Remains of Naval aviators recovered near Greenland
Remains believed to include Cedar Rapids sailor Grover Wells and other crew members from a 1962 P-2V Neptune crash are being brought to Hawaii for DNA identification. A 16 member Greenland Kronborg Glacier expedition recovered the remains to honor families with full military homecomings, possible in three to five years after identification.
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Dave Rasdall
Cedar Rapids
Greenland
Hawaii
Kronborg
Navy
Tom Sparks
Sparks
Fox News Channel
Grover
Rusty” Wells
Wells
Donna Eiselstein
Amana
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Fellow Vietnam vet defends Kerry against antiwar ads
Former Green Beret Jim Rassmann says Swift Boat ads against John Kerry are fabricated and untruthful. He recounts Kerry pulling him from the Mekong and praises Kerry's Vietnam service while urging Bush to condemn the ads. He notes rumors will mislead some veterans regardless of facts.
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Vietnam
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Green Beret
Jim Rassmann
John Kerry
White House
Linn County
Democratic
Veterans Affairs
Iowa City
Rassmann
Kerry
Mekong Delta
Swift Boat Veterans For Truth
Sto
Bush
MoveOn.org
Air National Guard
National Guard
Los Angeles
Liz Condo
Janet Wagner
Iowa
Layoffs threaten public safety at Iowa prisons
Iowa lawmakers touring Oakdale and Anamosa prisons warn staff cuts threaten public safety and could raise violence and escapes. AFSCME local leaders say up to 89 workers could lose jobs statewide, with Oakdale facing as many as 35 layoffs. Prison officials warn staffing already tight and adjustments made to protect communities.
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Frank Gluck
Coralville
Iowa
David Jacoby
Iowa Medical Classification Center
Oakdale
Marty Hathaway
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
State Department of Corrections
Fred Scaletta
Hathaway
Bob Dvorsky
Dcoralville
Iowa Department of Corrections
Anamosa State Penitentiary
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