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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1977
Page
6
A Carter Cronkite call in show drew favorable reception but offered little hard news. It showcased Carter as a relatable, confident leader while provoking questions about the format’s future and CBS sponsorship costs and image integrity. The piece argues the gimmick should be used sparingly.
The Cedar Rapids school board weighs Latin’s decline as a full course amid student disinterest and demand gaps. A condensed Latin unit within other language courses could preserve core word parts and roots, showing Latin’s influence on English while easing curriculum costs and effort.
The Christian Science Monitor editorial condemns unwitting human experimentation with biological simulants and calls for strict ethics and transparency. It notes a two decades long US germ warfare testing program ending in 1969 and urges protections against violations of individual rights.
President Carter shifts to an offensive stance against congressional conservatives over arms control. He defends the Warnke nomination as chief American arms negotiator, argues the senate must back his leadership, and presses for early progress with Moscow while exploring less thorny issues to ease tension.
A reader praises The Gazette for reporting plans to drop Latin from Cedar Rapids senior high. They argue Latin strengthens English, improves spelling, and broad vocabulary, urging counselors to promote Latin as a live option rather than a dead language and asking board members to act before March 14.
A reader lambasts doomsday astrology as unfounded and cites Isaiah 40 26 to deny planetary alignment. The letter also argues against metro regional government linking it to a consolidation of federal power and a police state, urging public action and awareness.
In Cedar Rapids James Reston notes Coe College expects an operating deficit this year. He states the figure cited is $700,000, a common situation for liberal arts colleges, though the exact amount is debated.
The piece notes a Jubilee Hymn written for Queen Elizabeth II and flags pronunciation quirks between British and American speech. It cites examples of mixed metaphors or malaphors and discusses meter pronunciation, including kilometer variants and dictionary guidance.
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