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D. B. Cooper — Part 1
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._ President’ John F- Kennedy and his brother”
* "Robert: and. those of Martin. Luther King:
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ade contact ‘with. aman who claimed tax
e D. B. Cooper, the only person ever to*:
skyjack an airliner. and get away with’
his identity unknown, In this and the next,
two installments, Fleming tells what hap.
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. Portland-Seattle flight’. a: half-déze
'. times,: checking the terrain, checking
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# on board with him. “Approaching |
‘, walkie-talkie in a pillow and held the’
A ‘* pillow up to his ear. Sure enough, when }
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