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(Mount Clipping In Space Below) D. B. Cooper's fate. PRESS association reports on the hijacking of a Frontier Airlines jetliner in Nebraska re- ferred to the “successful hi- jacking” of a plane by “D.B. Cooper” after take-off from Seattle on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, We beg to take issue with our wire-service colleagues. There is no evidence that Cooper's ep- isode was successful. True, Cooper bailed out over “Southwest Washington and dis- appeared. True, the ransom funds he carried have never turned up. But chances are, Cooper's re- mains and those of a torn para- chute will be found some day in the limbs of a tree in the track- less forests of Clark or Cowlitz County. The money will be there, too. If Cooper had fallen into the ihands of the law at the time of his misbegotten adventure, he imight have been out on parole today. Probably that would ; —_ a ‘have been a more “successful” ; youtcome for ‘him: than- what really happened. | — Dwight Schear | (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) p.AlO Seattle fimes Seattle, Wa, Date: LU/23/77 Edition: Sunday Author: Editor: James 3. King Title: Character: + [t64-8I-77/O Classification: Submitting Office: Seattle {_] Belng Investigated PY rt SSNT ST TO ESREAU toe to. { SE TLE | b7C DB Cooper-i6156