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Sanford J. Rosen, San Francisco lawyer for the victims, termed the out-of-court settlement "a great victory." On the other side, Sylvester Del Corso, adjutant general of the Guard in 1970, insisted: "There is no apology. We expressed sorrow and regret just as you would express condolences to the family of someone who died." But why settle now? If the trial had continued, predicted Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown, "we could lose this case." Said Arthur Krause, whose daughter Allison was killed: "I'm tired. I can't sit in a courtroom and look at those...
...Monday, the Shi'ite Muslim day of mourning known as Ashura, the parades were much more hostile, with thousands chanting "Death to the Shah!" By tradition, the faithful demonstrate their sorrow over the slaying of Husain, the grandson of Muhammad, in the 7th century A.D. by flagellating themselves with chains. But this year the Ashura ceremonies were in reality political parades led by turbaned mullahs. When asked what had happened to the ancient observance that had dominated the day of mourning for more than 1,300 years, one young marcher in Tehran replied: "We have more important things...
...Market Street, their brilliance growing as the grieving crowd multiplied. By the time they reached the steps of the bronze-domed city hall, the crowd of youthful homosexuals, male and female, had been joined by many more conventional citizens, and an army of some 30,000 mourners expressed the sorrow of the shaken city...
...Amid the sorrow and confusion, hasty theories flourished over why both officials had died. One was that the murders might somehow have been connected with the Peoples Temple. Far more plausible was the notion that White, the only supervisor on the board who had voted against a city ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual preferences, had vented his anti-gay feelings in a murderous attack against Milk and the mayor. Moscone had appointed a few representatives of the gay community to low-ranking government offices...
...seems too that Kate and Anna have rediscovered their families; they are not as concerned with each other now. They'll do songs like Anna's "Bundle of Sorrow, Bundle of Joy" which celebrates her family with lines like "I love my kid, I love my kid. "Their best songs from their previous albums were about each other, about really loving your sister. "Tell My Sister," and "Kitty Come Home" had sensitive lyrics that stayed miles away from sappiness. Disappointingly, Pronto Monto has not one sister song, but then again, not everyone has a sister...