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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1964
Page
10
Representative Garner E. Shrivers 4th District poll shows 85.4 percent favor a total overhaul of the foreign aid program from nearly 13,000 responses out of 72,000 ballots. Other questions show strong support for prayers in public schools and limits on agricultural imports while opposing a cabinet department of housing.
Dayton AP reports Capt James H Veghte of the Aerospace Medical Laboratories at Wright Patterson Air Force Base says shelter and fire are essential when a flier is forced down in Arctic conditions. He recommends special cold weather clothing to replace the pressure suit.
Governor Rockefeller ordered state police to pull back from Rochester leaving local police in charge of order. Earlier, about 1,500 National Guard troops had been on duty after racial clashes. State Police Superintendent Arthur Cornelius Jr directed the last troopers to depart. peak deployments reached over 400 troopers.
Three teachers who spent 72 hours in jail with their students returned for graduation at Jefferson County Jail where 17 prisoners earned certificates in adult education. The educators Elroy Cartwright Willis Fisher and Gordon Hoskins led two hour classes three times weekly while serving their time.
The piece explains how August got its name from Augustus Caesar after Julius Caesar. It notes Augustus chose a month with his victories, then altered the calendar by taking a day from September, yielding a 30 day August while September had 31. It presents pride as a source of greatness and folly.
Investigation continues into the death of Allen Thornock a 42 year old inmate found fatally beaten in an isolation unit at a Kansas prison. Thornock suffered a neck fracture and severe head bruising. Warden Sherman Crouse said three cellmates are being questioned but refuse to talk. The four men had been together in the isolation unit since July 23. Thornock was serving a 1 to 5 year sentence for grand larceny from Saline County with prior prison terms in Kansas Washington and Utah.
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