[CPEO-MEF] LA Times-Warrior Past Clings to Ft. Ord

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The following is from the LA Times Dec. 6th 2001. Below is a link for
the full story.

Warrior Past Clings to Ft. Ord
 Conversion of the Army base has been complicated by lawsuits, housing
 conflicts and tons of unexploded ordnance.

  By BETTINA BOXALL, Times Staff Writer


FT. ORD, Calif. -- This is a place in limbo, neither what it was nor 
what it
will be.

 Weedy ghost towns of World War II-era Army barracks and thousands of
acres of target ranges riddled with live ammunition are reminders of its
past. Raspberry-colored college dorms, hiking trails winding over 
coastal
hills and piles of development blueprints offer a glimpse of its  
future.


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http://www.latimes.com/la-120601ord.story

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