Vilsack presses for governor input on Guard realignment plan
Gov. Tom Vilsack urged greater input from governors in the National Guard realignment amid Bush administration talks with President and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. He cited concerns over funding, the loss of combat brigades, and replacing units with engineering brigades, noting 52 of 55 governors oppose the plan.
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Bezanson Built Cedar Rapids Landmarks and City Ties
Peter Bezanson led Plan Co. of Cedar Rapids from 1954 and built or owned major sites like Cedar River Tower Roosevelt Hotel downtown skyways and the Paramount Theatre. He financed the Five Seasons hotel and helped donate the Paramount to the city in 1975 for $2 while keeping land rights. He faced bankruptcy fallout at MorAmerica and avoided roles in United Security Savings. He remained active in church Scouts and civic groups and died at 90 after a long career.
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Crowne Plaza
Five Seasons
Bezanson
Stouffer
MorAmerica Financial Corp
Morris Plan
United Security Savings
MorAmerica
Ruth
Midwest
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Boy Scouts
Coe College
St. Luke’s Hospital
Larrayne Bezanson
Peter Bezanson
India
Wisconsin
Bush nominates Iowa marshal candidate Timothy Junker
President Bush nominated Timothy Junker of Allison to be U.S. marshal for the Northern District of Iowa. Junker, serving his fifth term as Butler County sheriff, would join duties protecting federal judges and investigating fugitives in the Cedar Rapids based district.
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Butler County
Cedar Rapids
Local police logs reveal multiple arrests and incidents in Marion and Cedar Rapids
The Log itemizes several arrests and reports in Eastern Iowa. Colleen Haverly and David Kopp face charges after early Monday and Sunday incidents. Eric O Rourke, 25, listed as second offense, appears in Marion records. Domestic abuse assaults involve Karl Otis and John Brown. Other entries include forgery at Wal Mart, check writing, medication incident, thefts, and burglaries at multiple addresses and businesses in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
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Colleen S. Haverly
Fifth Ave
10Th Street
First Avenue
David D. Kopp
E. Robins Rd
Marion
Albumett Road
Derrick A. Davis
Mokena
Wal-Mart
29Th Ave
James A. Collins
Linn County
Duane Bolen
Cedar Rapids
Task force hunts for fugitive Thomas McCabe in Grimes
The Southern Iowa Violent Fugitive Task Force searches Monday for 80 year old Thomas McCabe of Grimes wanted in a negligent homicide case in Texas. McCabe allegedly drove a vehicle that struck and killed a Browns ville pedestrian in 2005 and failed to appear in a Texas court last month.
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Texas
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Brownsville
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Center Point
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Cedar Drive
Pinehurst Dr
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