Rosa Parks Honored in Capitol Rotunda Ceremony
Rosa Parks lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda with wreaths placed by President Bush and congressional leaders. Sen. Tom Harkin praised her as a citizen in the best sense and noted her role in sparking changes toward a more just society. Rep. John Conyers recalled Parks’s Detroit work and the ceremony reflected her impact.
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Knight Ridder
Rosa Parks
U.S. Capitol
Harkin
Capitol
Ashington
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Bush
Tom Harkin
D-Iowa
John Conyers
D-Mich
Parks
Detroit
Remote Iowa canyon opens as public treasure
Clif Waller's 420 acre Whitewater Canyon gains protection from development through a $290000 REAP grant and partner funding. Dubuque County Conservation will manage it as a public hunting and recreation area with support from Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Pheasants Forever Whitetails Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation.
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Clif Waller
Whitewater Canyon
Bob Walton
Dubuque County
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Pheasants Forever
Whitetails Unlimited
National Wild Turkey Federation
Dubuque
Jones Counties
Walton
Waller
Security deadlines unheeded prompt DHS scrutiny
Congress and experts say the Bush era Homeland Security Department has missed dozens of post 9 11 deadlines for anti terror plans and regulations affecting ships ports air cargo and transit. Critics cite slow progress and poor prioritization amid agency integration and hurricane responses.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Congress
FEMA
Homeland Security Department
Mississippi
Bennie Thompson
House Homeland Security Committee
Department
Transportation Security Administration
Dan Prieto
Homeland Security
M Harvard
Kennedy School of Government
Tragedy on UI campus still vivid to reporter in 1991
Reporter recalls the November 1 1991 Fort Wayne University of Iowa shooting where Gang Lu killed five people including T Anne Cleary and wounded a student before killing himself. The incident remains a distant memory for current students who were young at the time.
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Lyle Muller
the Gazette
Owa City
Gwen Inglis-Steinfeld
Chris —— Fiedler
University of Iowa
Inglis-Steinfeld
Gang Lu
Cleary
Fiedler
Storm Lake
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Jackson
Iowa
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Price
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Cascade
C.R
Bernard
Illinois
E. Iowa College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Nenenee Movies
Neeneeee Pictures
Aenee
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Department of Homeland Security
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