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| AN , 1 AM Bef 2-7 if Cal Led Y xsiwe Lar , head ange | | Laborctory Plon, & Evol. __ Troining Oi%2A : HEARST 2—12 Laeel Cou . DAY LD . , ; elephone ims — BY JOHN M. LEIGHTY ; Director Sec*’y __ free PUAELEY, CALIF, (UPI) =- WITH MORE THAW 100 FEI AGENTS SPECIALLY SSIGNED TO TRACK DOWN ANY LEAD, NO MATTER HOW FLIMSY, TRE PATRICIA HEARST KIONAPING WAS AGONIZINGLY NARROWING DOWN TODAY’ To WHETHER THE IS-YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY COED Is ALIVE OR DEAD. MILLIONAIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER RANDOLPH HEA2ST SAID IT WAS "FRIGHTENING" THAT A WEEK AFTER THE ABDUCTION NO FURTHER WORD ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER'S FATE HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE TERRORIST "SYMBIONESF LIBERATION ARMY" WHICH PROUDLY PROCLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY LAST WEEK. ? si HAVE TO BELIEVE THE SLA HAS MY DAUGHTER, ® HEARST TOLD NEWSMEN MONDAY PEFORE TELEVISION CAMERAS CUTSIDE THE FAMILY MANSION, "THE ONLY OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT SOME ABSOLUTELY CRAZY PERSON MAS TAKEN HER OFF &i3) KILLED HER, I DON'T WANT TO PELTEVE THAT. ® CHARLES BATES, FEY AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE KIDNAP INVESTIGATION, WAS ASKED BY NEWSMEM IF HE RELIEVED THE PRETTY, SANDY-HAIRED GIRL HAD BEEN KILLED BY HER ABDIUCTORS AS THE SIMPLEST AND SAFEST METHOD TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM Discovery, - “I DON" T THINK SQ," BATES SAID. , " I DON 'T ATTACH ANY SIGNIFICANCE TO THE DELAY IN FURTHER COMMUNICATION YET, IF YOU WRITE A LETTER SUNDAY, IT DOESN'T GO OUT UNTIL MONDAY AND MAYBE: TREY ARE WAITING Tc SEE WHAT THE REACTION IS. : “AFTER A FEW MORE DAYS, IF NOTHING HAPPENS MAY , DIFFERENT BALL GAME." nd fight! 0 Kero - a3 : BATES DISCLOSED THAT BETWEEN 100 aND'GUS acents HAD Rin pow LEADS OVER THE WEEKEND, HE SAID THERE WAS STILL A FLOOD OF CALLS FROM PERSONS WHO THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE USEFUL INFORNATICN, CRANKS AND PEOPLE WHO WANTED MONEY FOR *“TIFS," — “IF WE NEED 300 MEN, WE'LL. PIT ON 300," HE SAID. “IF WE NEED WE'LL GET 1,900 IN HERE. . } : aa WANT. TO KEEP IT ON THE FRONT PAGE. EVERYBODY'S STILL INTERESTED AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE CALLING THERE IS ALWA¥e—q}=—™ Se POSSIBILITY THAT SOME CALL WILL CHECK OUT AND BE WHAT YOI! WANT. “THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE GIRL OR THE KIDNAPERS. \so WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THE CALLS AND YOU HAVE TO RUN OUT A LOT OF THE™ BEFORE YOU GET THE GOOD ONE,*® a ECATES* OPENNESS WITH THE NEWS MEDIA WAS A FAR CRY FROM THE 4 Aw GRIM-~LIPPED SECRECY CF THE DAYS OF THE LATE J. ENGAR HOOVER AND IT WAS REFLECTED EY HEARST'S MAKING HIMSELF AVAILABLE SC FREQUENTLY TO THE PRESS IN THE HOPE OF TURNING UP SOME CLUE. ; UPI O212 01310 AED 84 FeB20 1974 I!