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Bucking the trends; Black Hills crusader Marvin Kammerer; UNCOMMON WESTERNERS

RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA -- An old pickup rattles to the top of a grassy ridge. The Black Hills stretch across the western horizon, and in the valley below, the family ranch of Marvin Kammerer is only a dot in the fields of grass. Kammerer stops the truck, gets out and looks down on his land. Behind him, a massive runway cuts across the prairie; a pair of B-1 bombers roars overhead.

Kammerer grew up here, in the shadow of Ellsworth Air Force Base. His ranch abuts the end of the runway, and over the years he's seen several plane crashes -- the cause of 36 deaths -- on or near his property. "Every time one of those B-1 bombers fly over, it's a violation of my environment, not a protector of ...

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