Part 53, page 179

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

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)

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Three years have passed since 'D.B. Cooper'

By Allen Nacheman Associated Press Writer

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- It has been three years since the skyjacker called Dan Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines jet with $200,000 in ransom money and wrote himself into the folklore of the Pacific Northwest. Two more and he'll be home free -- if he's alive. "The federal statute of limitations on that crime is five years," said Sidney Lezak, U.S. attorney in Portland. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Cooper is the only person ever to hijack a domestic airliner who has not been killed or brought to justice. "We know nothing more about him today than we did at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1971," says Julius Mattson, special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office. "I just wish we had something to go one. We don't have a thing. Just a big zero." These are the events of that Thanksgiving Eve as authorities reconstructed them: A man who gave his name as Dan Cooper bought a one-way ticket at Portland International Airport to Seattle aboard Northwest Airlines flight 305 which originated in Washington, D.C. No antihijacking measures were in operation as the 36 pas- sengers boarded the Boeing 727 for the 25-minute flight. In the air, Cooper handed stewardess Tina Mucklow a note saying he had a bomb. Following Cooper's orders, Miss Mucklow sat beside him and wrote down instructions to the pilot.

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(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Page 20 The Daily News Longview, Washington

Date: 11/27/74 Edition: afternoon Author: Allen Nacheman (AP) Editor: Ted M. Natt Title: Norjak

Character: CAA or Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle

☐ Being Investigated

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164-81-Sub B SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED ____ &FILED EX____ DEC 4 1974 BI--SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-22517