Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Italian Marchers Protest Mafia Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 08:59:51 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Italian Marchers Protest Mafia Publication Date: Saturday November 14, 1992 BYLINE: Thousands of people took to the streets in anti-Mafia protests on Friday as this city of 80,000 buried a merchant who was slain for defying mob demands for protection money. Schools were closed and shop owners briefly shut their businesses in tribute. Gunmen killed Gaetano Giordano, who owned a cosmetics shop, and injured his son, Massimo, on Tuesday. "Gaetano Giordano is a strong voice who cries out in the sad history we are living, and who reaches our consciences," Bishop Vincenzo Cirrincione said. Massimo Giordano attended the service in a wheelchair. Young people have increasingly spoken out against the underworld since feuding Mafia clans in Gela, on Sicily's south coast, began a murderous war several years ago. About 3,000 youngsters marched Thursday in the city. In Foggia, in the southern Puglia region, about 10,000 people marched in protest. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM