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2 3 DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY represented 'nim seif to be the per:
E A known as "D. B. Cooper" for the purpose of being intervieve
j . 5 by Karl Fleming, well knowing said representation woulc bere
{ 22. 6 and was false when made. — ,
'4 7 8a. On or about February 16, 1972, defendants wInc cay ;
| 16 8 - || souN LEWIS and DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY, ha ving devised . :
a8 9 intended to devise the aforesaid scheme and artifice t |
co 10 defraud, and for obtaining money by means of false anc
: oh 11 fraudulent pretenses, representations "and promises, Gid
28 12 induce Karl Fleming to travel in, end pe vranspo: 526
.. 13 interstate commerce rom Los Angeles , "Calivernia sve) Scnte be
14 Washington, within the Western District of Washington, in
? ss the execution of the afepescia scheme and artifice to
4 *6 defraud Karl Fleming, Newsweek Magazine, and Plabyous
3 in Publications of money. in excess of $5,000.
5 - 18 All in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §2314 and §2.
: 5 '9 COUNT II
+o 20 l. The United scates Attorney rezlleges ali of * ond
a 2 allegations contained in' Count I, paragrapns 1 th 2OuED :
of this Information.
>. On or about February 20, 1972, defendants WELLE
JOHN LEWIS and DONALD, SYLVESTER MURPHY, having devises
intended to devise the aferesaia scheme and artifice vo
ae fraud, and for. obtaining money by means of false and
fraudulent "pretenses , representations and promises, Gia i
induce Karl Fleming to travel in, and be transpor sed in
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All in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §2214 and §2,
| , . COUNT III

~ 1. Beginning on or about February 1, 1972, and

continuing thereafter through or about May 2, 1972, within
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the Western District of Washington, defenda ants WILLIAM ICHN
LEWIS and DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY , did willfully and unlew-

fully 'combine, conspire and agree together and with other 2

unknown persons, to commit offenses against the Unitcd
States, to wit, to violate Section 2314, Title 18 U,S.C..

by devising a scheme and artifice to defraud Karl Fleming,

Newsweek Magazine, and Platypus Publications of money in

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| induce Karl Fleming to travel in 'and be transported in

interstate commerce from Los Angeles , California to

'Seattle, Washington. .
2. it was part of said _conspiracy that defencant |
WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS would contact Karl Fleming and cenvince

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him that defendant LEWIS knew the true identity of an
alleged aircraft hijacker known as "D. B. Cooper" and that .

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(2) On or about February 13, 1972. defendant

WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS made a reservation for Karl Fleming at

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(3) On or about February 16, 1972, defendant

JILLIAM JOHN LEWIS met with Kari Fleming av the Sweve Wing

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(4) on or about February 23, 1972, defercants

WILLIAM JOHN LEWIS and DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY met with

Karl Fleming. :

(5) On.or about February 23, 1972, defer sant
DONALD SYLVESTER MURPHY, posing as "D. B. Cooper" partici
pated in an interview with Karl Fleming.
-All in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §371.

COUNT IV

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49 Ane fw ET SER eo OES Oo ece are official FBI sketches of 2 man who gave his
i , egg: name"as Dan Cooper and hijacked a Northwest Airlines jet en-
33 C Foye) pe r S fi | | route from Portland to Seattle last Thanksgiving Eve, 'The
"1 hijacker parachuted from the plane with $200,000 in ransom
"2 At L rae money and signaled the era of the parachuting hijacker. He .
3 an a g ; is still at large and authorities say they have no firm clues to :
2 | a "his whereabouts. * * *" @P Wireptoto) "

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3 Team Pvicing- Fear Years Later,
Lourn «.

~ Sgt. Lurne Harmen, Police Department,

7 . Richme:.d, Calif.. Yecember 1972. vol. 41,
No, 12. p. 2.

6 POLICE SGANTA ALTON

> Centralization of State Law Eniorcement
AN Agencies, by Hon. James J. Hegarty, Di-
rector, Arizona Department of Public
12 Safety, Phoenix, Ariz., May 1972, vol. 41,
No. 5,- 6.
. L Radio Communications Department Serves
14 Law Enforcement in North Dakota, by
15 Aldre: G. Brose, Director, North Dakota,
16 Radio Communications Department,
19 Bisma~ kk. N. Dak. April 1972, vol. 41,
No. 4, p. 25.

ry

vow Rho RAIN AS.

pee
oho

"enselida ating Etforss To Control Drug
21 Abuce by Ronald D. Kuest, Chief In-
2 ; vestigater, Drug Control Assistance Unit,

. Washington Stee Patrol, Olympia,
2 * ash lanuary 1472, vol. 41, No. 1, p. 10.
4B Law Enforcement Trainin. :idvisory

~2 Committee Convenes, November 1972,
26 vol. 41, No. 11, p. 14.
2 Mobile Firing Range, December 1972, vol.
7Q 41, No. 12, p. 15.
Mock D.-aster Training Program, hy Wil-
diam C. Sampson, Training Offer, Dade
= Coun) Public Safety Department, Miami,
st Fla.. tanuary 1972. vol, 41, Na. Tn. 16,
ZIMODEI--Mohile = On-Duty —-lectronic
220 Lean. os by Capt. John G. Parsons, Pa-
. 2 lice Department, 3eaumont, Tex., May
1972, 41, No. 5. p. 19.
~ The Poise Officer: Primary Target of the
& Urban Guerrilla, February 1972, vol. 41,
No.2 ,. 21.
" , 3Versatile instruction, by Charlts K. Skillen.
Director, Montana Law Enforcement
Acadc .©. Bozeman. Mont., December
~ 1972. vol. 41, No. 12. p. 21.

