Part 54, page 166

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

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)

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"Back TAXES OWED" "SkyJacker OWES IRS"

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D. B. Cooper, dead or alive?

By LARRY STEWARD World Staff Writer (Second of two articles)

"Are you all right?" the Northwest Airlines 727 pilot asked over the intercom on Thanksgiving Day four years ago. "Okay," was the skyjacker's reply from the rear of the plane's deserted passenger compartment.

That word from Dan Cooper, later mistakenly tagged with the initials D. B., was the last ever known to come from one of the state's most elusive criminals.

PERHAPS THE elusiveness can be attributed to the fact Cooper is 350 feet below the surface of Lake Merwin, near Woodland, anchored to his watery grave by 24.5 pounds of $20 bills.

Perhaps not. Cooper may have parachuted safely to earth and slipped back into the oblivion of anonymity which has left federal agents without a clue to his real identity.

If he isn't dead, the question is: "D. B. Cooper, where are you?" — a riddle which has been used as advertising slogans, on $2.50 T-shirts and as the subject of a song.

BUT ASKING that question in earnest (Continued on A-10)

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(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.)

Page 1 "The Daily World" Aberdeen, Wa.

Date: 11/27/75 Edition: Author: Editor: Title: NORJAK

Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: [X] Being Investigated

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