Mrs. Powers Hides
Face as Husband
Brought
Moscow - HIPB - Mrs. Fran
cis G. Powers, wife of the cap
tured U2 pilot, went to her
husband's military trial today
expressing the nope that "no
other wife ever has to go
through this."
The 25-year-old American
woman wore a black silk
dress and a black cloche hat
to the concert hall where her
husband is on trial on espion
age charges which could carry
the death penalty.
She hid her face in a ges
ture of despair when her hus
band was brought into the
hall. It was the first time she
had seen him since May 1,
when he took off on the flight
that ended with his capture.
The prisoner's parents, Mr.
nd Mrs. Oliver Powers, were
already seated in the loges at :
the cock of the hall when nis
wife arrived. She did not
speak to them as she slipped
Into a nearby seat.
The prisoner's mother said
the felt well enough to attend
Conservatives
Gang Up on Plan
For Minimum Wage
Washington - Ojpo - Con
servatives ganged up on a
Democratic-backed minimum
wage bill today as the Senate
reared a showdown vote on
a major proposal to weaken
It.
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R
Ariz.), denounced the election-year
measure as infla
tionary and said its attrac
tion was: "You don't have to
work for a living; the federal
government can do it better."
The Senate was set to vote
by midafternoon on a move
by Sen. Spessard L. Holland,
D-Fla.), that would knock out
proposed wage-hour coverage
for S million more workers.
The bill, sponsored by Dem
ocratic presidential nominee
John F. Kennedy, also would
boost the federal floor under
wages to $1.25 over a two
year period.
Goldwater and Holland
teamed up to attack the meas
ure In the wake of Tuesday's
twin defeat of attempts to
trim its scope.
Other developments:
Powers: Several members
of Congress view the Moscow
py trial of U2 pilot Francis
Stock List Extends
Tuesday Spurt; Drugs,
Electronics Set Pace
New York-WPD-Sloeks ex
tended Tuesday's mild recov
ery with a predominance of
fractional plus signs today.
Electronics and drugs took
the upside spotlight with Tex
as Instruments up around 3,
Western Union Vi and Lional
a point.
American Home Products,
Warner Lambert and Vlck
Chemical all gained well over
a point but Carter Products
eased around Hi. Autos held
mixed with American Motors
up close to a point, Ford
steady, Chrysler down V and
GM up a small fraction. Steels
and oils indicated the same
pattern.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (Ml - Dow
Jont final stock averages:
30 Industrials 825.43. up
1.26; 20 railroads 136.99. up
0.5S; 15 utilities 94.76, up
0.38, and 65 stocks 207.62.
up 0.59. Sales Tuesday war
about 2.71 million shares
compared with 2.45 million
shares Monday.
Tuesday's prtcci on selected
locks:
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Alum Co. Am.
American Can ...
American Motora ...
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Anaconda Copper
Armco Sleel
Bendlx Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Air .
Caterpillar Corp
Chrysler Corp fxdi
ConUnental Can
Curtiss Wiifhl
Dow Chemical
Du Pont .
Eastman Kodak
Firestone
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Mexican Labor
Bill Scheduled
Washington - HIT - Sen.
Allen J. Ellendcr, D-La),
sought to allay fears of farm
ers in 25 states today that a
bill extending the Mexican
farm labor program might die
in the agriculture committee.
'The bill will be taken up
and reported, probably at the
next meeting of the commit
tee." Ellender said.
The Louisiana senator said
he did not know when he
would call a committee meet
ing, but that the bracero bill
"will definitely be reported
to the Senate."
To Court
the trial despite her weak
heart.
His father expressed con
cern about the trial.
"It would be bad enough to
watch someone from our own
family on trial in America."
the Virginia cobbler said.
"Here in this country . . ."
The younger Mrs. Powers
sat up far into the night Tues
day, reading the Bible and
praying for her husband.
"The 27th Psalm will give
me strength to sit in that
trial room." she told an inter
viewer at her hotel.
Her mother. Mrs. Monteen
Brown, said Mrs. Powers "has
been reading the Psalm over
and over ever since we ar
rived in Moscow."
Mrs. Brown said she also
had been praying for Powers.
"I asked the Lord to help
Gary," she said. "He's the
most wonderful perspn I ever
met. I had supper with his
mother and father."
G. Powers as a Red propa
ganda show. Some questioned
whether Powers was shot
down from a height of 68,000
feet, as he testified, because
this would indicate Russia has
a better antiaircraft defense
than U. S. officials believed.
Latin America: Chairman
Thomas E. Morgan of the
House Foreign Affairs com
mittee said the outlook for
the proposed new $500 mil
lion economic development
program for Latin America
was "favorable." The com
mittee decided to open hear
ings Monday on the presi
dent's request.
Houie: Rep. H. R. Gross
went ahead with his plan to
cut off the House session
again today despite some
grumbling from fellow Re
publicans. The Iowa lawmak
er is peeved because Demo
cratic leaders reconvened the
post-convention House session
Monday be scheduled no busi
ness until next week. He
forced the House to adjourn
shortly, after . the opening
prayer Monday and again
Tuesday by objecting that a
quorum was not present.
General Foods 12Sli
General Motora 44
Georgia Pacific 53'. 4
Greyhound 23H
Guit 011 am,
Homostakc Mining 42 Va
I. B. M sastt
Int. Paper (xd) 911
Johns Mnnvllle 3S
Kaiser Ind n Ti
Kcnnccott Copper 801,
Lockheed Aircraft 2Ma
Montgomery Ward 3MB
Nat'l. Biscuit BlUi
New York Central 21
Pas Gas fit Elcc OS
Penney. J. C 40
Penn RR 13
Radio Corporation 63.
