Part 54, page 122

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[clipping info header] the page, name of newspaper, city and state) A-1 HERALD EXAMINER LOS ANGELES, CA Date: 12/16/79 Edition: Sunday Litest

Title: NEWS FOCUS

Character: or CAA Classi[fication] b6 Submit[ting office] b7C [guess: LOS] ANGELES

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... he [guess: year] [illegible] it was a dark, [guess: stormy] Thanksgiving [guess: eve] there is [illegible] to [guess: suggest] that Eve in Portland, Ore., and evidence that D.B. Cooper was an [illegible] at the [illegible] a [guess: mild] inter[illegible] named Byron "Jack" Coffelt [illegible] a [guess: someone] who survived the jump and es- to [illegible] [illegible] [guess: also did] caped. The FBI and various media night, [guess: prefer] [illegible] [guess: family] and outlets have spent considerable loved ones [guess: prefer] [illegible] the [guess: anti] [guess: climax] investigating the Coffelt- day's feast. A [guess: middle-aged] [illegible], [guess: dressed] in [illegible] [guess: before] [guess: been] [illegible] black suit, [illegible] [guess: black] and thin black tie on, [illegible] [guess: walked] up to the [guess: Northwest] Airlines counter[illegible] [illegible] [guess: about 6] feet, [guess: and] [illegible] [guess: return] [guess: build] and carried a [illegible] [illegible] [guess: a] [illegible] name as [guess: Dan] Co[oper] [illegible] [guess: paid] cash for a one-way [guess: flight] [illegible] $[guess: 18] [illegible] to Seattle. [guess: The] [illegible] [guess: great] [guess: purchased] the [guess: wrong] [illegible] [illegible] the [guess: crime] came [guess: out] [illegible]. [illegible]

[illegible] a [illegible] [illegible] [guess: the] [guess: coffin], the [guess: frightened] [guess: passenger] boarded a stewardess [illegible] [guess: and] threatening to blow up the [illegible] [illegible] with a hidden bomb if he [guess: didn't] receive $200,000 cash and four parachutes. The plane went to Seattle, where an FBI agent brought the ransom to the cabin door and handed it to a stewardess. [guess: Then], as the plane continued on toward Reno, Nev., with its rear door open, as the hijacker had instructed, D.B. Cooper [guess: jumped] into the night -- and became a legend in American crime.

The massive manhunt that began the next day in the mountainous terrain that Cooper jumped into was only the beginning. In the eight years since the famous inci- dent, the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation has [guess: accumulated] thousands of [guess: man-hours] [guess: tracking] down leads on some [guess: 900] suspects. Yet, the official line [guess: is] still [guess: that] an unknown man [guess: major] [guess: FBI] [illegible] that night and probably died in the parachute jump -- [guess: though] his body, the [guess: chute] and the money were never found [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [guess: established] [guess: precise] [illegible] [illegible].

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SUB B 164-81-[guess: 9194]

SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED JAN 1980 b6 b7C

FBI/DOJ DB Cooper-23048