1975 Press Photo Senator Sparkman and Frank Hulse hold $2 million ransom check
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Senator John Sparkman, left, D-AL, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee poses with Frank Hulse, President of Southern Airways, as they hold a $2 million ransom check from Prime Minister Fidel Castro of Cuba. Castro returned the money that was impounded from a hijacked Southern Airways plane in 1972. Sparkman and Hulse showed the check to newsmen Monday on Capitol Hill.
