University Daily Kansan, February 20, 1985 NATION AND WORLD Page 12 53 die in weeklong Rio Carnival By United Press International RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil — Topless women ride on parade floats to samba music yesterday as thousands of revelers celebrated the birth of Carmival, Rio's riotous weeklong party that has cost at least 33 lives. Among those in the annual samba parade, which ran from Monday until yesterday afternoon, were dancers wearing a bizarre "wedding costume" of a man's tuxedo on one side and a woman's wedding dress and veil on the other. The 5,000-member Beijia-Flor school, one of 16 samba groups in the parades, highlighted the parades with their presentation of "Adam and Eve in Paradise," featuring topless representing Eve and her "sisters." — that it is parade on eartn, said Joaozinho Trinta, a group organizer. "We're going to tell Caricarios (Rio residents) the truth about their city BESIDES AN estimated 30,000 spectators at the parade, thousands of other Carnival lovers who wooed up at fancy-dress balls and spontaneous street parties with rhythmic samba music and free-flowing beer. start of the austere Roman Catholic observance of Lent. The parade was the climax of Carnival, which officially began last Friday and ends Wednesday, the Police officials said yesterday they had recorded 53 Carnival-related deaths, including victims of traffic accidents and six drowning victims. The number of dead was Carnival, which began in 1923, was 238 in 1982. The Santa Cruz samba group put 3,000 dancers onto the specially built half-mile samba arena to honor society columnist Ibrahim Sued, who appeared in a sequined tuxedo and top hat. The traditional Imperio Serrano group honored beer with its floats, which depicted two-story-high steins of beer. NEW ORLEANS — A million rowdy Maddy Gras revelers swarmed into the French Quarter yesterday as New Orleans, embarrassed by the bankrupt World's Fair, showed that it still knows how to throw a party. Under cool, cloudy skies, throngs of inebriated celebritars lined the routes of 15 parades and ran for the big bums. The cheap doubleshown from floats. Some traded kisses for the trinkets, but others were less subtle. Two pairs of eyes were held a sign pleading, "If You Enjoy Sex. Throw Me Something." By United Press International Revelers dressed as frogs, crayons, clowns and chewing gum. A woman ran through the streets kissing police officers. "This is a party-and-a-half," said Jerry Cumberland of Picayune Miss. "I've never seen anything like it." POLICE SAID THE crowds were well-behaved and arrests had declined 16 percent during the last week. A man reached its peak yesterday, Fat Tuesday, the last day before 40 days of Lenten austerity begin. "I think the crowds know how to handle themselves," said police spokesman John Marie. Although merriment dominated the day, celebrants used the opportunity to mock some of New Orleans' recent disappointments. Some dressed as the Krewe of World's Fair Creditors and others came as the band. A third group referred to the possible move of the NFL football team from the city. A group of sheet-bedecked Christians ignored the hedonistic atmosphere, sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and called on sinful revelers to repent. VANCOUVER, British Columbia — An unarmed U.S. cruise missile streaked across the Canadian Arctic on a successful test yesterday, zooming over protesters who tried to snare the weapon with a huge net hoisted by helium balloons. By United Press International Protesters fail to stop missile test to fly low over terrain and elude radar. U.S. military planners chose Canada's north country for the test because it resembles Siberian Siberia. Résume Service "It flew right over the top of the net," said protester George Calleys of Portland, Ore. "It was so ominous — and low and so slow. I'm still shaking." Arctic at 500 mph. It parachuted to a soft landing on frozen Primrose Lake in northeastern Alberta at 12:54 p.m., after a flight of about 4 hours. It was the first solo test over Canada for the cruise missile, which had been built in 1954. Eight protesters from the environmental group Greenpeace hoisted a giant fishnet 300 feet high across the missile's flight path in a futile attempt to catch the weapon. The net was near the tiny northern Alberta community of Wandering River, 120 miles northwest of the target area. THE 22-FOOT-LONG missile was launched by a B-52 bomber over the Beaufort Sea and followed a 1,500-mile path across the Canadian Ice Cream, Soda Fountain, and Candies 2nd & Audited. Bentonville, Virginia Chocolate Don't wait till the last minute Cover Letters * Word Processing 5 E. 7th 841.1296 Rent it. 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