and president eisenhower died there. so did arm general mcarthur. and a military panel in 2005 decided to close the aging campus to cut costs. it will not merge operations with the national naval center at bethesda, maryland. our rich history on this old campus is ending but as we have been reminded many times, walter reed is not a building. walter reed is the people who provide care and compassion for wounded, ill, and injured war years. shepard: the government will preserve some of the builtings as historic landmarks but walter reed is a thing of the past. officials in west tennessee avert a major budget crisis that would have forced 100,000 kids to miss the first days of school. the memphis city school board voted to delay the start of classes in a fight over $55 million in city funding. but last night officials agreed to a through deal, schools will