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s ' . . . . > y . . - ; . . eo ¢ \ } * ’ s “ - \ . nes ‘ ’ : 4 ! » ae Oh ef » a eid — . re wee = ca ~e & ON fe a #"" Page 1 2A REGISTER. GUARD, Eugene, Ore., Sunday, January 26, 1975 - ; y «FRI SE eth Sabdanuwwdcimaa enna ts tucsinsn Veeed kiana abitoimah wanktinh wh ccdwmune s ametieten then St sD RON I OAS | - ee Sn Judges feel “| Hijack loss ruled insured ~ a Ree a | scants ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — — The Minnesota Supreme — moncy within the company premises or while being # roe a ¢ Court has ruled that an insurance company must conveyed by a messenger. . x reimburse Northwest Airlines for $180,000 of the '/ . The insurance company argued that its policy was ~ Lane courts © $200,000 lost in the “D, B, Cooper” hijacking in 1971. “ ‘jntended to cover funds from ticket sales and other The company carried a “blanket crime poficy’ | money normally in company coffers, not money bor- neni eae Sa cebtea with Globe Indemnity Co., New York, with a $20,000 rowed to mect a threat. The airline borrowed the deductible. ~* $200,000 from a Seattle bank. A passenger identified as D, B. Cooper hijacked The court held that extortion was covered by the Northwest Flight 105 on Nov. 24, 1971, threatening to { broad language of the policy and that the plane was blow up the plane unless he was given $200,000 and a —_ part of the airline “premises.” ; _ parachute. , Writing for the court, Justice Lawrence Yetka said that even though hijacking was not envisioned, it is “coit® ‘moony was finished at Seattle, Wash., and covered since it was not specifically excluded by the ‘ “Mes insurer, plane between Seattle and Portland. Neither Cooper Yetka said it is a “well settled” rule of law that nor the money has been located. . ambiguous language in an insurance policy will be One portion of the insurance policy covered loss of strictly construed in favor of the insured party. isi EERO RPI SRE EOS EE CR EE RORSICS AY RIVAL: SPRL TSEC LL Os Pe xt Two bills introduced in the Legista-: : ture would give Lane County one addi- tlonal Circuit Court judge and one more District Court judge ~ but that's fewer than Lane Courts feel they need. Sponsored by the Oregon State Bar Assn, HB 222] would add one new cir- cuit judge each to Lane, Marion and * Clackamas counties, and provide an additional circuit judge for the district made up of Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson and Wheeler counties, eee a 8.9 0% ty A oy: 4 ie fe ate oe - 1 oe , Tg) 2 a? ‘ ;*y ‘ “s “y vis * a * 0 a a as on ELH. f *. i ‘ “ford x1 ‘ye yo, re Sy ty a ° * Vre ee ‘ ‘ i 7 tt “4 r © yu ma i by 3 . va wal de aa ply » > . ray fate ’ . {oo . . ahi a ° : ’ _ . ” \ . ¥ a & , t Pers refered nts Ome f Renee aca oy kee 4 _ y “4 nai x hey el ay ag Md ee SALE a Ag OE foe ay .* x , $ ~ »-? CR IO AEE HEATED eS. <P Tada tat toe sia Cea, Caney bd ak aN Camere Mes i EMS 2 bre, 4 i) PYM wt ye gf ‘Bie Wea, cae eitty yah 3 ‘ ” t * ’ ba age 2a, awh Na oh NF aS pM wey) y ‘ ae? mae oa Sa 7 ee Ph May ee | ee ; ‘ a a 1 ay | ta a * “4 . 4 . 4 $ . a *. ° 4 ‘ee we pe Y ¢ * . , ‘ . * " : . tl ¢ * . . . . oa 7 os . wee es * ’ . <° soy d \ ‘ — t . * $8, 3 »* « & o al, a a 7 , = * . . aan sab oe a fis 4 has) “pag Soin. eg. al he “ yo ' DB Cooper4i259 oe agent wy ee on Hs a . Ly 98s “" so % 6 ee 'e ye Cet Seas ‘ bee eta tan *. 1 lage . y, : i _ 1a ae yoo Ne TP Mary a RAG gee OEY Tp ee Sete TATE og K x « ‘