Cre)

Prema rs

Air Disaster Recovery Operations in Remote
Areas ny Hon. Emery W. Chapple, Jr.,
Commissioner, .Alaska Department of
Public Safety, Juneau, Alaska, June 1972,
vol. 41, No. 6, p. 16.

Consolidating Efforts To Control Drug
Abuse. bv Ronald D. Kuest, Chicf Inves-
tigator, Drug Control Assistance Unit.
Washington State Patrol, Olympia. Wash.,
January 1972, vol. 41, No. 1, p. 10.

5 The New Mountain Men, by James W.

SOR AMAT ITD a Ate AEP ge ND

Boise, laaho, June 1972, vol. 41, No. 6,

" December 1972

'Phelps. Chief of Police, at*-7

Rigney, Ada Couaty Sherifi's Department,

oN E} rotice Legal Unit, by Edviz. D. Heath,

Jr., Director of Police, Crissinal Justice
Interface Division, Police ''epartment,
Dallas, Tex., August 1972, vel. 41, No.
8, p. 22.

A Return to Neighborhood Police, by Ed-
ward C. McArdle, Chief of Volice, and
William N. Betjemann, Coordinator, Of-
fice of Crime Control, Albany. N.Y., July
1972, vol. 41, No. 7, p. 8.

Tue Special Operations Grous. by Capt.
William R. Mooncy, Police Department.
Chicage, IL, April 1972, voi. 41, No. 4,
p. 11. :

The Stark County MEG Unit—A Response
tw Fragmented Law Enforcement, by
David D. Dowd, Jr., Stark County Pros-
ecuting Attorney, Canton, Ohio, Septem-
her 1972, vol. 41, No. 9, p. 13.

SWAT--The Los Angeles Police Special
Weapons and Tactics Teains, by G. N.
Beck, Police Department, Los Angeles,
Calif., April 1972, vol. 41, No. 4, p. 8:

mer REL VEIONS

Attorney General Mitchell Dedicates Los
Angeles Police Memorial, March 1972,
val. 41, No. 3, p. 16.

"Friendly Town,
Police, Danville, TL)
No. 4, p. 16.

My Uniformed Varish, by Rev. R. Joseph
Donley. Chaplain, Metropolitan Police.
Department, Washington, D.C. October
i972, voi. 41, No. 10, p. 3.

Operation Respect, March 1972, vol. 41, No.
3, p. 18.

A Return to Neighborhood Police, hy Ed-
ward C. McArdle, Chief of Police, and
William N. Betjemann, Coordinator, Of-
fice of Crime Control, Albany, N-Y,, July
1972, vol. 41, No. 7. p. 8.

"Side-by-Side." by Insp. Claude W. Dove,
Director. Community Relations Division,
Police Department, Washington, D.C.,
May 1972, vol. 11, No. 5, p. 16.

"TOP" Program Strengthens Police-Youth
Relations, March 1972, vol. 41, No. 3. p.
20.

Youths Form Statewide Law Enforcement
Organization, January 1972, vol. 41, No.
l, p. 14

April 1972, vol. 41.

ny

An Analysis of Standards in , Fingerprint
Identification, Juné 1972, voi. 41, No. 6
p. 7.

Bomh Scene Investigations and the FET
Lehoratory, March 1972, vat.
p. 30. .

Examination of Biological
1972, vol. 41, No. 6, p. 12.

Fluids,

"by William Brey, Chief of"

41. No. 3,

June

Fee Dron: logy "To

F&esic Science, by Lowel
D.D.S., Consultant in Forensic: Deatistrr.
"Office uf Chiei Medical Lxaminer, New
York, N.Y., August 1972, vol. 41, Ne. o,
p. 6.

Laboratory Examinations of Phaic-Relatc?
Evidence, May 1972, vol. 41, No. 5, p. 19.

The Role of the Forensic Pathole sist ix Ar-
son ane Related Investigation: hy Irvin
M. Sopher, M.D. D.D.S., Licutenzat Ce-
Jonel, U.S. Army Medicai Corps, Aez-
space Pathology Branch, Armed Fo: :¢-
In-titute of Pathology, Washinzton, U.C..,
September 1972, vol. 41, No. 9, p. 8.

TOUCH NTQUE

Air Disaster Recovery Operaticns in Re-
mote Areas; by Hon. Emery W. Chapr'+,
Jr.. Commissioner. Alaska Departraen: tf
Public Safety, Juneau, Alaske, cane 1972,

=vol..41, No. 6, p. 16.

Bloodhounds: A Tool ia Law Exforcemea:,
by Leo J. Cz-tle, Special Deputy Sheri
of Camden County, Camde:, N.J.. 2° *
1972. vol. 41, No. 5, p. 26.

Mock Disaster Training Prozrata, cy Wr

liam C. Sampson. Traiting Gficer, Dade
Gounty Pullic Safety 9 eperiment.

. Miami, Fla, January 1972. vo.. #1. No. 1,
p. 16.

Policing the Waterfront, by j.ouis B. Deut
schmann, Superintendent. tiarbor Pc!
Department, New Orieans. L2., Ueto: +

een vol. 41, No. 10, p. 28.

A Prowram for Hit-and-Run Vioation
Edward L. Wright. Jr. Chiat of Potce.
Montgomery. -Ala., September 1972, vet.
41, No. 9. p. 16.

SWAT—The Les Angeles Paes
Weapons ani Tactics Teams, by G. 4.
Beck, Police Department, ius Angeles.
Calif., Aprii 1972, vol. 41, No. 4, p. &

Televised Banking: Deterrent to Crime. by
Lonnie L. Blanchard, Vier President gad
Cashier, Trremational Chy Bink .2774
Trust Company, New Oricuns, La.
vember 1972, vol. 41, No. 11. p. 16.

