European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Tuesday january .12,1993 minorities earn less than Whites in California according to a study by the los Angeles times. Here Are the amounts earned by various groups for every Dollar earned by Whites based on 1989 wages and salaries. Whites $1.00 asian americans $.821 Blacks s.741 hispanlc&s9j lags amps los Angeles up californians minorities earn substantially less than Whites despite similar Levels of education the los Angeles times reported sunday. The pay Gap Between Whites and minorities widens among some of the most educated californians according to an analysis of new census statistics conducted by the newspaper. A a bachelors degree that adds an average of $17,000 to a White workers salary is Worth less than $12,500 to the average Black worker. And a professional degree that adds an average of $33,000 a year to Whites is Worth less than half that to the average hispanic. The times also found that there appears to be no automatic financial advantage to being bilingual. Thuc data shows that hispanics and asians earn More Overall if they speak Only English. Based on 1989 wages and salaries the census data shows that asian americans Are closest to parity with Whites. For every Dollar earned by Whites asian american counterparts made 82 cents. Blacks earned an average of 74 cents and hispanics earned 59 cents. Most experts attribute the disparity to differences in experience age training and English fluency. Whites Are More than three times More Likely than hispanics to be executives or managers the census data shows. But Whites Are Only one sixth As Likely to be domestics. However according to census data the pay Gap persists even when age education language skills and hours Are taken into account the times reported. At every level of education Whites earned More than minorities. A a you re still looking at the old boys network and discrimination a said j. Eugene Grigsby Iii director of the Urcla Center for afro american studies. A that 1 system is alive and  but sociologist Donald a Treiman who has researched income differences among los Angeles ethnic groups also said financial limitations typically Handicap even the most highly educated minorities. Coalition forms in bid Denver a More than 85 groups representing Gays hispanics Blacks and american indians formed a coalition sunday seeking repeal of Colorado Laws that deny Protection to Gays and mandate English  states official language. A people who have been misjudged and ostracized in the past Are gathering col acct icly. No longer will people dare to single out one group without hearing from the rest of us a said Gloria Leyba a member of Colorado Unity which was founded to fight the a English Only Law. However the groups and their 250 representatives disagreed on whether to support an economic Boycott of the state called last fall to protest the anti Gay Law some groups said its the Only Way to Force change. Others including Leyba said minorities would suffer disproportionately from he Boycott. Amandi Rint 2 bars passage of any Law that would provide specific civil rights protections based on sexual orientation. Approved by voters in november it an null ordinances passed in Aspen Boulder and Denver that extended such protections. Four years ago Colorado voters passed a Taw designating English As the official state language and requiring that official documents be recorded in English. That angered hispanics who Felt they were being targeted. But efforts to repeal the measure failed to attract widespread support until the passage of amendment 2. So far Denver has Tost an estimated $15 million in convention business As a result of the Boycott. Among groups that have cancelled conventions Are the . Conference of mayors the american association of Law libraries and the National organization for women. On saturday hispanic journalists voted to move their convention from the state because of the amendment los Angeles Atlanta Chicago Seattle and Boston have prohibited official travel to Colorado and the spending of Public Money there. Poverty Bias hindering reports Washington up a poverty and racial discrimination Are impeding1 the nation s Battle against aids the National commission on aids said monday. The aids epidemic is spreading rapidly among minorities in the United states and discrimination is thwarting efforts to Stem the spread a commission report said. Quot the cumulative effects of racial discrimination the chronic Lack of Access to resources and the resulting underdevelopment of Community infrastructures have had lasting effects a the report said. A a for communities of color the sense of economic inequity social distance discrimination and social stratification a of not being accorded full Equality a is undoubtedly Strong and persistent a the report said. To effectively fight aids the nation must design better prevention and health care efforts tailored to various minority groups the report to Congress and the White House said. A african americans and latinos constitute fully half of All americans living with his disease Quot said Harlon Dalton a commission member and Law professor at Yale University in new Haven Conn the epidemic already is disproportionately affecting minorities. Between 1990 and 1991, the reported number of aids cases increased 11.5 percent among hispanics and 10.5 percent among african americans the report said. Wrong direction Kurinij in to. Is no the air As Puls a weighted sled sunday third annual dog sled Competition at the Milwaukee county zoo. Sled dog can pull several times their weight but conditions sunday were slipped eskimos mummified remains to be returned to Alaska Anchorage Alaska a mummified remains of an alaskan native woman and child part of a travelling Peep show at the turn of the Century have been located in Ohio and will be returned for burial a curator said sunday. The shrivelled figures of an adult woman and 5 to 6-year-uld girl will be turned Over to inupiaq eskimos at Point Hope in Remote Northwest Alaska Wesley Cowan curator of archaeology at the Cincinnati museum of natural history said in. A Telephone interview that he did no to know How old the mummies were. That probably never will he determined since they were to be buried immediately upon their return to Alaska he said. A the remains were in the Possession of a Cincinnati family that last month sought help in returning them. Cowan said tie family wanted to remain Anonymous. A they called and wanted to know what to do with these mummies a Cowan said last week. Quot i suggested the Best thing would be to return them to the  they were collected 80 years ago from a Cave by a Miner prospecting around Point Hope on the Chukchi sea. The corpses apparently were preserved naturally when they froze and dehydrated Cowan said. A a a the Miner apparently sent them to the lower 48 states where they became of a travelling Peep show around the of the Century Cowan said. People i pay to look at them. Point Hope leaders planned a Buri the Village cemetery. Elders in the Community of 640, or the oldest continually inhabited cements in Alaska were upset to. I the bodies had been removed from Cave and placed on display