Part 54, page 109
DB Cooper-23035Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-SUBB
Document date 29 November 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 54 p. 109 (DB Cooper-23035), News clipping, dated 29 Nov 1976, serial SE 164-81-SUBB (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-54/pages/109
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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)
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'Cooper Caper' lacked only its guest of honor
ARIEL, Cowlitz County -- (AP) -- The partygoers, who came from as far away as Phoe- nix, Anchorage and Hollywood, dined on buffalo stew, watched a commemorative sky jump and speculated on the whereabouts of the guest of honor.
The skyjacking legend, D.B. Cooper, was a no-show as the people of this Southwestern Washington town put on a week- end shindig to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his parachute jump into infamy.
"He would have been wel- come," said Germaine Tricola, proprietress of the general store and tavern. "But we looked at everybody's face who came in the door and we didn't see him."
On the night of November 24, 1971, a skyjacker calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a North- west Airlines 727 on a flight from Portland. He collected $200,000 ransom in Seattle and bailed out before the plane landed again at Reno.
Cooper and the money were never found but authorities spec- ulated he hit the silk above Mer- win Lake, close enough to Ariel to serve as an excuse for a party in the town of 400.
The "Cooper Caper," as the festivity was dubbed, featured skydivers plummeting into a va- cant campground, musicians, Cooper sweatshirts and a goat named Fred tethered beneath a sign reading, "Cooper Reincar- [guess: nated?]" ... [illegible]
Mrs. Tricola said her buffalo stew "went over real good" and estimated 700 to 800 participated in the celebration, a large crowd for a community that boasts only a shake mill and a post office be- sides the store and tavern.
Cooper, who used the name "Dan" when he bought his tick- et, was indicted for air piracy by a federal grand jury in Portland, on Wednesday, just hours before the 5-year statute of limitations ran out.
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p.D15 Seattle Times Seattle, Wash.
Date: 11/29/76 Edition: Final Author: Editor: Jim King Title:
NORJAC
Character: or Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle
☐ Being Investigated
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164-81 - SubB SEARCHED... INDEXED... SERIALIZED... FILED... DEC 6 1976
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DB Cooper-23035