Trailers Are Tempting Targets for Thieves.
August 1972. vol. 41, No. S. p. 10.

oy bY
2 MG

Special

The Police Role in Alcohol-Related Traf-
fic Ofense., hy Gerald W. Garner, Pot.
lic Safety Technician, Police Departineni,
Vietoria, Tex., February 1972, vol. 1.
No. 2. p. 9. .

A Program for Hitand-Run Visistions, by
Edward L. Wrght, Jr. Ciucf of Police,
Montgomery, Ala., Septeisiecr 1972, 07
41, No. 9, p. 16.

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'The Crime

A lone white male using the name
Dan Cooper boarded Northwest
Orient Airlines Flight No. 305 at
Portland, Oreg., on November 24,
1971. At approximately 3:22 p.m,
naile the flight was en route to Seat-
tle. Wash., he indicated to a stew-
ai. ess that his briefcase contained a
bomb which would blow up the plane
unless his demands were met.

The hijacker demanded $200,000
anit four parachutes in exchange for
the safety cf the 36 passengers
aboard the plane. When the aircraft
landed at Seattle, Northwest Orient
Airlines complied with his instruc-
lis ws. After he received the parachutes

and money, the hijacker allowed all

psssengers and two of the airline
stewardesses to deplane.

He then ordered the remaining crew
'members into the first-class section of
the aircraft and informed them he
desired to fly to Mexico City. The hi-
jacker instructed that the plane pro-
ceed in a southerly direction and fly at
a low altitude and slow speed which en-
abled the rear door of the plane to be
opened durihg the flight.

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The hijacker apparently bailed ouc
somewhere between Seattle and Reno,
Nev., where, when the plane landed, it
was determined that "Cooper," two
parachutes, and the ransom imoney

had disappeared.

Artist conception drawings uf the
aircraft hijacker were prepared bv, the
FBI Exhibits Section and are con-
sidered an excellent likeness. He is
described as follows:

Race_...2-2---22-. White.

Sex...--.-22.----- Male.

Age.-o--e- ule. Middle 40's.

Height_ > feet 10 inches to 6
lect.

Weitelt. oo. 222 ll. 270 1a 180 pounde

Camplexion...220_. Olive, Latin apnecr-
unee, incdium

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Mair. 2. i e--- Dark brown or black,
parted on left,
combed hack...

Eyes.oe i ee eee Pusibly brown. Dur-

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(eht he put on
ilurk, wrap around
sunglasses with
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Voiee. ieee low, spoke intelli-

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TING ig PICE :

Characteristies----- Heavy ssiulet
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Black or Lrown ok
narrow biack- t&
hlack ress suit

Wearing apparel...
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black raindypp ;

overcoat 6: dark 5

topcoat; dark brik :

case or attach:

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paper bag—4

brown shoes
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number of which appears on the ii
page of most local telephone Hr
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"FINDER" BEGINS
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A prototype autematic fing gerprigts
reader system, known ag "FIX 2 DERE
which utilizes advanced wpe SC uz

autor tically classify, sea: cel,
coupare fingerprints, is now iz. oper
'tion in the Identification Division
the FBL. The equipment will perni
the FBI to test, evaluute, and per riety
on the job its theories of automated

f nso Enforcement Bulletin

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"THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER ,
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part, it"came 'completely by ac dent' "The. Flag bas spent. @Oh'yes na 1 ss pau

5 considerable effort Serifying the interview-~we bave'yet,* ; from "Northwest:
, Ee find a flaw. With' tbe missing "20 dollar bill which the eae Donald W.'Nyropini a He s their} aeeaderb ie isu

see aot cattle. ean hteroiewer supplied, we must, concludes tbat. phat y aL sh HIGANON: Didn'tyour amily get susp! icious? ee AE
d, i9, bis waist-was a 1S backers Safed e with 3 are about' to 'read \ is 'pe "only authentic 'interview = MOS OPER: "1 don't havea family ag of ih Na ME SleGagitte ot!
lar bis tbe Vansoni'be'bad reteived SiD.B 'Cooper in existence. SATE RRR ue athe SaNDNON, 'What abquisjiauielsion ——-

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of } a 'accidentiTha Flag bat spent
ne "D.B! Cooper' considerable:effors verifying the interview-~we bave ye

i ew Ms ste bie the, yansom be bad received

LeaSince 'tben be: "PBI; aisiged by: eS ee, BS i

& en and by, battalios s Of G Gi Is. ANONYMOUS "INTERVIEWER} The:
'spent.~ countless' | bous and 'many * < thousands: of Me 'paper don't do you justice.":. Be eet 8
taxpayers'dollars trying to find Cooper. < \t_ COOPERs My sentiments exactly. It's funny 'what

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s, Buti 'Cooper-the name the bijacker used at Portland : eyewitnesses don't see. They were fifteen pounds and.

=, when.' boarding:. Flight No. 305, Nortbwest's -: two inches off. And that. artist's picture stunk. If. were °
transcontinental "milk run" which emanated at National * a vain man, I'd sue him for libel. But I've got, no reason"
Airport in Washington, .D.C.—bas evaded bis would-be -- to complain... we
captors, with the same. style'and elan be' exbibited in * Te . ANON: Why are 'you here, of all places. eet
pulling the most bizarre, caper. in; the bistory of aerial , « * COOPER: Why not? Le aoe

iracy - "+ ANON: Well, the rs say yo re. in Mexico, ae

ca Goaded by public' 'adoration 'of the' 'skyiacker, and . "South America. . Paper y. y Mu 10 aie

