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(Mount Clipping In Space pes » here @ * BY ANDREW KILPATRICK, New News staff sriter wv hére is Patty Hearst? She could be in our midst. She could be anywhere, FBI agents in Birmingham say. ‘We are convinced she is alive. At least we have to go on that assumption,” according to L. R. Kirkpat-: rick, Special agent - in . charge of the FBI in Birmingham. : ‘ ‘Logic suggests she. is still alive," Kirkpatrick said, since she was alive after six Symbionese Libera: - ‘on Army (SLA) members were killed ina hery shoot-. outat aLos Angeles house last May. PATTY'S CAPTORS would not want to taint their . i452 with her murder, Kirkpatrick thinks. irkpatrick, who thinks Patty is in the United Siates, said she could be near a college community, in ‘Tuscaloosa, Auburn or Birmingham, for example. But, he said, ‘We have no specific leads that she is in Alabama,” though a number of the FBI agents in the. state are working on the case, as they are in all states. Every FBI agent is educated about the case, Kirkpat. rick said. © FRlare ‘ent Jim Snider i in | Birmingham, whyais roar. cinating | the e investigation, said a: handful of leads have veen checked out, but have not fed anyw here, as one of themmustthténsive manhunts in history continues. . THE FBI, he said, checks immediately on any tips. . Some of the tips have come from people who think they have seen someone who looks like Patty, but each time: the FBI has found that itis not. ; " -The FBI, of course, is also looking for Bill and Emily Harris, who were seen wilh Patty Hearst at a Los Angeles sporting goods shop where Bill Harris al- legedly tried his hand at shoplifting a pair of socks May. 16, 1974. “Though the three vere spotted, they escaped under’ the cover of gunfire from.Patty, then commandeered two vehicles to complete their getaway. -“The next day six SLA members were killed in the uos Angeles house, but Patty and the Harrises were nel among those stain. we, ON JUNE 7, a Van Nuys, Calif., ‘radio station re- ceived a tape in which Patt ty Hearst. praised the virtues of her dead comrades... time. 7°: —,* Seite sald h he believes Patty i is swisha a dis-. No word has been received from Patty: since that ‘ we tee 0: pipe A (Indicate page, name of Rewspaper, city and etate.} br 1 THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS ——~ BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Date: 3-4-75 Edition: Autnor: ANDREW KI LPATRECK Edjtor: JOHN W, BLOOMER tinue: PATTY HEARST Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: 6 ah ae (_] Being Investigated