POW/MIA DAY Ex-Iowan works to ID Korean War remains
Lt. Col. Mark W. Brown, a Brunsville native, helps identify 25 soldiers believed buried as Korean War remains in Hawaii. About one third come from Eastern Iowa. The effort honors POW MIA Day as the country recalls 88,000 missing from WWII Korea Cold War and Vietnam.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Korea
Vietnam
Mark W. Brown
Brunsville
Iowa
Hawaii
North
POW MIA Commemoration Held by Iowa City VA Health Care System
The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System hosts a POW MIA commemoration at 10 a.m. at the National Guard Armory in Iowa City with POWs from Eastern Iowa and western Illinois. The event highlights efforts to identify soldiers missing in action and directs readers to the JPAC website for details.
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Iowa City
Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Iowa
Illinois
National Guard
S. Dubuque St
Francis Marion students sing for National Anthem Day
Fourth and fifth graders at Francis Marion Intermediate School in Marion circled the flagpole to sing The Star Spangled Banner in honor of National Anthem Day. The moment contrasts with a Harris Interactive finding that a majority of Americans over 18 don’t know the words.
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Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Gabrielle Fiala
Allison LeGrand
Justine DeWitt
Francis Marion Intermediate School
Marion
Carly Weber
Gazette Marion
Harris Interactive
Francis Marion
Students explain origin of The Star Spangled Banner
In a fifth grade class, students discuss the tune To Anacreon in Heaven and the four stanza history of The Star Spangled Banner. Kennedy Wilson and Shane ONeill cite history and future singing as reasons to learn it. Carrie Meyer and others participate in the Marion Cedar area context.
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Anacreon
Heaven
Pam Schulz
Kennedy Wilson
Marion
Shane O'Neill
Carrie Meyer
Cedar
Hawkeyes Game Calls Jamed by Blocked Connections
Residents report blocked calls and no service during Hawkeye football games at Kinnick Stadium as officials work to ease student phone logjam. Verizon notes a 300 percent surge in calls compared to a typical Saturday, prompting carrier fixes for the big game.
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Kinnick
Martin
the Gazette
University of Iowa
Joshua Nauman
Des Moines
Iowa
Montana
Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City
Nauman
Brian Ray
Verizon Wireless
Verizon
House OKs 700 Mile Double Layer Fence Along US Mexico Border
The House backed a 283 to 138 vote for 700 miles of double layered fencing to focus Border Patrol on illegal crossings. The measure, cost estimates vary from 2 to 7 billion, lacks funding, and would shift border control to DHS in 18 months. All five Iowa delegates supported the fencing.
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Washington
House
Peter King
N.Y
Senate
Bush
Mexico
Department of Homeland Security
Alice Hastings
D-Fla
Homeland Security Department
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