'S vankled almost to tears by such: Coopermaniacal items as = - COOPER; And that's "where. the _ authorities are . with: gloves and long johns,. bothers
ballads ("D.B. Cooper, 'Where; Are You Now"), D.B. |..." looking, right? You den't escape just by. crossing * auch. protection you gan bring along ona bu
Cooper' sweatsbirts, and even memorial bikini panties, _~ borders; look at James Earl Ray. The trick is not to be "" from' Portland to Seattle, (laughing) It would' have: been
the Seattle office of the FBI bas sworn to scour every a where they think you'll be. For instance, they didn't <a bit suspicious if | had come aboard in sheavy., dots,

inch of terrain between-Sea-Tac and' Reno to track' . 'expect anyone to hijack a plane in the Northwest, and a with Eddie Bauer "sub-ertic. gear and a spor u
F "down their man, At tis writing it looks very much as if they didn't expect a parachutist, and... well, I'm sure «- would have had quite s time. ficting i into ISD:
Mr, Hoover's minions may bave to do exactly that. "+ + -you catch my drift. I'm not in Mexico or South America: ANON: I guess $0, but did you, pack on
i media bas been just as eager for clues to Cooper's _. yet, so don't believe everything you read in the papers, ."' jump immediately after, you opened 'the doo
of Preabouts, bis true identity, bis motives. Locally,the =. ANON: How long .did it take you to plan the ~~ COOPER: Hell, no. That. would have, been
: Pal offered a $5,000 reward under their Secret Witness _- skyjacking? dead giveaway. | had, to: wait until I was' ver.
'crime fighter series. The Seattle Times, while gently - COOPER: A year, six months. t had the notion for a.' touchdown area. This is where the FBI screwed up.
chiding editorially those who would adulate Cooper, bas long time, but I didn't start the ground work until June. * At the "'appropriate™ time 1 went back past all those

_ pretty much Rept its button-down cool about the whole | Something happened which made me think it was time. empty seats to the stairs, Christ, it was noisy. Next tim
"thing. to do ir. "" - T' have something better than kleenex for ear. plugs.

2 Now, into this lacuna-filled' tangle of pop heroism, ' ANON: What was that? tried to walk down all the stairs. About the tenth step.
"electronic legend and FBI fumbling, steps the Seattle COOPER: Skip it. It would take too long to explain, think it was, | stepped off, It was all wind and. grav
"Flag with an authentic, first-person, totally exclusive ANON: Tell us how you got the idea. '* after that.
_ interview with D.B. Cooper bimself. . COOPER: It came to me while | was watching TV, ' ANON: Were you aware that planes were following:

.Elsewbere in this issue we bave explained something Hijackers before me had always been first class fools. . the Northwest 727? .. . ty
'about bow that worldwide scoop was obtained, and the Can you imagine anything more stupid than risking the' COOPER: Yes, I couldn't see them in 'the plane: o
lengths to which the Flag is prepared to go to protect death penalty because you want to go to Cuba right gfuting. my. fall, but there is NO way I could miss hearin,
the anonymity of "D.B. Cooper", In no way do we now. -Hell, you want to go to Cuba, charter a boat, or go mi them once J bailed out. Knowing how close McChord is,
either condone or condemn Cooper's crime; our task is to Mexico.-Their airline isn't so bad. " \ ta Sea-Tac, | would have had to be awfully stupid not to4)
to simply report the news, from any viable source. These guys who set s0 worked up about polities are.,: : 'figure, on having company as we flew south down Vecto

All we promised, in return for this interview, was that sick, ae St Su gece ig: 23. It, was a calculated risk. That is why | jumped in bad:

"4_—-ape would under no circumstances~ including grand jury. a Me. ' wanted') maney Daina ie far maneu'se Bis weether andar nicht "And Terannce LT wsitad iver s lirrlats

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were off. They weren't important as it fumed out."

COOPER: Maltigly time by 'ped and Pe come up':
_ with distance. | knew how fast we were going~afterall I

were. A man doesn't necessarily need a computer, *
'ae ON: How did you get from your landing spot to
Isn't the terrain between Seattle and Reno Pretty
inacessible?- Wed ge . at
COOPER: 'Some i is, Some isn't: a
ANON: You don't want eto tell us any more.
COOPER: Right. ™:
ANON: Can I ask you whether you 'had | an'
'accomplice on the ground?. ° . a
COOPER: Sure, you can ask.
ANON: But you won't say? . 0, +
COOPER: Right. I don't intend to give you any

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'y COOPER: You're getting warmer and lets, at my
«request skip the subject. - wees :

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how' are moncy,; me

"T also liked the down-flaps stalling speed. One hundred

COOPER: Only two of my. projected. caletiations

told the pilot what speed to go-what vector we were |
traveling on, and, at least approximately, what the winds .

information that might, incriminate me. | foe,

Boeing 727100" standard transport tt

F flown by. ee Airlines way, bac in 19645
ANON? nic touch 78 ;

COOPER: First of "a "the Patines of the thre
" Pratt, & Whitney engines-two' on the sides of the rear'.
fusclage and the third 'at the base of the T-tail assembly. .

and nine miles per hour, to be exact. Risky, but. ra
" jumpable. Then I figured in the small crew; three on the
flight deck and the three stewardesses, Two central |
galleys and the wardrobes with two crappers to the

ve Kear. I figured those might come in handy as a place to.
_ hold a stewie hostage..As it turned out, I was right. Ecan , Bee

ANON: Go ahead. ."'. -
COOPER: Ninety-four. 28 first-class seats,
abreast. Sixty-six tourist seats, six abreast. the SB a
ANON: What about your exit? > aa
COOPER: I was getting to that, The ventral door on

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. first to do the impossible. Ask Armstrong,

"four "

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" there' was the $200,000, but what else impelled'
* » COOPER: _Pve read the papers, 'watched tele

Tijuana. I've been called a jet-age Jesse Jameq
Robin Hood of the air. Some of that drivel i

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ANON: How long' did-'it, take. you 'to "plan the 3, COOPER: Hell, no. That* would have, bee .
fy, Skyjacking? er be YET eg tee :

