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Exec AD Adm. ___ Exec AD Inv. ___ Exec AD LES ___ Asst. Dir.: Adm. Servs. ___ Crim. Inv. [initialed] Ident. ___ Intell. ___ Laboratory ___ Legal Coun. ___ Plan. & Insp. ___ Rec. Mgnt. ___ Tech. Servs. ___ Training ___ Public Affs. OH. ___ Telephone Rm. ___ Director's Sec'y [initialed]

N100 RA DB COOPER

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VANCOUVER, WASH. (AP) -- THE SEARCH ALONG A COLUMBIA RIVER BEACH FOR MORE MONEY FROM THE D.B. COOPER HIJACKING EIGHT YEARS AGO PROBABLY WILL BE SUSPENDED AFTER FRIDAY, FBI OFFICIALS SAID THURSDAY.

MEANWHILE, A GEOLOGIST CONCLUDED THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS FOUND SUNDAY BY AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY ON A FAMILY PICNIC WAS DEPOSITED ON THE BEACH IN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO.

FBI AGENTS CONTINUED TO DIG FOR MORE OF THE $200,000 THAT COOPER TOOK WITH HIM WHEN HE BAILED OUT OF A PLANE ON THANKSGIVING EVE IN 1971.

THE SEARCH BEGAN TUESDAY ALONG THE RIVER'S NORTH SHORE, ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER. ADDITIONAL SCRAPS OF MONEY WERE FOUND ON WEDNESDAY.

A MAN WHOSE PASSENGER LIST WAS SIGNED "DAN COOPER" LEFT A NORTHWEST AIRLINES PLANE THAT WAS BOUND FOR RENO FROM SEATTLE AFTER HE DISPLAYED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BOMB AND OBTAINED A PACKAGE OF $20 BILLS AND THREE PARACHUTES.

FBI AGENTS BELIEVED HE LEFT THE PLANE, DURING A STORM, ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHERE THE CRUMBLED AND WEATHERED BILLS WERE FOUND. IT IS THE NATION'S ONLY UNSOLVED HIJACKING.

"WE'LL WORK TODAY AND TOMORROW AND PROBABLY KNOCK IT OFF AND BRING MY TROOPS BACK UP HERE AND REASSESS THE SITUATION," SAID JACK PRINGLE, ASSISTANT AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE SEATTLE OFFICE WHICH TOOK OVER THE SEARCH OPERATIONS.

"SOME OF THE AREA IS INACCESSIBLE AND THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN SEARCH THE WHOLE RIVER," PRINGLE SAID.

HE SAID GEOLOGIST LEONARD PALMER OF PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY CONCLUDED THAT THE DREDGING OPERATION IN 1974 DID NOT PUT THE MONEY ONTO THE BEACH, BECAUSE THE BILLS WERE FOUND ABOVE CLAY DEPOSITS PUT ON THE BANKS BY THE DREDGE.

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AP-WX-0214 1558EST

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119 68 AUG 22 1980

NOT RECORDED 28 AUG 21 1980

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