European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday february 24,1992 a float in the first Parade of carnival 1992 Rolls through Rainy new Orleans on saturday Atemon. New Orleans carnival opens in atmosphere of racial tension new Orleans up a world renowned carnival started in  soaked new Orleans on saturday. The opening followed weeks of controversy concerning an anti Bias ordinance that will affect the makeup of Parade a a Rewes a and racial violence that marred a suburban Parade the weekend before. Earlier saturday a television report said racial violence shadowed opening festivities with Blacks accusing police of cursing and beating them at the site of one suburban Parade. The first of 20 scheduled City parades went through the downtown area kicking off 12 Days of partying that will Climax with costumed revelry March 3, known As Mardi gras or fat tuesday. The Crewe of Pandora amp Epimethus rolled into the Middle of the City As spectators cheered marching bands through the  and yelled to float riders for trinkets and beads. Rewes Are clubs that put on carnival. No trouble was reported along the wet route of the Parade. At least one float carried mixed race riders in costume and Black and White bands paraded. Some Crewe captains and band leaders earlier had expressed concerns of possible trouble in the Wake of racial violence at a Parade in the suburb of Mandeville. They were also worried about racial tension resulting from an anti discrimination Law that will affect the makeup of carnival Rewes next year. Despite the Rainy weather the mood of most marchers and partying Parade watchers was festive and upbeat. Unsmiling faces did belong to members of a new or leans area prison a Boot Camp Drill team however. About 50 first time offenders dressed in White helmets and military greens Sang in cadence with Barking Drill instructors a standing tall and looking Good., ought be in  earlier saturday angry victims and witnesses told Wal to that White police officers indiscriminately beat cursed and choked Blacks watching a Parade in St. Bernard Parish near new Orleans. Wal to reported two dozen people were arrested and several injured. Also numerous other Blacks claimed they were victims of police violence saturday the television station said. Fri probes hush Money allegations made by victim in Tyson rape Case from wire reports the Fri has confirmed that it is looking into whether anyone offered Money to an 18-year-old woman to keep her from pursuing a rape charge against Mike Tyson. _ Tyson a former heavyweight Champion was convicted in Indianapolis of rape and two related charges feb. 10 after a two week trial. According to the woman Desiree Washington sometime before the trial opened Jan. 27, someone approached her with an offer of $1 million if she would drop the charge that Tyson raped her in his hotel suite last july. In an interview broadcast Friday night on the Abc Proa r.i., a a a a a a woj Uig Iii Vul Iii Riv news program 20/20, Washington declined to say who a Ched her. But the College freshman from Coventry said a a they had suggested she say she was a afraid Quot of proceeding because she thought that like Patricia Bowman in the Palm Beach fla., rape Case and like Anita Hill in Clarence Thomas supreme court confirmation hearing she would not be believed. But Washington said that her response to the offer was a noway. A spokeswoman for the Fri Sharon Smith said sat urday that an investigation is now pending. A we Are attempting to determine if there Are any violations of Federal Law. Smith said. New Yorkus new Day citing a source close to an Fri investigation into Washington a allegation has reported that the Rev. Virgil a. Wood was the person who made the $1 million offer. Wood pastor of Pond Street Baptist Church in Providence r.i., has denied the report. . Attorney Lincoln Almond said the alleged $1 million offer May not have violated Rhode Island state Law. A state Law adopted in 1989 says a nothing herein shall be construed to make an agreement Between the victim and the defendant to dismiss a criminal charge  in another development an Indianapolis minister who sided with Tyson in his Battle against the rape charge said Washington lied when she told her Story on television. The Rev. Leroy Dinkins of Shiloh missionary Baptist Church and seven other local ministers have publicly questioned Washington a veracity in accusing Tyson of the assault last july during Indiana Black expo in  and dog inseparable divorce judge rules from wire reports new York a parents May split up but let nothing come Between a boy and his dog a judge handling a bitter divorce Battle ruled at a hearing. Attorney William Bricker and his psychiatrist wife Leslie Powers were at Odds Over whether their 2-year-old son ., could keep a Puppy his father bought him As a Christmas present. Bricker 44, said the German Shepherd named Charlie had worn out its Welcome by using various parts of the three bedroom apartment a that the family still shares a As a bathroom. He returned it to the Kennel but Powers 43, brought it Back and had it trained. A  And Charlie waited outside the courtroom at Manhattan supreme court while .�?Ts Nanny Charlies Trainer and attorneys for the parents decided what to do with the dog. Justice David Saxe ruled Friday that the boy and his dog must stay together. A a it a Clear that the dog has a Good relationship with the boy and the boy with him a Saxe said. 1leaks plague subway los Angeles a Runoff from recent heavy  is trickling into new subway stations despite a $2 million Effort to plug leaks. The water is leaking into the stations through supposedly impermeable plastic liners. The stations Are part of a 30-year, $150 billion plan to establish a  and bus transit system in los Angeles county. County Crews had been working on earlier leaks when Runoff from recent storms revealed dozens of new ones said John Adams vice president of the los Angeles county transportation commissions  construction corp. A we Hope that this recent saturation will show us where All the remaining leaks Are and we can finally take care of this a Adams  still hospitalized Rancho Mirage Calif. A Chrysler corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca remained hospitalized for observation saturday a Day after he pulled a muscle in his Chest while exercising an official said. Iacocca 67, was in Good condition at Eisenhower medical Center said Joe Laguess vice president of the Eisenhower medical Center foundation. A the had a comfortable evening and is expected to be discharged tomorrow a Laguess said. Iacocca who has said he will retire As chairman of Chrysler on dec. 31, was vacationing in Palm Springs with his wife Darrien when he Hurt himself onion head author Dies Norman okla. A William r. Scott who wrote the Best seller onion head in the Early 1950s under the pen name Weldon Hill died saturday after a Long illness. He was 73. Scott had already had a successful career As an author of Short stories and serials under his own name. Onion head about a University of Oklahoma student who became a reluctant hero Drew on Scott a experience in the coast guard during world War ii. The Book later was made into a movie starring Andy Griffith. A later novel the Long summer of George Adams became a television movie starring James  out of jail los Angeles a White supremacist Tom Metzger founder of the White aryan resistance was released from jail to be with his critically ill wife after serving seven weeks of a six month sentence in a 1983 Cross burning. Superior court judge . Smith said he approved the release for the Sake of Kathleen Metzger who suffers from lung cancer. But he warned Tom Metzger he would be held accountable for threats made in a recent Jailhouse interview. Metzger had likened himself to a wounded grizzly Bear in the Woods and said that a the Hunter better run because the Bear is very  Kathleen Metzger 49, was hospitalized wednesday after suffering a collapsed lung