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SARA J. RICHEY Chowchilla, Calif...
...Dumas Sr. Chowchilla, Calif...
...evening news on July 15 stunned the country: a busload of 26 children from the small California farming community of Chowchilla had disappeared. The youngsters and their driver had been kidnaped by three masked men brandishing pistols. The victims were driven to a gravel quarry 100 miles away and forced into an abandoned trailer truck buried 6 ft. underground. Sixteen hours later the captives managed to dig themselves out and were soon rescued. The FBI quickly interrogated them but found no answer to the question: Who were the abductors...
...help crack the case, the bureau called in Dr. William S. Kroger, an authority on medical hypnosis. Kroger sat with Chowchilla Bus Driver Ed Ray in a Fresno motel room and told him to fix his eyes on a spot on the wall and breathe deeply. Twenty minutes later Ray was under hypnosis. Dr. Kroger then led him through a playback of the kidnaping. The ploy worked. The driver was able to recall all but one digit of the license plate on the kidnapers' white van. The information helped authorities track down three suspects who go on trial later...
...your article concerning the Chowchilla, Calif., kidnaping case, you state that after unearthing the tractor-trailer in which the children and bus driver were held captive, "investigators quickly traced it to the Palo Alto Transfer & Storage Co." How much tracing was necessary considering the fact that in bold letters across the front of the truck was written PALO ALTO TRANSFER AND STORAGE COMPANY...