[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 23, 1994]
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                      TRIBUTE TO RICHARD P. POWERS

  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I rise today to remember and honor a 
distinguished journalist, Richard P. Powers, who recently passed away 
at the age of 88.
  Members of Richard Powers' family live in Minnesota. His daughter, 
Jane Powers, has shared with me her memories of her father's love of 
the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, where he worked for many 
years as a journalist with the Associated Press, and his fond memories 
of working with some of the giants of the Senate including Vice 
President Hubert Humphrey.
  Shelia and I extend our sympathies to Richard Powers' family. I ask 
to have included in the Record the obituary that was published in the 
Washington Post earlier this year at the time of Richard P. Powers' 
passing.
  There being no objection, the obituary was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

              Richard P. Powers Dies; Correspondent for AP

       Richard P. Powers, 88, a retired Capitol Hill correspondent 
     for the Associated Press, died of a heart attack March 30 at 
     Suburban Hospital.
       Mr. Powers, who was stricken at his residence in Bethesda, 
     was born in Chippewa Falls, Wis. He graduated from the 
     University of Minnesota in 1929 and joined the AP in 
     Minneapolis.
       In 1939, Mr. Powers transferred to Bismarck, N.D., where he 
     was manager of the AP bureau.
       Mr. Powers came to Washington in 1942 and covered 
     congressional delegations from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan 
     and North and South Dakota until he retired in 1970.
       Mr. Powers was a member of Bradley Hills Presbyterian 
     Church in Bethesda.
       Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Gladys E. Powers of 
     Bethesda; two children, John R. Powers of Princeton, N.J., 
     and Jane E. Powers of Minneapolis; a sister, Mary P. Sanders 
     of Chicago; and three grandchildren.

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