diff --git a/gramps/src/EditPerson.glade b/gramps/src/EditPerson.glade
index 27b912358..856cadaa7 100644
--- a/gramps/src/EditPerson.glade
+++ b/gramps/src/EditPerson.glade
@@ -2449,8 +2449,8 @@
 		<handler>on_event_button_press</handler>
 		<last_modification_time>Sun, 04 Nov 2001 15:29:48 GMT</last_modification_time>
 	      </signal>
-	      <columns>4</columns>
-	      <column_widths>125,150,200,50</column_widths>
+	      <columns>5</columns>
+	      <column_widths>115,110,150,100,50</column_widths>
 	      <selection_mode>GTK_SELECTION_SINGLE</selection_mode>
 	      <show_titles>True</show_titles>
 	      <shadow_type>GTK_SHADOW_IN</shadow_type>
@@ -2468,6 +2468,19 @@
 		<ypad>0</ypad>
 	      </widget>
 
+	      <widget>
+		<class>GtkLabel</class>
+		<child_name>CList:title</child_name>
+		<name>label108</name>
+		<label>Description</label>
+		<justify>GTK_JUSTIFY_CENTER</justify>
+		<wrap>False</wrap>
+		<xalign>0.5</xalign>
+		<yalign>0.5</yalign>
+		<xpad>0</xpad>
+		<ypad>0</ypad>
+	      </widget>
+
 	      <widget>
 		<class>GtkLabel</class>
 		<child_name>CList:title</child_name>
diff --git a/gramps/src/EditPerson.py b/gramps/src/EditPerson.py
index 68569ac0e..18294b8cd 100644
--- a/gramps/src/EditPerson.py
+++ b/gramps/src/EditPerson.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class EditPerson:
         self.name_note = self.get_widget("name_note")
         self.name_source = self.get_widget("name_source")
         self.gid = self.get_widget("gid")
-        
+
         self.elist = person.getEventList()[:]
         self.nlist = person.getAlternateNames()[:]
         self.alist = person.getAttributeList()[:]
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class EditPerson:
             
         self.gid.set_text(person.getId())
         self.gid.set_editable(GrampsCfg.id_edit)
-        self.event_list.set_column_visibility(3,GrampsCfg.show_detail)
+        self.event_list.set_column_visibility(4,GrampsCfg.show_detail)
         self.name_list.set_column_visibility(2,GrampsCfg.show_detail)
         self.attr_list.set_column_visibility(2,GrampsCfg.show_detail)
         self.addr_list.set_column_visibility(2,GrampsCfg.show_detail)
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ def disp_addr(addr):
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def disp_event(event):
     attr = Utils.get_detail_flags(event)
-    return [const.display_pevent(event.getName()),
+    return [const.display_pevent(event.getName()),event.getDescription(),
             event.getQuoteDate(),event.getPlaceName(),attr]
 
 def src_changed(parent):
diff --git a/gramps/src/plugins/ReadGedcom.py b/gramps/src/plugins/ReadGedcom.py
index 4886e935d..2f9d16641 100644
--- a/gramps/src/plugins/ReadGedcom.py
+++ b/gramps/src/plugins/ReadGedcom.py
@@ -725,17 +725,17 @@ class GedcomParser:
                     self.parse_person_attr(attr,2)
                     continue
                 else:
-                    val = self.gedsource.tag2gramps(matches[1])
+                    val = self.gedsource.tag2gramps(n)
                     if val:
                         event.setName(val)
                     else:
-                        event.setName(matches[1])
+                        event.setName(n)
                     
 	        self.parse_person_event(event,2)
-                if matches[2] != None:
+                if matches[2]:
                     event.setDescription(matches[2])
                 self.person.addEvent(event)
-
+                
     def parse_optional_note(self,level):
         note = ""
         while 1:
@@ -1119,20 +1119,15 @@ class GedcomParser:
                 self.person.addAltFamily(family,mrel,frel)
             elif matches[1] == "PLAC":
                 val = matches[2]
-                n = string.strip(event.getName())
-                if self.is_ftw and n in ["Occupation","Degree","SSN"]:
-                    event.setDescription(val)
-                    self.ignore_sub_junk(level+1)
+                if self.placemap.has_key(val):
+                    place = self.placemap[val]
                 else:
-                    if self.placemap.has_key(val):
-                        place = self.placemap[val]
-                    else:
-                        place = Place()
-                        place.set_title(matches[2])
-                        self.db.addPlace(place)
-                        self.placemap[val] = place
-                    event.setPlace(place)
-                    self.ignore_sub_junk(level+1)
+                    place = Place()
+                    place.set_title(matches[2])
+                    self.db.addPlace(place)
+                    self.placemap[val] = place
+                event.setPlace(place)
+                self.ignore_sub_junk(level+1)
             elif matches[1] == "TYPE":
                 # eventually do something intelligent here
                 pass
@@ -1645,7 +1640,6 @@ class GedcomParser:
         index = 0
         new_pmax = self.db.pmapIndex
         for person in self.added.keys():
-            print index,person.getPrimaryName().getName()
             index = index + 1
             if self.refn.has_key(person):
                 val = self.refn[person]