WIFE OF POWERS IS 'OUT OF DANGER'; TAKEN TO HOSPITAL UNCONSCIOUS

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000400080084-4
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November 17, 2016
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November 8, 1999
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84
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April 21, 1962
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WASHINGTON POST AND APR 2 1 19b2 '97 \, I_S I_LRZ \LD Approved For Release 2000/08/03 : CIA-RDP75-00001 RO M Mystery Over Aflment r t of Danger'; cif e of Pawe s Is 0u Taken to Hospital Unwiscious By Thomas: .Kendri staff MOO Barbara Power," the at "out of danger". last nighty tt early yesterday. The circumstances of her ad- mission immediately developed into a mystery of the'type that has dogged the Powers family since the flyer bailed out over Russia. Police and h o s p i t a l spokesmen issued conflicting statements about the case. Seventh Precinct police re- ported that Mrs. Powers "was unconscious upon arrival and was treated for an overdose of approximately 28 Nembutal capsules." Nembutal is a bar- biturate. ? Scibfeiner, ttou food." The case is a t!er dit'icult diagnostic prob- iem,?he ,added. Powers, who still for the Central Intelligdx`Ce Agen- cy, accompanied his . wife to the bospital. The couple has been living at the Hunting ToweiW'apartments in Alex- andria for the past three weeks. A rescue squad took her to Alexandria Hospital where her stomach was pumped and she was treated for a "medication r e action." She was then transferred to Georgetown. Pvt. J. E. St. John went 'to a hospital about 8:30 a. m. -two hours after Mrs. Powers was admitted'-and made a re- port from hospital records. Schreiner said he filled out the hospital records himself. I `s d he was told by police that,,-Nembutal sul~s had been 'Vdlable,tp~; owers and regarded "thI,q ~s interest- ing background information" useful in any such emergency case. Mrs. Powers' sister-in-law, Janice Melvin of Falls Church? said she and Mrs. Powers both suffer from asthma and var- ious allergies. Late last night, Mrs. Powers regained consciousness and was able to speak, a hospital spokesman said. No visitors were allowed. Approved For Release 2000/08/03 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000400080084-4