European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 c the stars and stripes tuesday August 27,. 1991. Glitzy ride into the Sunset faces hurdles Phoenix apr plans for an old West style horseback trip across Arizona s Navajo nation Are running into obstacles More modern than the Steep canyons and raging Rivers that shape the reservations High desert. Before galloping off trip organizers need clearance from at least four sections of the tribal government. They will also have to get Over the notion that riders might get a peek at the kind of indians that exist Only in westerns. A they said they wanted to see our people in their traditional attire a said Virginia Yazzie acting director of the tribes tourism department. A they said it would impress the  feathered bonnets Loincloth and War paint Are seen More often these Days on Hollywood Back lots.  reservation indians look More like cowboys. They drive pickup trucks and Wear boots jeans and Broad brimmed Western hats. Patrick Sance president of great expeditions said he is sure his Nevada City calif., company will overcome All obstacles. A a we re getting great cooperation from everyone we be talked to so far a said Sance who has worked closely with the governors office on the project. He Hopes to count european Royalty and celebrities  75 to 100 riders on the 11-Day, 300-mile trek amid the Stark Sandstone Spires of Monument Valley in november. Royalty and celebrities have participated in some of great expeditions treks across Argentina Morocco and China. Riders will Cross canyons Ford the Colorado River traverse trails along the grand Canyon s rim and finish with a glittery Parade in Las vegas. The trip would be modelled after Auto rallies and would test riders map Reading and orientation skills said Sance. The $3,500 fee covers horses food tents and other costs he said. Sances chances of gaining the permission he needs Are unclear. Factions within the tribal government done to want the White Man on the  years Blessing new York mayor David Dinkins left receives a Dollar sunday from rebbe Menachem Schneerson spiritual Leader or the hasidic Lubavitcher sect which Lias its world Headquarters in the mostly Black Crown Heights neighbourhood of Brooklyn. The Dollar is a traditional Symbol of Good Luck Given for the jewish new year. Dinkins was in Crown Heights for a fifth straight Day trying to Cool racial tensions Between jews and  begins in cheerleader Hitman Case. Houston apr a woman accused of trying to hire a Hitman to murder the Mother of her daughters cheer leading rival spoke of having the woman killed or sold into slavery a prosecutor said monday. The defense called it a set up. As the trial began both sides promised to show How tangled family relationships and a bitter divorce resulted in the solicitation of capital murder and kidnapping charges against Wanda Holloway. Defense lawyers called Holloway the victim of Brothers scheming to take her children away from her. But prosecutors said Holloway contacted in Eric Lynn Harper her sex husbands brother after her 13-year-old daughter Shanna lost a spot on the cheer leading squad again to Amber Heath. Holloway was arrested Jan. 30 and has been free on Bond. If convicted she could be sentenced to life in prison. Authorities say Holloway hoped Amber would be so upset about her mothers death she would drop out of the next cheer leading Competition thereby improving Shanna a chances of winning. Prosecutors said Harper was on probation for Drunken driving when he was contacted by Holloway and in turn contacted police because he did not want to tangle with the Law again. While Harper wore a hidden tape recorder he and Holloway met to discuss the plan prosecutor Mike Anderson told the jury in his. Opening argument. A on the tape she will talk about death and suggest that Verna be kidnapped and sold into slavery a Anderson  s a big jump from 39 to 40 Poughkeepsie n y. Apr life May begin at 4 1, but it is a big step closer toward Middle age. Just ask anybody. That a what pollster and baby Boomer Lee Miringoff did. In a series of annual Spring polls Miringoff who runs the Marist College Institute for Public opinion has asked approximately 600 people if they thought Miringoff Sage that year was Young Middle aged or old. In 1987, when Miringoff was 36 years old 81 percent said he was Young. In 1990, when the pollster was 39, Only 71 percent thought lie was Young. Then 1991 hit Miringoff turned 40 and the tide of Public opinion turned even More strongly against him. Only 58 percent of the people he polled thought age 40 was still Young More than 41 percent said age 40 was Middle aged. A a that a Why everybody holds on to 39,�?� Miringoff said. There was one Consolation hardly anyone said he was old. To taught boy to Load fatal gun by the new York times new York a from watching television the 4-year-old boy knew How to Load his fathers Rifle. From playing with a friends air gun he knew How to shoot it. With this knowledge the police said sunday the boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister. The shooting in the boys Home in Flushing Queens was one of two accidental shootings on saturday in which children were killed with their fathers guns in their Homes. In the Bronx a 4-year-old boy killed himself while playing with his fathers unlicensed pistol. In the Queens shooting Aschi Diaz 2, was shot once in the head by her brother who had climbed up to a gun rack on the Wall and pulled Down his father s Rifle police said. The boys name was not released. The Rifle a 30-30 lever action Winchester mpdel94, was empty but the boy was Able to Load it said officer Scott Bloch a police spokesman. A apparently just from watching to he knew How to Load the Rifle a Bloch said. Normally the boy could not have reached the gun rack but his parents had been entertaining guests and had placed a Couch under the rack Bloch said a the boy apparently knew where his father Rhadames 32, a supervisor for a supermarket Chain hid his licensed .357 magnum pistol and the ammunition for it. He took a ,357 magnum Shell and put it into the Winchester Bloch said. The boy had played with a friends air Rifle so he knew How to pull the lever of the Rifle. The gun barrel was pointing Down when the round discharged hitting Aschi who was sitting on the living room floor. A the Queens District attorney has determined there was no criminal charge warranted a Bloch said. A the family has been through enough  in the Bronx fatal shooting the father of the boy who accidentally killed himself was arrested on charges of first degree manslaughter reckless endangerment criminal Possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. Wright to teach political science course fort Worth Texas a former House speaker Jim Wright who resigned two years ago following charges of ethics violations will draw on his 34 years in Congress to Leach a political science course. For the next 15 weeks starting monday the former Texas Democrat will deliver weekly lectures for a Texas Christian University political science course titled Congress and the presidents Wright 68, served 17 terms in the House. He become speaker in 1987 when rep. Thomas a a tips of Neill d-mass., resigned. Wright said he mostly will use anecdotes to teach his course and will concentrate on his own experiences shared with eight presidents. A i got to do what 1 set out to and had a ringside seat As history was being made a Wright said Friday. These a Little vignettes of history Quot will form the basis of his nearly three hour lecture each monday. Wright resigned in june 1989 after the House ethics committee charged him with 69 ethics violations. He was accused of using bulk sales of his Book reflections of a Public Man to evade limits on outside income. The panel also accused him of improperly taking gifts from a Developer Friend who had a direct interest in legislation