Insert re investigation at Paola and Kansas City on Richard O. Cooper, with background description
Document date 4 February 1977
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-120:188-191 Document: Insert re investigation at Paola and Kansas City on Richard O. Cooper, with background description Id: Cooper-Part-120:188-191 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A188-191 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 120 pp. 188–191 (DB Cooper-55201–55204), Report, dated 4 Feb 1977 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-120%3A188-191
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The following investigation was conducted by SA ALFRED T. JONES:
AT PAOLA, KANSAS
On January 27, 1977, Sheriff CHUCK LIGHT was recontacted concerning his knowledge of RICHARD O. COOPER. LIGHT advised that COOPER either worked for Day's Chevrolet or Watkins' Chevrolet. In addition to working for some insurance company in the local area. Sheriff LIGHT recommended contacting BILL AVERY local Agent for State Farm Insurance Company, and that he would probably know which company COOPER was employed by.
On January 27, 1977, BILL AVERY, State Farm Insurance company, Paola, Kansas, telephone 755-3370, advised he vaguely knew RICHARD O. COOPER and stated that he worked for MFA Insurance Company as a sales representa- tive in Ossawatomie, Kansas. AVERY advised there is no local office in Ossawatomie and recommended contacting the District Manager of MFA in Kansas for further informa- tion.
AVERY was sure that COOPER worked for Watkins' Chevrolet and recommended contacting [REDACTED], [REDACTED] Kansas, as he was a close friend of [REDACTED].
On February 4, 1977, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Kansas, advised he did not know the current whereabouts of [REDACTED] of Watkins' Chevrolet, but that [REDACTED] banker, TED LEWIS, at the First National Bank, Paola, Kansas, would know the current location of [REDACTED].
On February 4, 1977, TED LEWIS, President, First National Bank, Paola, Kansas, advised [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
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164-81-7423 SEARCHED ___ INDEXED ___ SERIALIZED ___ FILED ___ MAR 18 1977 [illegible handwritten initials] DB COOPER-55201
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is residing in Kansas City, Missouri, and furnished telephone number [redacted] and telphone number [redacted] for numbers where [redacted] could be reached.
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AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
On February 4, 1977, [redacted] was contacted at [redacted] and advised that he recalled RICHARD O. COOPER working for him as a salesman until his dealership closed in 1974. Prior to that, he recalls that COOPER worked for the General Motors Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Regarding past records [redacted] advised they are stored in an office above the First National Bank, Paola, Kansas, and that [redacted] has access to the records. He advised [redacted] resides on a [redacted], Kansas.
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KEN URITT, Personnel Manager, General Motors Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, furnished the following information on February 7, 1977:
Employment records indicate an OTIS RICHARD COOPER, JR., date of birth November 14, 1930, employed by General Motors from November 11, 1957, through July 31, 1972. The following was obtained from a review of COOPER's employment records:
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Name OTIS RICHARD COOPER, JR. Race White Sex Male Date of birth November 14, 1930 Employment dates November 11, 1957, - July 31, 1972 Specific Jobs Clerk, Senior Clerk, Foreman and Standard Engineer (Time and Motion Studies) Local address [redacted] Kansas City, Missouri
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DB COOPER-55202
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Height 5'11" Weight 200 lbs. Children [REDACTED] SSAN 488-32-8278 (COOPER's SSAN previously reported as [REDACTED]) Military U. S. Army, October, 1942, through October, 1952. Rank of Sergeant when discharged honorably, and employed as personnel manager in charge of records. Wounded in foot. References [REDACTED] Carrollton, Missouri [REDACTED] Carrollton, Missouri [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Carrollton, Missouri [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Carrollton, Missouri Employment History September, 1953, until June, 1956, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
October, 1953, until September, 1954 Service Pipe Line Company Carrollton, Missouri, as laborer and painter
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DB COOPER-55203
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June, 1956, until October, 1957, National and Accident Insurance Company, 3315 Gillham Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri as debit collector
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URITT advised that COOPER's records indicated he was not at work on November 21, 1971, and that he was on sick leave from November 17, 1971, through November 28, 1971, under the care of Dr. PHILLIP REISTER, 701 East 63rd Street, for nervousness. His file indicated when he returned he admitted to his supervisor that he had had family problems and was impotent. Under the advice of his physician he had been living with another woman in an effort to resolve his problems.
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On February 8, 1977, [REDACTED] Dr. PHILLIP D. REISTER, 701 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri, furnished the following information. [REDACTED] advised her records indicated OTIS RICHARD COOPER treated on November 1, 1971, and received an injection. On November 26, 1971, COOPER was seen at the hospital on an out patient basis by Dr. REISTER where he was treated for nervous exhaustion. [REDACTED] advised that Dr. REISTER was currently involved in surgery and would not be available for interview. She advised any further information would have to be furnished by Dr. REISTER.
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Review of the Kansas City, Missouri computer system, which covers all law enforcement agencies in the greater Kansas City area, revealed no record identifiable with OTIS RICHARD COOPER.
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DB COOPER-55204
Serials: KC 164-80, KC 164-80-3, SE 164-81-7423