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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400080086-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: April 20, 1962
• Content Type: OPEN

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ASSOCIATED PRESS APRIL 20, 1962
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WASHINGTON, APRIL 20 (AP) -MRS. BARBARA POWERS, 27, WIFE OF U-2
PILOT FRANCIS GARY POWERS WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL TODAY SUFFERING FROM
WHAT POLICE SAID WAS AN OVERDOSE OF A BARTITUATE DRUG.
SHE LATER WAS REPORTED "IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION AND OUT OF
DANGER." A PHYSICIAN SAID HER CONDITION WAS "VERY SERIOUS" WHEN SHE
WAS ADMITTED TO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES SAID SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM AN "ACUTE GASTRO-
INTESTINAL UPSET." HOWEVER, METROPOLITAN POLICE LT. NELSON RICKEY
SAID INVESTIGATING OFFICERS WERE TOLD MRS. POWERS HAD TAKEN APPROXIMA-
TELY 28 NEMBUTAL TABLETS. THERE WAS NO FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE
INCIDENT.
MR. AND MRS. POWERS HAVE BEEN LIVING IN ALEXANDRIA, VA., APARTMENT
SINCE SHORTLY AFTER POWERS' RETURN FROM RUSSIA EARLY THIS YEAR. POWERS
WAS IMPRISONED BY THE RUSSIANS AFTER HIS HIGH-FLYING PLANE WAS SHOT
DOWN ON MAY 1, 1960 WHILE FLYING DEEP IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY.
DURING HER HUSBAND'S IMPRISONMENT, MRS. POWERS WAS STAYING WITH
HER MOTHER IN MILLEDGEV ILLE, GA.
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