COOPER: A year,

tally'

Elsewhere in this issue we bave explained somethin
about bow that worldwide scoop was obtained, and the
lengths to which the Flag is prepared' to go to'protect
the anonymity' of "D.B. Cooper". In. no way do' we:
either condone or condemn Cooper's crime;' our task is
tc '<mply report the news, from any viable sourc

" All we promised, in return for this interview, was that
we would under no circumstances» including Stand jury
ing&: Yeation-divulge, our' source of information; and "
thaM™be would tell D.B.'s adventure exactly-as be related a
it to us, and respect at all times bis inalienable rights
under the Constitution... =. 205038 ;

Namely: life, liberty-and the b

These

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appineys of pursuit
Editor's Note: For reasons that are obvious, we are '
not able to give the full story of how this interview was'
obtained and who was the Flag's source...' We can'
Say that. the interview occured in the metropolitan area
of Seattle

'probable the world's
Before I left home on

sometime in the month of March. It was not :"¢ Maps, over a

a parachutist, and..."well, I'
I'm not'in Mexico or South A
severything you read in the Papers,

; touchdown area, This is where the FBI screwed ps,
long time, but I' didn't start the ground work until June? 2**; °° At the "appropriate" time I went back past all' those." |
Something happened which made me t empty Seats to the stairs, Christ, it was noisy, Next time |:

- to do it. 2.555: ae AS as

Can you imagine anything more stupid than risking the:
" death penalty because you want to go to Cu
_ now. Hell, you want to go to Cuba,
~ to Mexico. Their airline isn't so bad.

guys who get so worked up about politics are ©

» Me, I wanted money. Doing it for money, as some.
girls know, is a lot sm

. how to get the money-others
get AWAY with the money, 3". pee ay
2, ANON: How did you prepare yourself? ,.: 44.0 °.-

sy COOPER: Like anything
takes training and hard wor
extensive. as any astronauts.
greatest authority on skyjacking,'-.

the 22nd, I had a big fire. | burned
. = graphs, airplane floorplans, timetables,

hundred pages of notes...I earned my. .,.. COOPER: I should go in June? I'm Not going|to sive) .
the result of any supersleu thing or investigation on our moneyer 2 - ve *: up what I like to do just because I'ma celebrity: Who'd' | ee

n Eddie. Bauer 'sub-artic
would have had quite a time fittin
"ANON: I guess so, but did you;

pes

ANTE A eg SE dead 'giveaway: 1 had 'to. wait until. was'
six months. I had the notion for a:

ii, 1M have Something better than kleenex for
tried to' walk down all the stairs,
"think it was,
"after thathae es. es
ts} ANON: Were you aware t
he Northwest 727? fee fe saya dic,
: COOPER: Yes, I' couldn't' see them in the plane *
during my fall, but there is NO way 1 could miss hearitig ,
them once I bailed out. Knowing how close McChord is
to Sea-Tac, 1 would have had to be awfully stupi not td
figure on having company as we flew south down\Vector .."
jz» 23. It was a calculated risk, That is why I jumpe;
». weather and at night. And I suppose I
The trick I turned was not'; longer than I wanted before pulli

had done that-but HOW to <.. ANON: How long was your free alt
_ : : . . COOPER: Aboutr 5,000 of the 7,0Q0 feet..

2 i rs. About the ten
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rk, My preparations were as COOPER: Rough. Let's not talk about it. a
The guy you're looking at is . _., ANON: Is that where you got the limp? 28 ae

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"phony pride or r ego. 'Anybody who
1 skyjack i is an out-and-out idiot. 'Like
cter at O'Hare in Chicago who "jacked a
d . en the entire crew had rabbited on.
cae ' ee bey aa oy '.
ANON: Rab ited?
COOPER: Ya,
back. It jefe bi
Or the v veirdolp

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you 'know, slipped out when he was in
with a great big airplarie but no pilot.

ho jumped out a Hughes 'Airwest DC-9

'ttle over an | ur. The "D.B. Cooper" of Dallas, a real
psycho iif thele "ever. was one, * was 'captured on the
tround and ont fellow i in New York somewhere got his
1ead splattere¢ by a shotgun. An FBI marksman. did
hat, it said i in the | papers. Some marksman. He let fly at
bout sixteen inches with buckshot. J. Edgar should Bive
hat gmant a medal, if he hasn't already. Pig h

ARS : Spe king of the FBI, aren' "t you Wortied that
th ee ye herpashay oa ae wey! .

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it Denver. He usted up a few bones and was caught ina.'

"loot.

"ANON: And the" money, the 200 grand, the largest ;
ansom ever paid in'a U.S, skyjack?. What about that,
will it 'turn out to be your Achilles heel?

«COOPER: Never happen! You must read' the papers,
'too. It would take up to five full pages in almost any /
;Rewspaper to run the serial numbers of each of those "5
10 000 bills. But even with the odds in' my favor--I
;mean, who's going to pick out one number Out 'of
~"10,000?-1'm in no hurry to go on a spending spree. Oh,
yes, something else, too. I know those twenties were' °
'Xeroxed before they were delived to me on the ground
at Sea-Tac as ransom money. How do I know that? Easy."
'I could smell the Xerox fluid on them. Quite a telltale
'odor. I'd say they 'were run through the copying
ymachines ar the banks where Northwest: -collected the ©

i ANON: "May 1 ask why. you picked | on 'Northwest?
is Did d you

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COOPER: "simple: "They * 'must. have' fi igure
way: Why risk four lives~not including mine~'and ass
million airplane for ; a'mere $200,000? Ie was lousy odds ©
"any -way. you" look Jat_ that _ little' "equation from ,
Northwest's | 'point "of. view. ? " Now' if :i "had been too,
' "greedy, . say, 'and asked. for | a million," there's RO, telling "Az
what they would have done," It would have' raised hell "25
ae the. Xerox' operators, that' s. damn. 'Sure. a os

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have argrudge against that airline or something?

