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‘Catch me if you can:’ story of a con man
by BARBARA
W ATERHO USE
For The Host
T h e p o lic e c h ie f o f
Houston. Texas, once said of
F ra n k Abagnale “ He could
w rite a check on toilet paper,
d ra w n on the Confederate
States T re a s u ry , sig n it
'U K Hooked and cash it at
any bank in town, using a
Hong Kong d riv e r's license
fo r id e n tifica tio n '*
“ Catch Me If You C a n" is
the true story of Abagnale's
fiv e years as the w o rld 's
most hunted forger, ersatz
a irlin e p ilo t, assistant state
a ttorn ey, college professor
and F B I agent
He went to New Y ork C ity,
at the age of 16. w ith the goal
of m aking it to the top in
some fie ld He w orked b r ie f
ly in a statio nery business,
but he needed m ore m oney,
so he a lte red the b irth d a te on
his d riv e r's license fro m 1948
to 1938 S till, he could only
m ake $2 75 an hour as a
tru c k
d r iv e r 's
h e lp e r
because he was a high school
dropout.
He was soon w ritin g tw o or
three bad checks d a ily to
supplem ent his paycheck, or
to finance a n igh t on the town
w ith some b e au tifu l wom an
He knew he would even
tu a lly be caught if he stayed
in New Y ork, so he changed
his name, acquired bogus
id e n tific a tio n , and set up a
bank account under an alias
A bagnale consoled h im se lf
w ith the fa ct that he was a
ju v e n ile
“ I f I were caught, it was
u n lik e ly tha t I ’d rece ive
ste m punishm ent As a firs t
offender, I'd probably be
released to m y p a re n ts ."
Comelison set
to specialize
in fire safety
Russell A Cornelison has
been assigned to Chanute A ir
Force Base, 111., a fte r com
p le tin g A ir F o rc e ba sic
tra in in g
The A ir N ational G uard
a irm a n is the son of Coreen
J Riegel, 21465 S E Foster
Road, B oring.
He w i l l no w r e c e iv e
specialized in stru ctio n in the
fir e protection fie ld
D u rin g the six weeks at
Lackla nd A ir Force Base,
Texas, C ornelison studied
th e A ir F o rc e m is s io n ,
o rg a n iza tio n and custom s
and received special tr a in
ing in hum an relations
In ad dition, a irm e n who
com plete basic tra in in g earn
cre d its tow a rd an associate
degree in applied science
through the C o m m unity Col
lege of the A ir Force
C o r n e lis o n is a 1979
gra du ate of Sam B arlow
H igh School in G resham .
UO announces
Sandy, Boring
summer grads
Tw o local students w ill be
am ong 1.060 degree ca n
d id a te s e lig ib le to p a r
tic ip a te in the U n iv e rs ity of
O regon’s su m m e r term com
m encem ent cerem onies this
S aturday, Aug 15
Constance J E ld rid g e of
Sandy is a candidate fo r a
m aster's degree in counsel
ing Thom as A Hager of
B oring is a m a ste r's degree
candidate in jo u rn a lis m
C om m encem ent
cerem onies w ill be held at
10:30 a m . o u td o o rs a t
H a yw ard F ie ld in Eugene
Eugene M a yo r Gus K e lle r
w ill be the fea tu red speaker,
He is se rving his second
te rm as m a yo r P rio r to the
1976 m a yo ra l election, K e lle r
was a c ity councilm an for
fo u r years He is c u rre n tly
an investm ent broker
O f the 1,060 degree can
d id a te s e lig ib le to p a r
tic ip a te in the cerem onies,
581 are slated to receive
bachelor's degrees, 477 a d
vanced degrees and two law
degrees.
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• U D C IT C O M M IT T H
A P P tlC A T IO N S
Th« Bull tu n School District
hoard ol director» is accepting
letters ot application tor poti
tion» on the di»trict budge« com
m ittoa Any parton who >t in-
ta ro t »ad m filling a budget cam
m.troo position it o ratid an t of
»ha Bull tu n School D ittn ct ond
a registered voter is ashed to
complete a letter of application
ttoting reason» why he Or th e
wou'd be interested m serving
on fh< school » budget commit
tee
ond ony qualification«
Deadline for letters of opplica
tian i« August 3» |9BI Ap
pomtment» w ill be mode o* the
r e g u la r
S e p te b a r
b o a rd
mee»mg t loose tend letter» to
Bull tun School District No 45
c o Forty Kloscius
D eputy
Clerk 10425 S4 Bull t wn td
Sandy Oregon 97055
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tion He learned that pilots
could ride free 'dead head»
anyw here in the w o rld on
any a irlin e
Hotels billed
a irlin e s d ire ct and cashed
checks issued by a irlin e
companies
M any of his questions
dealt w ith inside in fo rm a
considerably
discovery
The N ational C rim e In fo r
m ation Center (N C IC l did
O ccasionally, he would get
the jitte r s This alw ays led to
a new name, care er and a
d iffe re n t section of the coun
tr y He was a doctor fo r one
yea r, a la w ye r fo r six mon
ths and he spent one sum m er
as a sociology professor
F in a lly , he decided to
r e tir e
in
M o n t p e llie r .
F rance Unexpectedly, his
id e n tity was exposed and he
was sentenced to one yea r in
P erpignan's House of A r
rest
not exist as a police tool d u r
ing this tim e This com
puterized police lin k, w ith its
re se rvo ir of facts, would
have shortened his career
You w ill see the pa tte rn
em erge again and a g a in —
the rig h t tim e, the conve
nient o p p o rtu n ity and the in
stin ct to m ove on before
He describes it, “ Com
pared to Perpignan prison,
the Black Hole of C alcutta
was a health spa. and D e vil's
Is la n d w a s a v a c a tio n
paradise “
He would not have live d if
the judge had not reduced
the sentence to six months
A ltogether. Abagnale spent
four years in various ja ils
His story would m ake a
trem endous m ovie
it has
plenty of action, co m p lica
tions, gorgeous women and it
ends happily Abagnale now
lives w ith hie w ife and son in
Houston w here he runs a suc
cessful business as a consul
tant on loss prevention and
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