F.B.I. Searches Cabot for Origin Of Bomb Threat

Last weekend both the Secret Service and the FBI were at Cabot Hall, Radcliffe, investigating a telephoned bomb threat on the White House that had been traced to Cabot Hall.

The threat was made at 2:50 a.m. last Friday by a male, who asked to talk to the White House Secret Service and then told them he had planted a bomb in the East Room.

He talked for forty-five minutes, allowing the Secret Service to trace the call twice. Five minutes later he called back, said there was no bomb, and apologized.

The call was traced to a phone in Cabot Hall. The phone's owners said they were asleep at the time. Other girls on the floor were questioned and have corroborated their story.

"We're convinced that the telephone company made a mistake in tracing the call, or that someone worked out a method of plugging into our line," one of the girls said.

FBI Takes Names

The FBI took the names of all males who had been in Cabot Hall during parietal hours on Thursday. However parietals end at 10 p.m. during the week, and the dormitory is locked at 12 midnight.

The Secret Service returned Monday afternoon because they had received another apologetic call about the bomb threat. This call apparently was not traced back to Cabot.

The FBI refused to comment on the story, but they did admit that there was an investigation going on.