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infamous D.B. * Cooper, § ee an
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(Re over the picture 'atid' we saw' a photograph *:

of a twenty. "This-bill," he said, '
2 be i ina local bank, then it was "pulled out of =
fi . pa. "vault .
"met an Pt 'November, put ins a) * case™'and " taken! to "2
jobking' man of 20 plus' years' 'who's Seatac: 'where: ity 'was' .delivered"' "to' DB.:

ie eCoopér, who some 'time, later bailed out of 3 & ee
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"to any 'situation that Tnighy, pop up. 'As. it turned out'
; =" everything followed my script : almost to the letter. 7 There
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here did you come down? , _—-
'COOPER: Sorry. I'can't tell you that. ri give you: a.
: over a hundred miles away from' S.W,":

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ANON} 'Bar. "the FBI contends you bailed out

COOPER: 1 don't want to disapoint you or your local » Wet " ;
'Efrem: Zimbalist, but they are wrong. If they had as"
ifmuch in'the brains department as they do in the money:
department, ': oe 'I'd bein jail right now instead of talking' >.
{00 you,: While. we're on the subject, I wish somebody
Bs would ask that Milnes character just how much moncy «.
ai = spending to chase ry ast, bet i's a pretty penny
is-over $200,000," mite
'hi: ANON: How do you know his name? . ' a oy errs és :
OPER: I read the Papers just like everyone else,"
crall, I I'M 'fn them. 7H
'ANON: Can you tell u us whe tthe i fst thing you id:
landing?

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PF pe

OOPER: Yep, an evergreen jungle," *
' "ANON: How far were you from where you wanted to

OPER: In the neighborhood of five miles. Not too
by for a first try. >
'iy ANON; How did you get so close?

COOPER: Multiply time by speed and you come up
with distance. I knew how fast we were going—afterall |
"told the pilot what speed to go-what vector we were

- said knew how close McChord is to Sea-Tac. Does that

. Lunchbucket at Boeing's.
ang ees. sea bee

. that?

a Pratt, & Whitney engines-two on the sides of the rear.

mo 1 also liked the down-flaps stalling speed. One hundred .
'and nine miles per hour, to be exact, Risky, but
. jumpable. Then I figured in the small.crew; three on the . '
\' flight deck and the three stewardesses, Two central .
». galleys and the wardrobes with two crappers to the .
* rear. 1 figured those might come in handy as a place to —
: hold a stewie hostage. As it turned out, | was right. I can:
".: even tell you the number of passenger seats, ene down

" abreast. Sixty-six tourist seats, six abreast. .

wees

he 727400' is aad | under 'the'center. engine.' That
'meant .: that could | jump: -without::being
. aan clesnered into a 3156-pound turbofan, oF diced

. fact, I once was va- "Lamy "into french fries on a flap. It was really the o ip;
Oe ae wacing''s. oe __.' 80 tons of it, that would fit my, 'needs, and the door was ;
EB Rae st & TA So ees the crux, the key. It's six-foot, four inches. high and two ss
feet, eight inches in width, Room 'to spare' for,-an
; ~ ordinary-sized person, like myself; chute pack and all
' COOPER: No, nothing that fancy. Just an 'ordinary - '» Look. You don't get an encore for an act like' mine.
badger, but I did work on the 727's. I worked on the - - figured everything down to. 'a gnat's : ass. Even they S
first Boeing 727100 standard transport that was first: . stairway IL was to':i'chute - from. ; ieee
. flown by Eastern Airlines way back in 1964. an » hydrautically-operated " ' number, and has' automatic
ANON: A nice ironic touch.., of a Ne
COOPER: Yeah, one of many..° ;

ANON:...So you got to know the 727 from the inside.
out, What attracted you tc the plane as being ideal fora -
parachute skyjack? , ;
COOPER: First of all, the alignment' of 'the' three

ANON: Lee's go back a Tieele is in. 'time and. space: {You :

mean you ever lived in the Seattle area?

ANON: Outrageous! '
Were you an engineer at Bocing, or x something like.

* skyjacking, i it's the litele things that count, .
_ ANON: Let'si interrupt the chronology fora minutes;
and talk about motivation, Why did you do it? Of co
there was the $200,000, but what else impelled you

COOPER: I've read the papers, watched television, 'all
- of that. I've read that I'm a non-hero, a pop hero,
_anti-hero, and a plain old hero hero. The Ordinary Guy.
'who beat the system and became the' 'instant idol' c

" fuselage and the third at the base of the T-tail assembly,

tnughvend some of it makes -me sick, to be frank with'!
you, I want to tell you right now, and put it in capital
* letters. I did it for the money, true, BUT I ALSO DID IT;
BECAUSE IT WAS FUN. There is a thrill in bend the' i
first to do the impossible. Ask Armstrong, - Ie
_ ANON: How do you feel about the backlash of your
hijack, the lives that were lost when people tried to copy
Pe . your modus operandi? { 7
ANON: What about your exit? "- + COOPER: Well, for one' thing, I was personally
®COOPER: I was getting to that, The ventral door on %? responsible for the stiffening of airline security, I say

: to the last piece of lint. Mo ek,
' ANON: Go ahead. - _ Try
COOPER: Ninety-four. '. 28 first-class seats four -

