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Skyjacker, with bugged chute,$500.000, lands in Utah mudThe passengers and one stewardess then were allowed to leave the plane and it took off at 7:41 PST, headed east.The Air Force said during the evening that F106 Delta Daggers at Hamilton Air Force Base had been alerted, but it refused to confirm thev had been sent to follow the airlinerAfter leaving San Francisco, the pilot was ordered to flv over southern Ne-vada. There was an erroneous report from the FBI that the hijacker had bailed out over Wilson Creek. NevThe three-engine plane then zigzagged over southern Utah as the pilot was given several directions by the hijacker.The pilot radioed that the hijacker bailed out at 11:25 p m (MST near Provo The plane continued to Salt Lake City where all five crew members were reported safe upon landing.The pilot. Gerrv D Hearn of Los Angeles, then took off in another plane to drop flares over a marshy area just south of Utah Lake near Provo and about 20 miles from the Wasatch MountainsSome 200 officers took part in the early stages of the search. Helicopters from Hill AFB. Utah also were pressed mt use.Crewmen periodically dropped flares, each of which lighted several square miles.Provo, on Interstate 15. a north-south arterial.Subject of the search was a white male. Moot*#, thin, aged 25 to 30 Authorities said the name on his ticket wasT JohnsonOnly one of the six other parachute-ransom hijackers has not been apprehended — a man who gave the name D. B CooperHe bailed out of a Northwest Airlines 727 last Thanksgiving Eve somewhere between Seattle. Wash . and Reno, Nev.,with $200,000 of the airline s moneyNearly all the passengers were unaware they were being hijacked Friday until they were on the ground atSan FranciscoRobert Mainthow. a 20-vear-oldj. 1*student at Denver University, said “all these weird things began to happen ' shortlv after the craft had taken off from Denver“We were supposed to land in Grand Junction. Colo., because we had problems with the engine, and then the engine fixed itself, said Mainthow“Then, we were supposed to land in Los Angeles, but there was too much smog or fog and we came to SanFrancisco “ he added.Mainthow said the passengers learned of what was going on after the jetliner landed at San Francisco Most, he said.remained calmRoadblocks were established near the Provo airport and 25 miles either side ofBy RALPH WAKELYPROVO. Utah lt;lTPI A cool, bespectacled man armed with a pistol and renade pulled off the most expensive hijacking of a domestic jetliner Friday and plunged into the cold night sky with half a million dollars and a bugged parachute.A Utah Highwa Patrol spokesman said a radio signal from the parachute had been spotted in mudlfats between Utah Lake and the Provo Airport Mud in the area is between one and eight feet deep, said Highway patrolman Ron Law.“Nobody much goes down there, just ducks, he saidFBI agents, highway patrolmen and sheirffs deputies with dogs had converged on the area. Helicopters, equipped with searchlights, swept over the mudflats and dropped flaresTHE UNITED AIR LINES Boeing 727 landed safely in Salt Lake Cit\ late Friday night and police headed into the region to look for T Johnson, the name the hijacker used to buy his ticket.“It would seem that the hijacking was well thought out, well planned and he obviously had knowledge of parachutes, said a United official The hijacker donned a jumpsuit just before parachuting out.It was the highest ransom ever paid in a U S sk\j.irking The highway patrol said the monev was in a black attachey. wcase and included 5,10,20, and 100 dollar billsThe man, described as 30. white, medium build and wearing a wig and fake mustache, carried out the crime without leaving his seat, after he ordered the captain to land at San Francisco. He handed typewritten notes to a stewardess who carried them to the pilot.This was the seventh time in just under five months that parachutes and ransom figured in airline pirac yThe nine hour odyssey began over the Rockv Mountains almost 30 minutes af-w lt;ter the plane left Denver at 2:36 p m lt;MST when a mustachioed passenger wearing mirrored sunglasses, a pink shirt and a blue pinstripe suit ordered the Los Angeles-bound plane diverted to San Francisco.Mrs Dick McLennan of Denver, whosat next to the hijacker, said she saw no weapon but did see the man pass notes to the captain.A CBS newsman on the plane. Jim Kilpatrick, said. The notes that were passed back and forth were all pre-writ-ten 'Sandv Wilkinson, a 25-vear-old off-gPEtf ^v.. :'PW!duty UAL stewardess on the flight, said she did not see any weapons either but was told the hijacker had a hand grenade and pistolOne passenger said the hijacker pulled a pistol.The pilot said the hijacker told him he had 'two hand guns, plastic explosives and hand grenades.' but he saw only a pistolHe said the hijacking was “a very well executed plan All but three of the 85 passengers had boarded in Denver, where airline officials said the only security precautionwas a check of passengers against aprofile of hijacker characteristicsThe plane was Flight 855. originating in Newark. N.J.For three hours the plane sat at the tar end of Runway 19 Left about a mile from main terminal at San Francisco International Airport, while the airline provided what the hijacker had demanded — four parachutes, fuel for 4.000 miles of flight and $500,000 The monevin two suit ises was placed on a ramp about 100 feet from the plane and pickup shortly after? pm PSTWith rising temperatures forecast for Sundav. the 5th annual Dover Javcee Canoe Race is slated to begin at 2 atStrasburg Community ParkMore than 100 canoes are expected to make the eight-mile run to the W 3rd st bridge west of DoverOne of the first U S Canoe Assn -sanctioned races this season, the event is tlso kickoff to the local observance of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Schoenbrunn.Additional entries will be taken at the starting point from 12:30 to 1:45,'AV*VVVWCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va(UPI — The chest pains suffered bv former PresidentrlajBcrLvndon B. Johnson Fridav were officially diagnosed to-dav as a heart attack lt;'i W py1:':' $%;earlier slorv on B-12.)Attraction!BALTIMORE. Md (UPIIThe Treadway-Mohawk Motor Inn installed a kin^ sized water bed in one of its guest rooms. Now the room is booked two weeks in advance and costs $3 more per night than comparable rooms with conventional beds22 Pages2 SectionsAround the World............ A-5Court Records........A-10Editorials.......................A-4Hospital..........A-10Hot LineB 1ObituariesA 10SportsB 2 B 3TelevisionB-4Women..... A-8Initsmoke1COLUMBUS. Ga lt;UPI -Harold Tennvson told police Fridav that he “puffed away”$2000 in cash he received from an estate Tennvson s lawyergave him the money in small bills which he stuffed in a brown bag and put in his pocket As he walked down the street after leaving the attorney s office. Tennyson reached m his pocket for a match to light a cigaret Two blocks later he realised that the paper bag containing the cash was no longer in his pocket. Tennvson ran back up the street and found the bag The money was gone.Pay hikeDETROIT i API - HenryFord II. board chairman ofFord Motor Co., was paid a$264,000 salary and $425,000 in bonuses last year, $189,000 higher than his 1970 earnings The company said in a proxy statement mailed to share holders Friday that its earn mgs of $657 million were the second highest in its historyarid that officers’ salaries and bonuses went up an average ol 27 per centI.V-I*•V
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