Richfield Oil 78 ij
Sears 87 i
Shell Oil 3.U,
Socony Mobil Oil 37 1'4
Southern Co 40',
Southern Pacific ani
Standard California 44 'a
Standard Indiana 391;
Standard N. J - 41 li
Sun Mines 7
Texas Co 7R'i
Texas Pae Land Trust 1st,
Transamerica 27 3,
Union Carbide 120J,
Union Pacific 27;
United Aircraft - 44',
United Air Lines . 33
U. S. Rubber 32',
U. S. Steel 82,
Youngstown S Ax T 99,
Family Safe As
Car Goes in River
Grants Pass A Tacoma.
Wash., family of three escaped
serious injury Tuesday morn
ing when their car left High
way 99 near Grants Pass and
entered Rogue river.
James C. Gaylord Sr.. 52.
a machinist, told state police
that he must have gone to
sleep at the wheel. He appar
ently escaped without a
scratch, although he complain
ed of a stiff knee.
Mrs. Esther Gaylord. 43.
was reported suffering from
shock and skin abrasions and
the couple's son, James C.
Gaylord Jr., 26. received
abrasions and scratches trom
blackberry bushes along the
riverbank.
Gaylord Sr. said his family
was returning to Tacoma from
San Diego. "Then the car was
in the water. I got the left
front door open and my wife
and I were scrambling out
through it." Their son escap
ed through a window. The car
was still in shallow water, but
about the time they all got
out, it eased off into deeper
water and disappeared.
The car was pulled from
20 feet of water by a wrecker
after a cable had attached to
the front end bv skin diver
Wendell Ellis, Grants Pass.
Powers' Moscow Spy
12 Pilot Asserts
Prosecutor Roman Rudenko
asked Powers about the pois
on suicide needle found in
his possession. Powers said he
was to use it in case of tor
ture. Rudenko asked the
young American if he had
been tortured.
"No," Powers replied, "I
STANDARD GAUGE
Of 223,427 miles of railway
in the U.S. in recent years.
about 222,934 miles or 99 per
cent were of standard gauge.
There were 584 miles of 3
foot gauge in some localities.
BORDER AREA
About 75 per cent of Cana
da's population lives along the
southern frontier adjoining
the United States.
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Trial
was treated very nicely."
Rudenko questioned Pow-
Manager To Quit
Klamath Falls - UTt - R.
Frank Tucker, manager of the
Klamath County Chamber of
Commerce for more than nine
years, has announced he will
leave Oct. 15 to join the Na
tional Chamber of Commerce.
Tucker said he would be
come manager of the South
ern California district of the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
with headquarters in Los An
geles.
The Klamath county cham
ber board of directors said it
would name a successor prob
ably next week.
IT'S WORTH A TRIP. TO
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to I I
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ers in detail during the morn
ing session and then Soviet
appointed defense attorney
Mikhail Grinev took over in
the afternoon.
With his pretty wife and
his mother and father watch
ing from a box in the rear
of the great hall, jammed with
2,000 spectators, Grinev drew
a picture of Powers as com
ing from a working class fam
ily. Powers said he nad taken
the high-paying job with the
Regional Edition
the new fur-trimmed look,
the important look for fall
in coats,... all are
made to sell for much more
iood
CIA because he could not find
good employment elsewhere
and he thought it would in
sure him financial independ
ence. The pilot said he wasn't
asked if he wanted to make
the flight over the Soviet Un
ion. "I couldn't refuse. It was
an order," he said. "I would
by refusing-have been consid
ered a coward by my associ
ates. It would also would have
been an unsuccessful comple
tion of my contract."
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Treatment
Grinev finished the day's
questioning by saying he had
"no more questions now." It
was not clear whether Pow
ers had finished his testi
mony or would face addition
al questioning Thursday.
Under questioning by his
defense attorney, Powers said
he was sorry if his flight in
creased world tensions.
"I have not had much news
of what happened in the
world," he said. "I heard that
as the result of my flight, the
Paris summit conference was
not held and President Eisen
hower's invitation to Moscow
was cancelled.
"I am sincerely sorry if I
had anything to do with this."
Powers was not permitted
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to talk with his wife or par
ents although they 'conferred
with his attorney during a re
cess and after the trial.
Describing his capture,
Powers said that when he
landed he was able to collapse
his parachute and get his hel
met off to get air. He said
some "Soviet citizens" ap
peared and that he offered no
resistance.
"I was treated much better
than I expected," he said.
Powers entered the plea
less than two hours after the
trial, which could result In a
possible death sentence,
opened in a former concert
hall.
It was not unexpected since
the Russians, in previously
publishing the indictment, had
given
announced Powers had plead
ed guilty.
First the court went
through the process of formal
ly identifying Powers, in
structing his as of his rights
and reading the indictment.
At the end of the reading
the presiding justice asked
Powers:
"Is the charge preferred
against you clear to you? Ac
cused Powers, do you plead
guilty?"
Powers replied: "Yes, I
plead guilty."
The court then adjourned
for 20 minutes.
After the recess. Prosecutor
Roman A. Rudenko immedi
ately started questioning the
airman, who was 31 years old
today.