Part 54, page 53
Document date 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 54 p. 53 (DB Cooper-22979), News clipping, dated 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-54/pages/53
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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
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Legacy Of D. B. Cooper
D. B. Cooper inspired a new breed of money was found in a field below. In daredevil (or nutty) criminals to jump another field, the gun was found. Many out of airplanes with a fortune in stolen believed that a body would be found money under their arms. nearby. But the FBI has a man, It is tragic that the man listed as charged with the crime, in custody, "Cooper" when he bailed out over rug- said to have reached ground safely but ged territory in the Pacific Northwest without one cent of the half-million-dol- wasn't found immediately, for he set a lar haul that he was unable to hang bad example— even by criminal stand- onto when he hit the blast of air. ards—for those who were to follow his The latest of a string of failures by leap. would-be parachute pirates turned into Cooper, whether dead or alive, has a bloody tragedy as not only the hijack- never been found. ers, but also a passenger, were killed But the success rate of parajackers in a shoot-out on the ground. They since he started the foolish fad ought to didn't get a chance to use their para- convince anyone still toying with a mad chutes, but others have been tracked scheme of holding up an airline and and arrested or picked up injured al- then jumping to freedom that it isn't most routinely since that first jump. worth it. D. B. Cooper started something all In a recent case of terror in right, but the irony is that he seems to the skies that turned to failure on the be about the only one who hasn't been ground, $502,000 was taken. But the found—yet. [illegible line at bottom of clipping]
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(Indicate page, newspaper, city and state.)
[illegible] THE [guess: COLUMBIAN] [guess: JOURNAL] [illegible]
Date: [guess: 7/6/72] Edition: Author: Editor: Title:
Character: or Class[ification] : [illegible] .co[illegible] [illegible] [guess: investigated]
[guess: ca 61]
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DB Cooper-22979