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Saturday, November 7, 2009
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NEW ORLEANS
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Peter Vandyke’s steps have slowed since he stormed Normandy Beach, but his 1942 Army uniform still fits and he wore it proudly as the National World War II Museum dedicated a $60 million expansion as Tom Hanks and other celebrities looked on Friday.
The museum has added a theater, a restaurant and a replica of the “Stage Door Canteens” that cheered military men during the war. Vandyke was one of hundreds of World War II veterans on hand for Friday’s ceremony along with Hanks, fellow film star Patricia Clarkson and Mickey Rooney.
LAFAYETTE — The Police Department reported DNA evidence collected at the scene of a March 9 bank robbery has linked a 48-year-old New Orleans man to the crime. NEW ORLEANS — Divers have patched a hole in a cargo ship that was leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico near Venice, and the vessel was headed up the Mississippi River to a repair facility on Sunday, authorities said. The nonprofit organization that Mayor-President Kip Holden wants to manage the proposed $225 million Alive riverfront attraction lost money last year, according to financial records. |
