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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1976

Page

7

Midwestern gentleness and outsized opinions in Iowa

A Cedar Rapids farmers market tale opens the piece, followed by Ames hotel owner complaints about insular town life. The author probes Midwest identity, noting Cedar Rapids homogeneity, rural steadiness, and population shifts. The essay asks what defines the real Midwest.

Cedar Rapids Midwest Dick Brown Rockford, Ill

B 1 bomber funding fight sparks Capitol Hill debate

The B 1 stealth bomber remains central to a funding battle on Capitol Hill as a delay in decision making prolongs scrutiny until after Feb 1 1977. Critics warn delay adds up to 500 million dollars while defense officials defend the program as cost efficient and essential for a modern strategic bomber force.

Air Force Capitol Hill Senate

Get rid of whom says editorial on language

The piece argues to abolish whom except after certain fixed phrases, noting English has shed inflections. It explains Carter's remark on leadership shows the rule and suggests replacing whom with who in most cases. It also discusses doohickey and doodad as Americanisms for a small gadget.

Jimmy Carter Democratic Party Robert S. Strauss

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