Part 78, page 138

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

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)

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IN SONG, T-SHIRT, SEARCH

Daring Deeds of NWA Hijacker Live On

By MARY PAT MURPHY SEATTLE (P)—The deeds of D. B. Cooper, the mysterious hijacker who parachuted into the night with $200,000, live on in song and T-shirt—and in the minds of searchers who hope to recover the loot.

D. B. Cooper, a name authorities doubt is his own, bailed out of a Northwest Airlines 727 jetliner somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nev., on Thanksgiving eve. With him went the $200,000 he had extorted from the airline by threatening to blow up the plane.

After about four days, the official search around Woodland, Wash., the area where Cooper was believed to have landed, was canceled. But an unofficial treasure hunt began in earnest.

COWLITZ COUNTY Sheriff Charles Gill says information released by the FBI indicates that if the hijacker bailed out in the Woodland area, the odds are he didn't make land safely. "Definitely the people in this area feel that if what we hear is true—that he jumped near Pigeon Springs—he's still up there," Gill said.

On the chance that D. B. Cooper may be dangling from a tree somewhere in the Washington forest with the $200,000 buried in a nearby snowbank, a number of local people have been combing the areas on trail bikes, Gill said.

WOODLAND POLICE Chief Joe May, a private pilot, says he has logged 20 hours in his own plane looking for the missing hijacker.

"Just about all the fliers in Oregon and Washington are searching, but in my opinion some hunter will probably find him," May said.

If the searchers do find the $200,000, U.S. Atty. Stan Pitkin says, the money must be returned to the airline. Pitkin says he knows of no reward offered for recovery of the money, which was given to Cooper in $20 bills—their serial numbers recorded by authorities.

To the delight of promoters and the displeasure of law and airline officials, the saga of D. B. Cooper is being popularized in a twangy ballad that's sold 1,500 copies and depicted on a T-shirt that shows a parachute floating downward with a case of money.

The title of the song and the caption of the T-shirt illustration are the same: "D. B. Cooper, Where Are You?"

THE SHIRT is the creation of Dick Kaiser, a 29-year-old restaurant em-

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

13 St. Paul Dispatch St. Paul, Minn.

Date: Jan. 12, 1972 Edition: Evening Author: Mary Pat Murphy Editor: H.G. Burnham Jr. Title:

Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Minneapolis

☐ Being investigated

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164-73-231 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ FILED _____ JAN 14 1972

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DB Cooper-33959