Part 78, page 409

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FR-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)

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Cooper caper still baffles FBI

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — FBI agents armed with sifting screens and accompanied by a backhoe conducted a $200,000 treasure hunt along the Colum- bia River on Wednesday, seeking more of a mysterious hijacker's loot and maybe the remains of D.B. Cooper himself.

The agents tore up the sandy beach where an 8-year-old boy found several thousand dollars in crumbling $20 bills over the weekend. The FBI identified the cash through serial numbers.

A GAPING PIT, about 20 yards from the water's edge, showed the spot where Brian In- gram found the three packages of bills on Sunday. On Tuesday, agents digging as deep as 3 feet came up with more bits and pieces of $20 bills from the spot that is sometimes under water as the river level fluctuates.

Any would-be treasure seekers were barred from the area by a sheriff's deputy and a locked gate. The only spectators were three local fishermen, a crowd of reporters and a herd of dairy cattle that munched away in a pen about a hundred yards from the digging.

The mystery of what happened to the man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines 727 jetliner on Thanksgiving Eve 1971 appeared little closer to solution.

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St. Paul Pioneer Press St. Paul, Minnesota page 2

Date: 2/14/80 Edition:

Title: Cooper caper still baffles FBI

Character: NORJAK or Classification: Submitting Office: Minneapolis

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