SA to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect Bob Ball, Sub 451, with background data
Document date 5 September 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-112:402-403
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-112:402-403 Document: Memo SA to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect Bob Ball, Sub 451, with background data Id: Cooper-Part-112:402-403 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A402-403 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 112 pp. 402–403 (DB Cooper-51258–51259), Memo, dated 5 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-3871 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-112%3A402-403
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 9/5/72
SA [REDACTED] Sub 45/ NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
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RE: BOB BALL (SUB 451)
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On August 17, 1972, Special Employee [REDACTED] caused the records of the Seattle Police Department to be checked concerning BALL. The following information was obtained for an individual named ROBERT ALLEN BALL:
Name ROBERT ALLEN BALL Race White Sex Male Date of Birth September 22, 1924 Place of Birth Elgin, Nebraska Height 6 feet Weight 200 pounds Hair Brown Eyes Brown Social Security Account Number 537-12-0157
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The records showed that BALL had been arrested twice, once in August, 1950, for drunk, fined $20; occupation was listed as meat cutter, and again in September 1963, also for drunk, fined $20; occupation listed as mason.
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On August 18, 1972, SE [REDACTED] caused the records of the Seattle Credit Bureau to be checked con- cerning BALL, and the following information was obtained as a result of that records check:
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RNN:bgw (3) Sub 45/ 164-81-3871 SEARCHED......INDEXED...... SERIALIZED......FILED...... SEP 5 1972 FBI — SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-51258
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b6 b7C
SE 164-81
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Previous Address As of March, 1971, was 1712 Edmonds Southeast, Redmond [redacted/b7C] 12/70 Member of Cement Workers Local 528 12/70 Address 609 Main Street 12/70 8717 South 117th 12/61 Address 28643 Pacific Highway South, Federal Way 2/54 Address 8549 South 116th 8/50 110th Seventh Street South, Longview, Washington
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EMPLOYMENT
12/61 Hi Line Foods, Meat Department 2/58 PETER KIEWIT Construction 1/58 Self-employed as a butcher
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Divorces [REDACTED - b6/b7C]
Bankruptcy 8/58, liabilities $15,953, Declared assets $3,925; discharged 9/58 Bankruptcy 1/65, liabilities $23,403, Declared assets $10,950; discharged 3/65
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On August 22, 1972, SE [REDACTED - b6/b7C] caused the records of the King County Sheriff's Office to be checked concerning BALL with negative results.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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LEAD
SEATTLE DIVISION At Seattle, Washington
1) Will contact [REDACTED - b6/b7C], Boeing Aircraft Corporation and determine from her if BALL employed by Boeing during 1956 in the Cable Control and Inspection Department. If so, obtain complete background and descriptive data in order to eliminate as a suspect.
2) Contact the Seattle Board of Realtors and deter- mine if BALL was a licensed realtor in the state of Washington in the early 1960's. If so, obtain background and descriptive information in order to eliminate as a suspect.
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DB COOPER-51259
Serials: SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3871