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Powe ot oe RB then: 1 -18-82 12:56 Aes C- - GHASH.s CALIF.) ~~ *- By BARNEY LERTEN - as PORTLAND: Dre.:-CUPID _ A TATTERED PIECE OF CLOTH-COVERED NYLON? A: PIECE DF ROPE AND A BONE SCOOFED FROM THE CocumBiA RIvER MAY PROVIDE - CLUES TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF sxysACcKER D.B. Corer. Po a ET Brace Payne oF Frorences Ore. MAILED THE 1tTEmMs TO EX-FBI AGENT © Richarp Tosaw: a Ceres» CALIF.» LAWYER WRITING A BOOK AEOUT Coorer’s a MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE AFTER HE PULLED OFF THE WORLD’S FIRST AERTAL =" HIJACK FOR RANSOM Il YEARS AGO. ca co “As LONG AS IT’S RELATED TO THAT JuMPs I’LL FEEL HE’VE HIT FRYDIRT:"” TosAW SAID FRIDRY. - ose _ Mast AUTHORITIES DECIDED LONG AGO THE MAN NAMED ON PASSENGER LISTS as Dan Coorer FROEABLY WAS KILLED WHEN HE PARACHUTED OUT OF A NorTHwest AIRLINES BOEING 727 OVER SQUTHWEST WASHINGTON ON A RAINY THANKSGIVING EVE IN 1971 wxrTH $200:000 IN RANSOM STRAPPED TO HIS WAIST. THE ONLY CONCRETE ciUes’ To CODPER’S FATE SO FAR HAVE BEEN SOME TATTERED BILLS FROM THE Rasom MONEY DUG UP ALONG THE SHORE OF THE Cocumtra in Ferrpuary 1980.. PAYNE: SKIPPER OF THE FISHING EOAT “MAGNUM?” WAS HIPED BY Taseaw LAST MONTH TO DREDGE THE BOTTOM oF THE COLUMEFIA BETWEEN PORTLAND AND VYancouver: Wash.» IN THE FPLANE’S FLIGHT PATH. “He’S BEEN RAKING THE RIVER WITH A Le-FOOT RAKE —~ HE CALLS IT A <Conrer SNOOPER’ — FROM THE STERN OF HIS EBDATs” TOSAW SAID IN A PHONE INTERVIEW. "HE GDES BACK AND FORTH RIGHT WHERE THE AIRPLANE FLEW QVER THAT NIGHTs AT THE TIP OF HAYPEN ISLAND IN THE COLUMBIA. PAYNE ‘FOUND THE NYLON: CORD AND BONE THURSDAY. HE SAID HE WILL LEAVE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS FIND TO THE EXPERTS. “I7’s SOMETHING? ANYWAY?” HE SAID. “IT’s DEFINITELY CANVAS? AND THAT NYLON COPD IS THE TrPe COOPER HAD. IT’S BEEN 11 YEARss AND THIS STUFF LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN THERE THAT LONG.” “WE'RE INTERESTED IN EXAMINING IT TO SEE IF THERE’S ANY INDICRTION IT’s Part oF COOrER’s GEAR?" TosAW SAID. HE SAID HE WILL ASK Eagu Cossey of SEATTLE? WHO PACKED THE PARACHUTES USED BY COOPER» TO HELP DETERMINE ITS VALIDITY. . Db A hae 7 “THE BONE PROERELY HAS NO CONNECTION AT ALts” Tosa sarp. HE sarp IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO CONFIRM THE IDENTITY OF A BONE? AND HE WAS NOT EVEN SURE IF IT WAS HUMAN. ae WHETHER DR NOT THE CLUES PROVE TO HAVE MERIT? TosaAw SAID HE WILL KEEP UP THE SEARCH? WHICH ALREADY HAS COST HIM $10:000. A masow FIND COULDN‘’T HURT SALES OF TOSAW’S BOOK®: WHICH HE PLANS TG PUBLISH IN TWO MONTHS: caALtep “D.B. .Caorer: Deap or AvIve?” SO A NorTHWEST LEGEND HAS GROWN APOUND COOPER: WHO PULLED OFF THE NATION’S ONLY UNSOLVED HIJACKINGs TRIGGERING HEIGHTENED SECURITY FROCEDURPES AT AIRPORTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Se SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND T-SHIRTS PRINTEDs WHILE RESIDENTS OF 9 ~~. = APIEL: WASH.» IN THE @REA WHEPE COOPER JUMPED? HOLD AN ANNUAL PARTY AND ~~ invite Coorer To ATTEND. HE HAS YET TO DO So. ; e a - ° ee - . = a oe ae — wee we ee we eee we te a Te ar --