Part 54, page 185

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[...partially cut off] worse night for a bailout clouds covered Oregon [...]ton, one with bases at [...]other from 3,300 feet u[p] and more over Portlan[d] gusting from 25 to 45 k[nots] [I]nternational Airport.

Lelooska, Indian art[ist] Ariel, Wash., was driv[ing] the Lewis River about [re]ported the wind and rai[n] the car so hard that he [...]road to wait for a break [in the weather].

Himmelsbach, an ex[pert] took off from Portlan[d] Airport in a National G[uard] as the hijacked plane pas[sed].

"We were going to the 727," Himmelsbach [said]. [The] air was so rough and th[e] that we were called bac[k] past downtown Portland[.]

The next day, Himm[elsbach] holds a commercial pil[ot's license] almost the entire route [of] plane in his own airplan[e] by an experienced Civil [Air Patrol] server.

"We flew directly where we later estimate[d] ed, but there is hardly a [land]ing even a parachute dense woods and brush t[hat covers most] of the area."

About 200 officers a[nd] 3d Armored Cavalry fr[om Fort Lewis] equipped with five searched the target area in mid-March, poking and blackberry patches farm buildings.

They found the body [of a] girl. They found some p[ur-] ples, orange and green weather balloons — bo[th] valid clue to the missing [hijack]er's parachute was all white.

"It is impossible to per cent effective search area," Himmelsbach sa[id]. [...]acres and acres of blackberries so unique as to be impenetrable and some of the terrain is too steep to be searched on foot. A man could fall into one of those blackberry patches and just disappear. We would have to burn out the under- brush or cut it out by hand to conduct a thorough search."

"I have never thought Cooper went into the lake. From all I've seen I lean to the hypothesis that he landed in the dense woods either dead or mortally hurt. It could be years before he is found. Planes have disappeared in that kind of terrain and been missing for 10 years or more."

When Capt. William Scott, Flight Engineer K. E. Anderson, and First Offi- cer Rataczak landed the 727 at Reno with the rear stair door still dragging, [...]oy and Tina Mucklow, stewardess, found the cabin empty except for one [...]

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[...] of other criminals, Himmelsbach points out.

The Federal Aviation Administra- tion reports five possible hijackings or other crimes against civil aviation were prevented by the security system in the first six months of 1976 and 2,840 fire- arms and seven explosive or incendiary devices were seized and 422 persons arrested.

P.S. If by some miracle Cooper should escape the FBI, he would still be wanted by the IRS. The Portland office of the Internal Revenue Service esti- mates Cooper would owe $217,523 on his $200,000 loot in taxes and penalties for failure to file and failure to pay. A possible civil penalty could raise that figure another $60,000 — all of which goes to show that crime doesn't pay, the IRS says.

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[...]of Atlantic City and Ocean City acres of vegetable gardens in rural counties. 372. It went 2-to-1 for Richard [...]nd by a similar margin for its [...]ative Re- [...]harles W. [...] Jr. 974, Nixon a and Char- man — one tiehard de- during the Judiciary [...]ee's im- [...]at proceed- [...]ad lost his [...]at to a 42- [...]Democrat- r named William J. Hughes. It

ly Republican district was described by the Almanac of American Politics as "one of the two biggest upsets in House races" in the entire country.

The Almanac forecast that Evans' district "will be one of the toughest seats in the country for the Democrats to hold," noting that "numerous ambi- tious young Indianapolis-area Republi- cans undoubtedly see this as the district that could elect them to Congress for years."

The winner of the Republican nomi- nation in that district turned out to be David G. Crane, with credentials as a lawyer and a physician, and a polished speaker besides. As might be expected of the younger brother of Rep. Philip M. Crane, R-Ill., one of the favorite speak- ers of the conservative circuit, David Crane was generously favored with campaign funds. He also had [...]

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