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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)

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Cooper Bill List Creates 'Unusual Interest' In $20s

Banks in the Portland area are reporting an "unusual interest" in $20 bills.

They believe the demand for the bills is the result of the decision of The Journal to publish the numbers of all the $20 bills included in $200,000 extorted by airline hijacker D. B. Cooper two years ago.

A man calling himself Cooper extorted the money from Northwest Orient Airlines, then apparently bailed out of a skyjacked plane over Southwestern Washington.

John Kodel of First National Bank said all of the tellers of the bank's Head Office branch had been asked to change money into $20 bills by persons hoping to cash in on The Journal's offer to pay $1,000 to the person bringing in the first $20 bill from Cooper's haul.

The money may also be turned in to any office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Kodel said fairly large sums of money were being exchanged for $20 bills, many by people carrying copies of The Journal's listings.

The largest sum was brought in by a man who laid five $100 bills on the counter and asked for $20 bills in return," said Kodel.

One woman wrote The Journal from Orlando, Fla., saying that she had asked for her Social Security payment in $20 bills.

The Florida correspondent and others writing from New York, Virginia, Vermont, California and Hawaii have been advised to check the numbers of their $20 bills at local offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Copies of the numbers also are in the hands of Scotland Yard, Interpol and major police agencies throughout the world.

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11 THE OREGON JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREG[ON]

Date: November, 28, 19[73?] Edition: Author: Rolla J. Cric[k?] Editor: Donald Sterling Title: NORJAK

Character: or Bufile Classification: 164-2111 Submitting Office: Portland

[X] Being Investigated