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Inside Today I bXeCUtloH FresifleM Bush reacts to the death Sunday December 31, 2006 C6 of Saddam Hussein, C7 I Ahead The chief of Homeland Security is looking for a little respect for the agency. C7 Nation Ford mourned in the Capitol after California services art a By CALVIN WOODWARD and JEFF WILSON Associated Press WASHINGTON Gerald R. Ford returned in death Saturday to the capital he served as president and congressman, his casket received with the firing of cannon and the muted pageantry he wanted for his farewell. As night fell, an aircraft from' the White House fleet brought the body of the 38th president to Andrews Air Force Base from services near his adopted California home, where mourners streamed past his casket in quiet remembrance of the even-keeled man summoned to the presidency in a time of national trauma 34 years ago. Vice President Dick Cheney, Ford's chief of staff long ago, attended the brief arrival ceremony and was one of the honorary pallbearers.

The arrival opened the Washington portion of Ford's state funeral, with a route taking his casket from Maryland to Virginia and then over the Memorial Bridge dressed in flags and funeral bunting to the World War II memorial, past the White House and on to the U.S. Capitol for the First service and a lying in state that continues until Tuesday morning. Among other pallbearers: Donald Rumsfeld, defense secretary for Ford and again, until on the way to becoming speaker," he once cracked. In Palm Desert, a 13-hour period of public viewing ended just as the sun rose over the resort community where Ford and his wife, Betty, settled nearly 30 years ago. People waited up to three hours to pay their respects at St.

Margaret's Episcopal Church. The funeral procession to the Capitol lacked the full trappings, by the design of Ford and his family. A motorcade was arranged instead of the horse-drawn caisson most familiar to Americans from the funerals of Ronald Reagan in 2004 and John Kennedy in 1963. Ford, a man of modest character whose short presidency lacked the historic drama of JFK's and Reagan's, also was mourned without the riderless horse customarily included in the procession. Instead, Ford's procession included a stop at the war memorial, in joint tribute to the Navy veteran who saw action on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific theater and to his comrades in arms from that conflict.

The thundering military flyover that is also part of a full-throttle state funeral in Washington will happen instead in Grand Rapids, where Ford will be entombed Wed-. nesday on a hillside near his presidential museum. Ford represented the city in the House for Kevork Djansezlan AP R. Ford's body at Palm airport in Palm Springs, Ford died Tuesday at his Mirage, Calif. He was 93.

Former First Lady Betty Ford, center, is arm and arm with her daughter Susan Ford, left, and Maj. Gen. Guy C. Swain III, as they look on during a departure ceremony for kfcJfc. man whose highest ambition, never realized in an era of Democratic control of Congress, was to become House speaker.

History intervened; he became final farewell "James Brown is my greatest inspiration," the pop star told mourners, adding that when he was a child, his mother would wake him, regardless of the hour, whenever Brown was on TV. "When I saw him move, I was mesmerized," Jackson said. "I knew that's what I wanted to do for the rest of my life because of James Brown." Brown died of heart failure Dec. 25 in Atlanta while hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia. He was 73.

Brown was born in Barnwell, S.C., in 1933 and spent much of his childhood in Augusta, singing and dancing for change on street corners. Even when he became an international superstar, Brown considered Augusta his home. Much of the funeral took on the feel of one of Brown's President Gerald Spring International on Saturday. home in Rancho vice president when Spiro Agnew resigned in scandal, then president when Watergate shattered Richard Nixon's presidency. "A funny thing happened to me James Brown fans bid to singer at hometown memorial 25 years.

Ford died Tuesday at age 93. He became president when Nixon resigned in August 1974 and then was defeated by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election. Six days of national mourning began Friday with military honors and a simple family prayer service at St. Margaret's, where the Ford family has worshipped for many years. Mourners ranging from children to the elderly had walked through quickly and then reboard-ed their buses a process taking less than two minutes.

Barbara Veith, 69, said Ford's "everyman" persona drew her to the viewing. "There is something personal about his passing even though we didn't really know him," Veith said. "He just kind of had an everyman quality to him though he was far from it he was the president." During his weekly radio address on Saturday, President Bush called Ford a "courageous leader, a true gentleman and a loving father and husband." When they return to Washington from their Texas vacation on Monday, Bush and first lady Laura Bush plan to pay their respects to Ford while he lies in state at the Capitol. On Tuesday, the president will speak at Ford's funeral service at Washington National Cathedral before Ford's remains are taken to Grand Rapids. Man's Man's Man's World" for a crowd that clapped, cheered and danced in the aisles.

"I can hear Mr. Brown now," said Charles Bobbitt, Brown's longtime manager who was with him when he died. "He's saying 'St. Peter I don't deal with the middle man. Take me to the main The service was followed by a private burial.

Brown's hits, such as "I Got You (I Feel Good)" arid "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," inspired generations of soul, funk, disco, rock and rap artists. A day earlier, thousands of fans poured into the Apollo in Harlem for a sometimes raucous celebration of Brown at the venue where one of his trademark high-energy concerts launched him into the international spotlight in 1956. face trouble innocent civilians in Darfur, there is broad skepticism here about his willingness to cooperate. Andrew Natsios, special envoy to Sudan, said he told the Sudanese in early December that full compliance with the U.N. plan is essential, warning that, "If you starting cherry picking you will essentially collapse the whole plan." That could lead, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other officials, to the imposition of punitive measures against Sudan that have been approved by the U.N.

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Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and a tearful Michael Jackson were among those who took turns at the podium overlooking the casket. "We come to thank God for James Brown, because only God could have made a James Brown possible," said Sharpton, a longtime Brown confidant who also spoke at a boisterous ceremony Thursday at the famed Apollo Theater in New York and a private service Friday. Michael Jackson, whose arrival sparked a roar from the crowd, bowed before the casket and shared a hug with Sharpton just as Brown's latest backup band, the Soul Generals, started to play. Town starting Decorated Models Open Daily 9am 5pm New Lease-Back Program! Guaranteed monthly payment New home at today's prices Investment Property (1031) Free property management 7435) 635-8633 Sky Ridge Town Homes Open Mon Sat, 9am 5pm 261 4 West 510 North Adjacent to Sky Mountain Golf Course in Hurricane, UT Prices starting At: Todd Bennett AP Michael Jackson, center, looks into the casket of James Brown as Rev. Al Sharpton, right, and Rev.

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