Talk:Charles T. Powers

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Charles "Chuck" T. Powers was a 1965 graduate of Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, with a bachelors degree in technical journalism. He was active on the staff of the K-State Collegian daily student newspaper, serving as editor at the time of assination of President John F. Kennedy. He enjoyed a good beer and a good joke; his roommate was Jerry _____.

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Try https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/tolstoy-is-the-tolstoy-of-the-zulus/278789/ ("Tolstoy is the Tolstoy of the Zulus", recollections by son or daughter)

2001:171B:2274:7C21:5890:A1A4:A39:DE38 (talk) 04:51, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I think it is a daughter, Rachel.


 * It contains a reference to Powers being jailed and tortured by Idi Amin [correction: Milton Obote]. I read a story like this in Granta in the 80s. Could it be the same event?


 * Perhaps not. Instead, it is documented in “Inside a Ugandan Prison, a Nightmare Comes to Life” appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on May 23, 1982. But I couldn't find it online.


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