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...country. But Bush and his aides didn't want to wait that long before the President could make a public statement. Secret Service officials and military advisers in Washington consulted a map and chose a spot for Bush to make a brief touchdown: Barksdale Air Force Base, outside of Shreveport, La. In Bush's airborne office, aides milled about while Bush spoke on the phone. "That's what we're paid for, boys," he said. "We're gonna take care of this. We're going to find out who did this. They're not going to like me as President...
Natchitoches, an hour southeast of Shreveport, is the state's oldest European settlement and a haven of Cajun history and culture. It was in nearby Melrose that author Kate Chopin lived and gathered material for her colorful collection, Bayou Folk, and numerous other short stories in 1894. Today the Melrose Plantation Arts and Crafts Festival, an annual June event benefiting Chopin's home and library, draws artists from across the nation and several thousand visitors to the Natchitoches area...
Three years ago, Dawson phoned the Shreveport branch of Louisiana State University, a tiny campus with about 4,000 students in the town where he grew up. He wanted to know how to make a donation. Chancellor Vincent Marsala remembers taking the call and assuming that because Dawson was an autoworker, the most he could give was a couple of hundred dollars. Marsala says he "nearly flipped" when Dawson wrote checks for $200,000--enough to fund 18 four-year scholarships...
What drives this blue-collar philanthropist? One spur is his own thwarted desire for higher education. Growing up the fifth of seven children in Shreveport, he had to drop out of school after seventh grade to help support his family. "I always wanted to better myself," says Dawson, "but I came up in the Depression. I had to work...
...relishes overtime pay and often works 12-hour shifts right through Saturday and Sunday. He has dinner at a modest local restaurant. While neighbors spend evenings tending lawns and cars, Dawson watches Hard Copy and is in bed by 8:30. His only vacations are occasional jaunts to Shreveport to meet recipients of the scholarships named in honor of his parents. His only real luxuries are the Burberry's suits he wears on college visits and sometimes to church...