SKYDIVER, 23, IS KILLED IN SHORE JUMP

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000400370015-8
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RIPPUB
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K
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1
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November 11, 2016
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April 28, 1999
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15
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November 27, 1967
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NSPR
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S,' {YOICo" NOV 2 71967 i irl iA1VK11 sbU11 ( FbrRelease : CIA-RD IS KILLED.:i.TH SHORE JllMP ; .Young Woman Plunges To Death After. Both Her Chutes Fail Ing two partially opened. para.11 in the woods.'today . 2 miles, vived the,initial'impact but was ~ ~aon'a home was in'Marriphia, al=: , ligence Agency. Chute Packed Wrong said Miss Thompson apparently had packed her main parachute improperly, so that. it failed to :cer for the Pelican Skydiving on Route 312. He and a ?cornpa- the spot where Miss Thompson the following account of Miss Thompson's death: . ing? Club, a group from the participants in skydiving compe- 600 spectators pr9sent for. the Early. In', the, afternoon, 'Miss :'Thompson' jumped `from' a 'sin-' gle-cngine Cessna 185 airplane piloted by Harry Schoelppe, of Hartwood, Va. ? ,Jumping from an altitude of 3,000 ;feet, she fell for about five. seconds before pulling the rip- cord of her main parachute,' which malfunctioned. At an? altitude of 1,200 feet, or a little more than a quarter of a mile, she'puiled the rip cord on her reserve parachute. The smaller reserve para,~ chute also failed to open fully,! and witnesses saw Miss Thomp- son plunge into the woods. Mr. Aguilar said that she was' breathing when he found 'her, and that he could still feel her pulse when a ambulance from Denton, Md., arrived to take her At* the hospital, Dr. Earl Plummer, deputy State medical examiner for Caroline,' reported ,that she had died of multiple ' Injuries, STATINTL? CPYRGHT. ,?. iii ' 4u v -00001 R000400370015-8