with cavalry troops in wounded knee but fighting broke out on dec 29,1890. Dummy Drivers a 1989 Dodge spirit left and a 1990 Plymouth acclaim crash into each Oiler at Allstate insurance company a test facility in Wheeling 111, the Dummy used in the acclaim is kept in place by seat belts and an airbag but  spirit the unprotected Dummy a head hits the Windshield. Allstate officials say insurance rates for cars in the same Price Range can differ according to the vehicles safety devices and other features. Wins sex Boston apr the first woman stockbroker at Merrill Lynch amp co. Won a $250,000 award in a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Stock brokerage firm the punitive damages will deter a endemic and habitual discrimination against women by undisciplined discretionary decisions in the workplaces dominated by men a . District judge Walter Jay Skinner said in his decision. Teresa Contardo 53, who is a Charlestown native worked at Merrill Lynch from 1972 to 1984. She said she is a a elated by the decision. T feel that a wrong has been made right a said com Tardo now first vice president of investment at Smith Barney Harris up hum amp co. She said she Hopes the ruling will encourage other women to fight sex discrimination. Fred Yager a Merrill Lynch spokesman in new York denied the discrimination charges he. Said the company is disappointed by the decision and May Appeal. Contardo said her problems with Merrill Lynch began when the company rejected her initial application for a brokers Job. She complained to the Massachusetts commission against discrimination saying that the company employed no,.women-above the secretarial or stall assistant level. Contardo was hired a few months later. During her first years with the company she said she was subjected to sexual harassment ranging from repealed sexual comments to improper touching at office gatherings. Contardo also said she worked six Days a week at the office and in the evenings at Home earning a spot in the company a prestigious a win Smith  yet she said she was excluded from profitable ventures at the firm such As the division of clients from retiring or departing brokers. Contardo also said she was denied pay for her work in coordinating sales programs. Contardo said those incidents and confrontations with her supervisors prompter her to seek psychiatric help and to leave the firm and file the  Cost overrun leads army to cancel missile project Washington. A the army has cancelled plans to build a new air defense missile under development by Boeing aerospace and electronics and Hughes aircraft co. The estimated Cost of fully developing the weapon called the Noji pm of sight missile has tripled Over the past two years to nearly $400 million the army said in explaining Why it decided to end the project after spending $131 million. The missile was being designed with a fiber optic guidance system that would enable army gunners to use it against helicopters and armoured vehicles hidden by ground cover the missiles launcher and fire control station were to be mounted on a humvee the All purpose vehicle that replaced the army jeep. Syracuse u. Associations crack Down on alcohol Syracuse . Not a fraternities and sororities at Syracuse University have agreed on a new alcohol policy that will eliminate traditional Keg parties. An i member committee of fraternity  presidents and two University representatives also moved to require All fraternity parties to be bring your own Beer affairs or to have All alcohol provided and served by a licensed caterer. A v the committee tried to devise a policy that would prevent underage drinking and decrease the chances of alcohol related lawsuits against the fraternities sororities and the University said Julia Green a senior and president of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Student s disappearance to on Natchitoches la. Apr schools will be prohibited from sponsoring door to door Candy or Magazine sales next year in Natchitoches Parish where a girl disappeared during such a Sale six weeks ago the school Board voted to revise its 1976 policy and a new policy will be presented to the Board in january. A vote Likely will come in february superintendent Mike White said. \ the new policy will allow supervised fund raisers such As car washes and bake sales. Averie Evans whose 12th birthday was saturday disappeared nov. 5 while Selling Candy in her East Natchitoches neighbourhood. Near Washington a the layer of protective Ozone Over the South pole is easing Back toward Normal after nearly reaching a record Low this year the National oceanic and atmospheric administration has reported the filling of the so called Ozone Hole is occurring late this year because of persistent winds circling Antarctica which have prevented a if Over that continent front m mixing with the atmosphere in othe r regions according to Samuel b. Oilman of Noaak a climate monitoring and diagnostics Laboratory in Boulder Colo. Ozone Levels Over Antarctica finally climbed to 220 Dobson units on dec. 6 and to 270 units by dec. 10, according to measurements made by instruments sent aloft in balloons. Ozone Over the South role reached a Low of 130 Dobson units in Early october Only marginally above the record Low measured in 1987.  Thinn Fig  layer is sometimes referred to As a Hole although it amounts to somewhat less than half of the Normal Ozone level or Over 300 units in that part of the world. Ozone although considered a pollutant at ground level  in the upper at to a sphere where it blocks a portion of the 1 Vardous ultraviolet radiation from the us a reduction in Ozone could Lead damage to crops and. Animal life and increase in skin cancer among Hama some scientists warm. Researchers i concerned that Joss of Ozone Over i Antarctic could indicate a reduction other areas also although evidence j yet to be found of such a reduction