1975 Press Photo Senator Sparkman and Frank Hulse hold $2 million ransom check

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.

Photo is dated 1975.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.