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pagshorgun., An, EBL,marksman. 0:
at, e papers Sonik nanan: He let 0
out, sixteen inches with buckshot. J! Edgar should gi
t agents medal, if he hasn't already. rn

aking of the FBI, aren't you worried that

rH LY

g's editor: vas first, approached in
byia friend :of a staffer who
have: anfinterview with the

sin DBs Coopers
defiance !.: of "expectations, 'we met: an.
'ordinary. looking man of. 20 plus years who
said he had'a taped conversation with D.B.
9:0n: the chance. it might, bear. fruit we -
accompanied him ta an office where he
"brought: out. a" {tape : recorder and ©

nt of

to jeither 'we signed an -agreeme

o conditions could
we divulge our' source, that -we were not —
allowed to print the interview before the
Ist of May, that after transcription the tape
must be destroyed, in addition we agreed
not to cooperate in- any way with .local

police. authorities. -
All - these conditions: were quite

'amenable. But the next one required $1000
"cash. Before agreeing to say goodbye to
real unmarked money we asked to see some -
1; proof, Clifford Irving still fresh in our
"\iminds. It was then that our source turned

'xOur Scoop *3:6: pepe ye
Over, the. pigture-and: we saw 'a photograph
"lof a 'twenty: "This bill," he
"*,be.in a local bank, then
"a vault. on, Wednesday, the. 24th of wi.
"= November, put 'in a. case! and: taken toa' :

a
as
ay

-a Northwest 727 with it-in a sack tied to...
'shis body: There-is no other way it could oa
' ' : ave gotten here: without my meeting and.
S photograph. Before'we were allowed access .- talking to Cooper himself." we

__: the stated conditions.

- Well, the P/ was out, it

- Times was considered untrustworthy. And .;
all the. television

"yesort. 5 |

' assume he will pick up a copy of this issue.

said, "used to's

it was-pulled out of

Seatac: where'. it:: was delivered to D.B.Z?-*]

Cooper, who some time later bailed out of :

After calling a bank to verify, we met all:

realized just how great it was, w¢ asked our - ij

anonymous source why he came to us. ~
seems, because they ~~
were .offering. $5,000 for his head. The ~
stations would have
which voice prints'

required a tape from
Flag was the last

could .be made. The
oN

We have not .scen him since, but we'.

the Bureau is going to search ¢very inch of ground
between Seattle and Reno to find you?

COOPER: Happy Trails.

ANON: Aren't you afraid that they'll trace you
. + through your skydiving experience or some of thase 21
:/ _ pounds of twenties you got from Northwest?

COOPER: WHAT skydiving experience? WHAT 21
pounds of twenties? It requires very few smarts to guess
'that anybody. who can pull the first skydive from a
- commercial jet in the dead of night, free-falling with
"200 grand strapped around 'his gut, wearing strect

wn en eneak. Sure. I've done a lot of skydiving over the

"Glothes and low-cut shocs-knows his ass from a D-ring, —

COOPER: Would it make a better story for you if 1
did? .

ANON: No. But other lines fly the 727, don't they...?

COOPER: No, I had nothing against Northwest at all, -
far from it. They happen to be my very favorite airline
right now. But I did know that Northwest is one of the
biggest profit-makers 'of all the airlines, and that they
could raise the $200,000 fast. 1 was sure Northwest
could get the moncy for me even if Flight 305 got in
from Portland after the banks had closed for the day.
"And there were other considerations,

- never been a Teal skyjack at Seattle, and Northwest:

AW Ae chase thinge—nhre come other

Later, when we had heard' the tape and 2" | before, I. could smell the. Xerox on:those 209:
but as' long ss i

- photo-copies,!

more. trips outside ontg- the runway. to 'Db

- the cabin intercom.
- _whathe said. - .

* ghe refueling truck crewmen at the fueling po!
underside of the starboard wing at mid-span,;/ The
. statistics, from my Boeing

in my head: standard fuel
" precisely
- convinced we'd need every

the fumes, where we were heading.,

least that's where I wanted them to
them,

was satisfied. Then the. stew 1

.
?

* tchutes. It was at this point that Captain Scott cut
"The first : fuel: truck is here

fotece

frusct re woe "er
Peeking through one of the cabin windows |:¢o

capacity:
7,174 'gallons.:

"ANON: And where was that..? 0007
COOPER: Mexico. (Clears his throat laudly.)

int, ag the

days and homework, clicked
for the 727-400 i
That's U.S. Gallons. 'hp -was

drop of it~including most of

think I was

see} sf }

Or at?

taking.

too. There had. s .

| Katmandu."

definitely does not have what I would call a "take meso . :

te nee Peek,

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Ni, Aren't" you" "afraid 'that they: trace you
through your skydiving experience or some of those '21
pounds of twenties you got from Northwest? 4:2"

bounds of ' twenties? It requires very few smarts to guess,
that 'anybody. who' 'can pull the first skydive from "a

clothes and low-cut shoes~knows his ass from a D-ring,'
suv to speak. Sure, I've done a lot of skydiving over the
years and belonged to several clubs, but I don' t think
that's much of a lead for the FBI to go on, *. 3037

'ANON: Why not?.. "a ,

COOPER: Because' 'maybe "20, 000; 'maybe "more,"
peop.t make the one jump-each year, | mean~that's-
needed to get their certificate. Most of them, maybe 75.

did h¥¥e onc private quirk asa skydiver, though. ...

ANON: That being...? -.°%.; ;
COOPER: 1 did thousands of weightdifts to build up:
y ankles. Even did roadwork with weighted leather '
cks of sand buckled to my ankles. Occasionally I

skydivers—=they've got to be the most' vain,'
glory-hounding types you'll find anywhere—ever noticed.

They were too »_ Wrapped up in their own Superman
fantasies, , .

+

COOPER: WHAT Skydiving expetience? WHAT 21

commercial jet- in. the dead of night, free-falling 'with ©
200 grand strapped around ' his gut, wearing street ~.

per cent, qualify and then stop jumping. With a turnover aan
like &2°9 it'll take the law years to pick up my scent. I.

ould jump wearing low-cuts, but none of the other...

