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Pilot Powers Returns Home To Grudging Town Admiration
In Grundy Virginia the seventh grade class at Grundy High School begins days with prayers for Francis Gary Powers. The 30-year-old U 2 pilot is hailed as a hero by locals who remember him as shy and studious, not a spy, and who celebrate his unlikely rise from coal valley poverty to international notoriety.
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