POWERS IN HOSPITAL FOR A CHECKUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400080139-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 139
• Publication Date: March 9, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

a: T b Y OR ~' POST MAR 9 1962 Approved For 2000/08/03: CIA-RDP75-000 0004000801lA
oweis in
H'ospit a or',
A
Checkup
By STAN KOVEN
A heart specialist has confirmed that U-2 pilot Francis
Gary Powers is undergoing a physical checkup at George-
town University Hospital, Washington.
Dr. RT ? y ti~Y,jJr3iiirey, staff
1F mist spe_ializing in cardi-
ology, told The Post today
the examination, undertaken at
Powers' own e x Ire n s e ,? is a
"standard series of tests."
I'd prefer not to go into this,".
fie added. "The information ?
that has been given out is that's
he's in for a routine examina
tion." It is not known at thus
time how long Powers will re-!
main in the hospital, the doctor added.
.Heart Palpitations
Oliver Powers, father of the
32-year-old pilot, said in a phone
interview that his son had com-;
plained of "heart palpitations
for the past live months, and?
"he wanted to see about this.
The doctor declined to com-
ment on this report.
The pilot was returned to this
country last in o n t h after 21
months in Soviet prisons for
his May 1, 1960, flight over
Soviet territory. Upon his re-
turn he was subjected- to in-
tensive questioning by a Presi-
.
Last Monday Oliver Powers'
disclosed to The Past that his t
son was in "generally run-down
condition" and was in need of!
a checkup.
Exonerated by Senators
On Tuesday the Senate Armed
Services Committee, taking its
cue from the Presidential board,
exonerated Powers of any mis-
conduct attaching to failure of
the U-2 flight.
Mrs. Barbara Powers, 28,`an-
pounced yesterday she expects
her husband to join her at their
Milledgevilje, Ca., home in a
,week to ten da s, as soon as he
is relcase4,4u the hospital-
"He lo
t'i fish, and we'r
planning a nrly reunion," s
said.
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