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ffiHijack Searches On: Cooper and JohnsonWOODLAND, Wash. (AP) - usetUta? modus cperaiidi'in the are aiding the- FBt in ttie A search for the new almost quest fov inslanl wealth, Otily search, legendary D. B. Cooper, first cooper and a young man The FBI has had little eom-successfuk paradiuiin? sky- known as T. Johnson, who merit on the search but • an continued Saturday parachuted from a low flying Army spokesman earlier said while authorities also scourec jet near Provo Friday, are still lie thought it might be the re-we ™!°'- 3m the 31 ,ar®‘ suit of “negative reaction”3 It* it Knar that’s the Cooper pickKj up S2DD»Q0D in He explained that because name he gave when rurchasing ratT. Ti'ompso11 none of the marked bills useda ticket on a Portland to mandetl received $500,000 as ransom money had turned Seattle Northwest Airlines iet- 'vhen 'le l®°k over a Denver to up, law enforcement authoritiesItuS, wto li the lafit t^s .««»«» .Airrash of parachute skyjackings. fl'=M' . ■ ma ?vfe been kllle(1 when he. ----- Cooler's air piracy was Wmpetf from the .Boeing '727(SsegJcfiffonoritory, a ?) pilued off last Thanksgiving iB(IinerThe first attempted para- Eve, But to date searchers haveclmCe skyjacking Last Nov* 12 Authorities theorised the found no trace of Cooper. But ended in failure when a men- roan parachuted over rugged they did recover the body of an her of the crew of an Air Cana- southwestern Washington coun- 18*year-old girl who' had been da Jet subdued a man who had *rV an(* 3 search was carried missing from her home for sev* demanded money and para- ^ f°r nearly two weeks. eral weeks, chutes which were delivered at The search was resumed Both Cooper and Johnson hl-the Great palls, Mont,j airport, about two weeks agD, called off jacked Boeing -727 jets a plane The skyjacker was' struck on at faster and than re Instituted authorities say is one of the few as the head with a fire ax as he Friday. commercial jets from which ais- was strapping on his parachute. About 200 troops of the *rd successful parachute jump is In all, seven persons have Armored Cavalry Regiment Possible,
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Sun, Apr 09, 1972
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