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me" ANON: No. But other lines fly the 727, don't they...24
¢:,, COOPER: No, I had nothi ing against Northwest at all; «
far from it. They happen to be my very favorite airline:

' right now. But I did know that Northwest is one of the" rE
~ biggest profit-makers of all the airlines, and that they':

"could raise the $200,000 fast. 1 was sure Northwest : os
" could get the moncy for me even if Flight 305 got in'!

And there were other considerations, too. There had:
' never been a real skyjack at Seattle, and Northwest as
. definitely does not have what I would call a "take me-to.
Cuba complex". All of those things~plus some other.

little subtleties-helped make my decision to jump.
Northwest. a '

ANON: Let's touch a litle on the actual drama of the |
a skyjack itself, shall we?

COOPER: All right...

ANON: Was your briefcase bomb real, or was it fake? :

'

COOPER: It was real, in the sense that it worked. In :
actuality, it was a fake. The dynamite sticks the'
stewardesses blabbered about were nothing more than-
some Gillette shaving-cream cans rigged with prima-cord
fuses. Five of them were in the briefcase I flashed. I
painted them red because people always associate that
color with something explosive, like dynamite,

ANON: Why did they fall for it? Were they stupid,
super-cautious, or what?

COOPER:, I'd say none of those, only °
well-endoctrinated and 1 thoroughly trained. Of course,

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- from Portland after the banks had closed for the day. -

the cockpit. and the other two stews to 'stay.
plane. Is that clear?" The captain roger-ed that. I

this point that my game plan, as you call it, went 4 litt

-! haywire. The passengers~there were around 34; 35, of f

them, by my count-began their exit, using the! front' |
airstairs and walking across the concrete to where a bus.
was waiting. Holding my bomb attache case, | went out...
into the cabin. Right then this guy, middle-aged" and:
- executive looking, began to push his way back cough,
the line into the tourist compartment. | tensed; telling
myself, "Ob-oh. | Here *s the oddball, the 'the frustrated World

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time? Take ime to Mexico." VO eo Ate

: ANON: What was the Captain': steaction? "".
COOPER: About the same as if had said, "Take me

* insane. He'said he could try Medford, Red Bluff or

: : emphatically, I said, "I want the flaps ac 15 per cent and

4 the gear th ne 1 also want the ventral staircase 'down
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stew, PAccording to my watch, we got airborne at 7:40

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"you "hand d. your: skyjack note | to one. of the.
stewardesst ae re yon :

4 course : Yes. 'The brunette, and she thought 'i was
trying to p oposition her...In a way, she was right.
! ANON: 'tYou were very careful about retrieving that

nee. Could you tell us what the note said?" -

.: Word for word. It said," am_ hijacking

aircraft... Relay instructions to the ground that |

want $200)000 in $20's and two parachutes delivered to

me when the 'plane lands. ET have a bomb.' ' Thirty words,

You know that's $6,666 @ Word? - CARE
| ANON: } Not bad by anyone' s standards. Tell me, were -

almost, a'
with my homemade bomb and my note: And I would»

turn oun and tell me that she was very sorry but that' 3
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. Reno,' a all on Vector 23. My response was negative. He
; then® 'suggested San 'Francisco; { told him no, very |

ike off. " He gave me a negative on the stairs. '

a He also told me that he couldn'r make |
the flaps and gear 'down, but that he would
€ got my idea -all by himself, 1 told him
door and v went back to the tourist compartment with the

p-m., four /haurs and 42 minutes since leaving Portland.

i ANON: Speaking of Portland...Shortly after takeoff .

note about not. leaving itor anything else~ behind as °

you scared of anything i in Particular. when | you 'first got"

on the' Plane? hee he: en it Megat nwo
: COOPER: There was one thing. I had nightmares for

ck prior tothe jack. t would be.on a plane «3

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to Katmandu", He looked at me as-if [ were totally - vs

* just said to hell with it, I'd fave to Jump without a

* out. It was locked. I returned aft, closing the first-class
- and tourist compartment curtains securely behind' me."

"ton the blower to the flight deck again, telling Scott to:
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- COOPER: Negative, Somebody was playing "games
there. The backpack' harness did not have the Necessary
D-rings for attaching the chestpacks. They were some
: Sort of emergency rigs for aerobatic flying, I guess. Sol

reserve. te r ee

-? ANON: . "Eveyore assumed you, 'asked' for two"
parachutes so they wouldn't give you one 'with a note.
' that said crime doesn' t pay in it, not knowing whether™ "g ;
"you were going to force somebody, like the 'stewardess' ce
" maybe, to bail out, with you. What did you do with the : be
extra parachute? . X00": Jedes oe
"COOPER: I made a' special point of fot leaving it ¢
"behind in the cabin. I cut it up into strips and used the -
+ Strips to tie the money bag to my waist, Very securely, '
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: FANON: You've "told us something aban the'j jump, ;
"about working the escape door and plunging ¢ Out into the

darkness, How did you bail out without tipping off the ic
crew? +: mG

One" final *t ing, Mr." Looper." You ve "gat
"$200, 000, a national feputation, 'you've been first at..
something" you've wanted to, do." That's. awkward bur:
you know what I mean...what now?.j er eee ae aE
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ARVIDIS J. KIPERTS ai, OF VANCOUVER,
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OF KIPERTS AND SAID HE WAS NOT ®COOPER.®
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OREGON BANK ROBBERY CHARGE AND Is A SUSPECT
IN OREGON IN WHICH THE HOLBUP MAN DOO
A BANK DEPOSIT SLIP. /

A MAN WHO CALLED HIMSELF D, B. COOPER HIJACKED
PORTLAND AND SEATTLE ON THANKSGIVING EVE, 1971, AN
RANSOM AND FOUR PARACHUTES, KE BAILED OUT OF THE P

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