Part 50, page 340

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[led] that the search for the para- chutist was being concentrated in the wilderness area 25 miles northeast of Portland, Ore., but the spokesman acknowledged that the manhunt in that area was based on supposition rather than hard information.

The four-state hijacking be- gan last night in Portland, on the last leg of Northwest Flight 305 from Washington to Seattle. The Boeing 727 had made earlier stops in Minne- apolis; [guess: “]Great Falls, Mont.; Missoula, Mont.; Portland, Ore., and Spokane, Wash.

The hijacker, identified by the F.B.I. as "D. B. Cooper,"

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boarded the jet in Portland. When the plane was in the air, he showed a stewardess a briefcase containing two red cylinders and wires and said he would blow up the aircraft, containing 36 passengers and six crew members, unless his demands were met.

The man, wearing dark

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tle. "She looked bewilder[ed] and gulped. I guess she learned what was happening then."

Capt. William W. Scott, the pilot, radioed the hijacker's de- mands ahead to Seattle. A Northwest manager said that the man had not demanded any specific denomination of bills. He declined to say wheth- er the bills were marked in any way. Airline workers had to go to several banks to assem- ble the large sum.

The parachutes, which are not in ordinary use in com- mercial air travel, proved an-

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