Cleveland to Director and offices re background of Joseph Henry Johnston

NR046 WA CODE 1030PM 9:50 PM URGENT 11-26-71 SLO TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE PORTLAND CINCINNATI MINNEAPOLIS JACKSON MEMPHIS LITTLE ROCK BIRMINGHAM ALL OFFICES SENT VIA WASHINGTON DC FROM CLEVELAND 164-NEW

UNKNOWN SUBJECT; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET

NOV. TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.

RE BUREAU TELCALL TO CLEVELAND, NOV.. TWENTYSIX INSTANT; CLEVELAND

TEL CALLS TO BUREAU, SEATTLE, PORTLAND, MINNEAPOLIS, NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT.

SUSPECT - JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON. RECORDS, MANSFIELD PD, MANSFIELD, OHIO, REFLECT SUSPECT ARRESTED MARCH EIGHT LAST, CHARGED OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE WITH LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TO ANOTHER PERSON. ALSO, ON SAME DAY WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING

MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT OPERATOR'S LICENSE. FINED THIRTYFIVE DOLLARS AND 164-81- Sub.1 COSTS. SUSPECT AT TIME OF ARREST RESIDED THIRTYSEVEN VESPER, AKRON, OHIO. SUSPECT IDENTICAL WITH MANSFIELD PD NO. ONE EIGHT SIX ONE ONE. PHOTO OF SUSPECT OBTAINED. RECORDS, AKRON, OHIO PD, REFLECT SUSPECT UNDER NO. FIVE SIX FIVE SIX E EIGHT, WAS PROCESSED BY PD ON OCT. ELEVE[illegible]

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SEARCHED_____ INDEXED_____ SERIALIZED_____ FILED_____ NOV 2 6 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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SEVENTY, AS A COMPULSORY REGISTRANT, LISTING ADDRESS AS PORTAGE HOTEL,

AKRON. RECORDS FURTHER INDICATE SUSPECT INDICATED MOTHER IDA MAE JOHNSTON, AGE SEVENTYTHREE, RESIDES SULLIGENT, ALABAMA. FURTHER DECEASED. [REDACTED], ADDRESS UNKNOWN [REDACTED].

JAMES, AGE SIXTY, ADDRESS UNKNOWN. SISTERS, EDITH NOLAN, AGE FIFTY, ADDRESS UNKNOWN, RESIDING MISSISSIPPI. [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] ADDRESS UNKNOWN. [REDACTED], ADDRESS

UNKNOWN, [REDACTED] SUSPECT LISTED THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN.

[REDACTED]

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[REDACTED], ADDRESS UNKNOWN.

RECORDS, AKRON PD INDICATE SUSPECT AT TIME OF REGISTRATION WAS UNDER PAROLE SUPERVISION FOR ONE YEAR TO [REDACTED], HAVING BEEN PREVIOUS COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE PENAL SYSTEM ON MARCH TWENTY SIXTYTHREE, AFTER BEING SENTENCED KNOX COUNTY, OHIO FROM ONE TO TWENTY

YEARS FOR CRIME OF FORGERY. AKRON PD RECORDS INDICATE SUSPECT IS ALCOHOLIC AND FREQUENTED SALVATION ARMY HOUSING FACILITIES. AKRON PD RECORDS FURTHER INDICATE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR INTOXICATION AND END PAGE TWO

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CV 164-NEW PAGE THREE SUSPICION OF UNARMED ROBBERY. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SUSPECT MADE FALSE REPORT TO AKRON PD AND HAD IN ACTUALITY ABSCONDED WITH EMPLOYERS

FUNDS. [REDACTED], ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, AKRON,OHIO, ADVISED SUSPECT WAS PAROLED JUNE TWENTY FIVE SEVENTY AT WHICH TIME HE INDICATED HE WAS RESIDING AT [REDACTED] AKRON, OHIO, [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]. IN JAN. SEVENTYONE SUSPECT MOVED TO SALVATION ARMY

CENTER, ONE ZERO ZERO SIX GRANT ST., AKRON, OHIO. ON MARCH EIGHT LAST NOTATION IN PAROLE OFFICERS CONTACT SHEET REVEALED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS RESIDING [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] PORTLAND, OREGON. ON MARCH EIGHT LAST SUSPECT

RECEIVED PERMISSION TO LEAVE AKRON TO VISIT WITH MOTHER, IDA JOHNSTON,

THREE ONE TWO SOUTH FRANKLIN ST., ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI. ON MAY FOURTE N

LAST, ARKANSAS PAROLE AUTHORITIES INDICATED SUSPECT RESIDING AT ONE ONE ONE WEST BOND ST., WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, AND WAS EMPLOYED BY SPE R

AND WOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY. SUSPECT WAS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF [REDACTED], PAROLE OFFICER, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. OHIO PAROLE AUTHOR ITIES TRANSFERRED SUPERVISION TO ARKAANSAS PAROLE AUTHORITIES IN AUG.

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SEVENTYONE. NO FURTHER INFO WAS CONTAINED IN THIS PAROLE FILE.

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE REFLECTS SUSPECT FORWARDED CHANGE OF ADDRESS EFFECTIVE MARCH THIRTY SEVENTYONE FROM AKRON TO ONE SEVEN SEVEN ONE TAHITI LANE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT UNDER MANSFIELD PD NO. ONE EIGHT SIX ONE ONE FORWARDED VIA TELECOPIER TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS DIVISIONS. SAME PHOTOS SENT VIA NORTHWEST AIRLINES NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT TO ABOVE THREE OFFICES. SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS WM, SIX FEET, ONE SIXTY LBS., HAIR BROWNISH GRAY, EYES BLUE OR BROWN, MEDIUM BUILD, FAIR COMPLEXION. DOB APRIL EIGHT TWENTYTHREE, SELLIGENT, ALA. SSN FOUR FOUR SEVEN - ZERO FIVE - FOUR THREE TWO NINE. SCARS AND MARKS, TWELVE INCH AND THREE INCH OPERATIONAL SCARS ON STOMACH. FIVE INCH CUT SCAR ON OUTER LEFT THIGH. SIX INCH CUT SCAR ON CHEST. EIGHT INCH CUT SCAR ON BACK. FOUR INCH CUT

SCAR ON NECK AND FIVE INCH CUT SCAR ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND CHEEK. END PAGE FOUR

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BIRMINGHAM ASCERTAIN IF MOTHER STILL RESIDES SILLIGENT, ALABAMA. IF SO, OBTAIN ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION.

CINCINNATI CONDUCT APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION KNOX COUNTY, OHIO.

JACKSON ASCERTAIN IF SUSPECT'S MOTHER RESIDES ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI AND IF SO OBTAIN ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION.

LITTLE ROCK AT WEST MEMPHIS AND JONESBORO, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT ONE [redacted] WEST BOND ST., AND THROUGH CONTACT WITH [REDACTED]

MEMPHIS CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT ONE SEVEN SEVEN ONE TAHITI, MEMPHIS, TENN.

PORTLAND CONTACT [REDACTED].

INVESTIGATION CONTINUING CLEVELAND.

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