European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars  thursday january 3,1991the  on Parade a photo flowery float sin the Rose Parade and tuesday. The a purple people eater float about 1 million people in Pasadena the Street. The Parade has its roots in outlandish costumes in the mummers Lef Complete with a dangling a victim a Calif. In the 91st annual mummers a centuries old european celebrations in Parade marked the Advent or 1991 in tra rolled along the 102nd tournament of Rade in Philadelphia three comics right which men dressed As women women As Dit Onul new years Day celebrations roses Parade route which was lined with portraying a fat ballerinas twirl Down men and poor As Rich. Shevardnadze says he feared new crackdowns must do  a a presidential Rule he said was a a punitive sanctions that  solve problems. A a it a very hard for me to reconcile myself with the thought that in the background of the democratization process violence lawlessness and reprisals Are allowable. And How can that not affect the foreign policy course of the country the image of the soviet Union a Shevardnadze a Quot resignation has not yet been accepted and no successor has been nominated. A the situation May clarify itself in the near future a d7orcigivministry spokesman Vitaly Churkin told a news briefing wednesday when asked How Long. Shevardnadze will remain in his Job. A the president is to take a  t r the soviet legislature the supreme soviet meets Jan. 8 and is expected to take up the Issue v asked in the interview what he would do in the new year Shevardnadze said he would like to create a foreign policy  apr foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze said in an interview published wednesday he resigned because he feared a repeat of military crackdowns that killed hundreds in two soviet cities in 1989 and 1990. _ Shevardnadze a interview to the weekly Moscow news contained his first Public remarks since he told a  Congress and president Mikhail Gorbachev on dec. 20 that he was stepping Down because the country w As sliding toward dictatorship the Kremlin envoy told the tabloid that soviet foreign policy would suffer if a dictatorship were established. Foreign countries he said would not want to pursue relations with a country that established a dictatorship to curb Domestic conflicts a if destabilization of the country continued and the democratization process stopped then it would be impossible to follow the previous foreign policy course a Shevardnadze said. A the development of events could Lead to a repeat of what happened in Tbilisi or Baku. What kind of new thinking would it pay to speak about then naturally we would As before try to develop Urcla Lions with All countries. But would our partners want this  a a. He referred to the dispatch of soviet army troops to Squash a pro Independence Demb stration in Tbilisi the capital of Georgia in april 1989. Nineteen of the demonstrators were killed. Shevardnadze a native georgian threatened to resign a few months after the incident soviet troops stormed Baku in january 1990 after a wave of anti a Mariian attacks. A total of 125 people were killed. A in the interviewing the Jan. 6 edition of Moscow news released in Advance Shevardnadze repeated his warning of a dictatorship and indicated it could come in the form of presidential Rule which Gorbachev has said he would riot hesitate to impose in ethnic hot spots if lives or state Security were threatened. A if the country Isnit Able to break but of the crisis then dictatorship is unavoidable a a the White haired Diplomat said. A what is the Way opt people and Peoples must unite. And first and Foremost democratic forces news update sex priest to marry new Orleans apr the Rev. George Stallings jr., a former roman Catholic priest who was excommunicated after forming a Church for disenchanted Black catholics says he a getting married next year. A Stallings announced his engagement to Houston attorney Candace mosly 29, at a inaugural banquet Friday for the new Orleans chapter of his Mani Temple african american Catholic congregation. A. A a the said he a wanted to get married and have children for a Long time Quot said William Marshall Stallings spokesman. Mosly is a prosecutor in the i Fouston District attorneys office. Last year Stallings then a priest in Washington accused the Church of racism and formed his own congregation. He was excommunicated earlier this year. Stallings said his Church allows optional celibacy for priests and the ordination of women. 2 Banks Cut prime rate to 9.5 percent new York up Citibank and Morgan guaranty said wednesday they slashed their prime lending rate to their most creditworthy customers to .9.5 percent from 10 percent. The moves follow a similar Cut announced late monday by Bank of America in san Francisco. The prime rate offered to Banks most creditworthy commercial clients and frequently the basis for setting Home equity and other consumer lending rates has not budged since last january at that time it was reduced to 10 percent from 10j5 percent. A r. A. A a Many of the other major Banks Likely will follow suit in the next few Days analysts said. A a a the Federal Reserve Board on dec. 7 Cut its Benchmark rate by a Quarter Point to 7.25 percent. The move followed news that the nations jobless rate for november had jumped to 5.9 percent several medium sized Banks responded to the feds move. The most notable was first Chicago National Bank which Low cred its prime rate to 9.5 percent on dec20. V a. A the credit easing move on the discount rate which Banks charge each other for Quot the Short term use of Reserve funds and serves As a building Block for other rates was seen As Aii indication the fed had acknowledged the nations Economy was deteriorating at a More rapid Pace than previously thought. Southwest Bank of St. Louis frequent a Leader in reducing the prime lending rate announced dec. 7 it had Cut its prime rate to 9.75 percent. Southwest Cut was matched later that Day by manufacturers amp traders Bank of Buffalo n.y., a unit of first Empire state corp., and by first Fidelity ban corp of la Rem Ceville . \ a a trolley Driver fired after crash that Hurt 33 Boston a the Driver of a trolley that slammed into another in an Accident that injured 33 people has been fired and two dispatchers who were slow to react to a passengers warning have been reassigned officials said. The Massachusetts Bay transportation authority has also begun testing its employees at random for alcohol and drugs Thomas p. Glynn the authority a director said monday. The Driver who was not named by transit officials had a blood alcohol level above 0.1 after Friday s crash. A a a a a a a a  subway Accident in new York City on Friday 188 people were injured and two people died when smoke caused by. An electrical Short poured into a train. A report issued monday by mayor David Dinkins office of operations accuse transit officials of waiting too Long after that Accident to seek help from emergency personnel. The report said fire department radio transmissions showed that the transit authority did not Contact the City Semer gency medical service until 28 Minui alter the first report of a subway tra former explosion. A. Passenger who got off before t Boston crash said he complained to a of a collector that the train w As travelling t fast but was ignored. He said he the called transit police but they respond too slowly to his complaint to Stop 1 crash. Glynn said two transit police d patches who handled the report he been assigned to other jobs