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DIED. NORMAN (BUDDY) BAKER, 84, Oscar-nominated Disney composer who wrote scores for some 200 films, TV shows and Disney attractions; in Sherman Oaks, Calif. After leaving his post as musical director for Bob Hope, Baker joined Disney in 1954 and created the music for such TV series as Zorro, Swamp Fox and Daniel Boone as well as for such films as The Apple Dumpling Gang...
...Sherman Alexie is author of The Toughest Indian in the World, a collection of stories, and director of The Business of Fancydancing
Today Indians are looking to their own oral histories, as well as reading between the lines of the journals, to re-interpret what happened. Says Ben Sherman, president of the Western American Indian Chamber in Denver: "The upcoming events portray Clark as the benevolent protector of Indians--that's propagandist baloney." The tragic aftermath: as Governor of the Missouri Territory and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Clark presided over President Thomas Jefferson's land-grab policy, which some historians characterize as a direct cause of "cultural genocide" and "ethnic cleansing...
After the verdict, Judge John Kavanewsky denied Skakel bail and refused his request to address the court. Outside the courthouse, no one was celebrating. Martha's brother John called the victory hollow, saying: "It doesn't bring Martha back." Mickey Sherman, Skakel's lawyer, declared himself "bitterly disappointed" and discussed grounds for appeal. Said brother David: "Michael is innocent. I know this because I know Michael like only a brother does...
Shira is survived by her parents, Joanne Palmer and Andrew Sherman, her sister, Miriam Palmer-Sherman and her beloved Jesse O. Kellerman...