Part 53, page 37

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was closed during the search to guard against crowds of curious people on the grounds.

The command post for the operation where FBI agents coordinated men and helicopters was set up in one of the Com- pany buildings at the site. The troops were bivouacked in the adjoining park area which also served as a helicopter pad.

The man who boarded the plane in Port- land as "D.B. Cooper" literally vanished into the air that November night and as this issue went to press nothing new had been unearthed in the recent search.

This fact, coupled with a popular theory that the skyjacker ended up entangled in a tree in below-freezing weather and never made it any farther, may make look- ing for "D.B. Cooper" and the $200,000 ransom a recreational fad on the Lewis River this summer.

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MEASURES TO INSURE security of PP&L's hydroelectric dam and property was worked out prior to the resump- tion of the search. Larry Ouzts, left, loss prevention engineer, stops at Merwin Park gate to check in with FBI agent.

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PICNIC TABLES ON A HELICOPTER PAD? Pacific's Merwin Park with scenes of Army life—mess tent, mili- tary vehicles, first aid truck and helicopters — as the FBI and Army used the park as headquarters dur- ing the recent search for "D. B. Cooper," missing skyjacker.

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