European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes faces n places wednesday december 28,1994 no thorny issues expected of Rose Parade 4 from the associated press in recent years a Rose Parade without controversy has been like a float without Flowers a band without instruments or a Parade article without silly Rose puns. This time organizers of the 106th tournament of roses in Pasadena calif., Are in the unusual position of having to worry about Only one thing the Parade. There Are no disputes Over the racial makeup of the executive committee which includes women and minorities for Only the second year. No complaints from american indians Over naming a descendant of Christopher Columbus grand marshal in1992. No animal activists dressed As Woodland creatures storming the general motors float to protest the use of animals in crash tests. In Short the tournament is at last smelling like a Rosco with no thorny problems. Of some things . .,-.,there s even an extra Day for planning. When new year s Day Falls on a sunday the Parade and Rose bowl game Are held on monday Jan. 2. The Rule dates to when the route was a dirt Street. Organizers were concerned that a sunday Parade would spook horses tethered outside churches and disrupt services. Since then we be kind of developed a pact wit god said Parade spokesman Bill Flinn. If we Don t have our Parade Ana football game on his Day he does t rain on our it has t rained on the Parade in More than a decade. The Parade will feature 54 floats 23 marching bandstand 29 equestrian units All marching under the theme sports quest for but Pursuit of Par May be a More appropriate theme because Golf plays a prominent role. The grand marshal is golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez the first float depicts a five Story High astronaut taking a Chip shot on the Moon and Amateur Golf Champion Tiger Woods is Riding the chiropractic Centennial foundation s float. Other highlights include a float with a pair of desert tortoises made of eggplant skin and Kumquat Rind and the Holland mich., marching band clunking along i wooden shoes. The Parade will be followed by the 81st Rose bowl with second ranked pert state the big 10 Champ playing no. 12 Oregon the Pacific 10 Winner. A win could give Penn state the National championship if no. 1 Nebraska loses in the Orange bowl. Julie Woof on 18, touches up some giant roses monday in Pasadena calif., for the american Auto Mobile association s great race float in the 106th tournament of roses on Jan. 2. Recalled. She became a regular on the show which Ranon Abc from january 1961 to september 1966. Some stations in the South refused to air the programs with Uggams who is Black. Mitch was told either i go or the show goes Uggams said in monday s new York times. He said either she stays or there s no show he loved that show and he had been trying to sell it for so Long that to turn around arid do that was singing Mitch to be Hono to Leslie Uggams Mitch Miller is much More than the Maestro of the sing along. Miller discovered Uggams and stuck by her when times could have gotten Tough. That s Why Shell present him with the Congress of racial Equality s lifetime achievement award at a dinner Jan. 16. A year after Miller saw Uggams As a game show contestant his sing along with Mitch went on the air and he asked her to make a guest appearance she James Brown is making it easier for some disabled people to get on up and get on in. Brown donated a handicapped accessible Van monday to the Rev. Calvin Peterson of disabled in action a group in suburban Atlanta that serves the disabled. ,. ,. ". It s not the first time the godfather of soul has helped Peterson who has cerebral palsy. In1965, Brown bought a motorized wheelchair that helped Peterson finish High school and go on to College. Disabled in action says the Van Means Peterson can now drive himself and will be Able to pick up other handicapped passengers. A Mon s High fashion hype Robert Altman has had fashion on his mind for years. The director s new satire ready to Wear was inspired by a trip he and his wife took to Paris during fashion week a decade ago. I thought my god there s got to be a movie inhere somewhere because there s so much interest in that subject and there s such a hype that goes with it Altman said in sunday s daily news of los Angeles. He s surprisingly sympathetic to the fashion Industry in the movie set during the week when designers Showoff their new lines. The problem is it s the business people s jobs just from commercial equations to make the stuff obsolete immediately Altman said. Of Iii be in to i Ite Iii Iii 11 fe5fi ii k v v to i once. 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