CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE KIDNAPPING OF WILLIAM F. NIEHOUS

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2017
• Case Number: F-2017-00199
• Publication Date: November 29, 1978

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CLAIMING TO BE THE NIEHOUS KIDNAPPERS. THIS NEWSMAN WAS IN*
STRuCTED TO INDICATE THE WILLINGNESS of NIEPIOuii EMPLOYERS TO
PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE KIDNAPPED ExECUTIvE4
RELEASE BY INCLUDING A CERTAIN CODE PHRASE IN HIS SINDICATED
COLUMN. THIS PHRASE.
SEEN "SPRING IS CLEAR.�
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