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University Daily Kansan
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Friday, Dec. 11, 1964
Potpourri Winners Speak on Weapons
Fare said he formerly served on a submarine, and had three friends on the Thresher when it sank. Hook is president of the KU Student Peace Union (SPU).
Both winning speakers in the second half of the Speech I Potpourri last night spoke on weapons that are part of our defense structure. There the similarity between the speeches and the speakers, Fred Fare, Minnetonka, Minn., freshman and Charles Hook, Glen Head, N.Y., sophomore ends.
Fare spoke on the sinking of the nuclear submarine Thresher in the Atlantic. Hook spoke on chemical and bacteriological weapons, specifically nerve gases.
FARE SAID A ONE INCH PIPE ruptured in the bottom of the engine room as the Thresher approached test depth. "The water turned the entire engine room into live steam when it crushed the nuclear reactor, and burned the occupants to death. The same thing occurred in the other compartments of the ship." Fare said.
"As the Thresher lost nuclear power it slid backwards to the bottom, gaining speed as it sank. It was probably going 160 knots (120 miles per hour) when it hit the bottom." Fare said.
Hook said, "Chemistry has made a considerable contribution to our defense effort."
"A PLANT HAS OPERATED 24 hours a day in Newport, Ind., manufacturing nerve gas. They load it into land mines, shells and rockets," Hook said.
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Hook said, "The gas attacks the cholinesterase in the body. It kills in 14 seconds, 12 of which are conscious."
Hook said US forces in Europe had been issued an antidote (atropine) for the nerve gas.
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wood freshman, friendship; John F. McGee, Independence sophomore, time; Jim McAuley; Prairie Village freshman, fallout; Nancy Gallup Lawrence freshman, the Populist party.
the troops because the drug was finding its way to the black market drug traffic." Hoof said.
The other six contestants and their topics are as follows: Michael Wolfe Russell senior, excellence; Sam Pestinger, Beloit freshman, Communism; Georgeanne Cooper, Lea-
The winners were selected by the members of the audience.
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