Word: mercedes
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Seven years after he vanished while walking home from school in Merced, Calif., Steven Stayner, 14, suddenly reappeared. He told police that he had been held in a remote cabin by Kenneth Parnell for what amounted to half his lifetime.* The youngster was joyously reunited with his family, but as...
Interstate 5, south of Modesto, is one of the most desolate and dreary stretches of road in the world. Skirting Bakersfield. Fresno, Chico, and Merced, it slices north through the unending flatland of California's Great Central Valley. It is a road of dust and heat and pale skies and...
During his two days in California, Carter also talked politics with Governor Jerry Brown, who still would not publicly endorse him. Doffing his jacket, Carter traded repartee with an audience in the farm community of Merced. When a farmer complained about immigrants' not wanting to work, Carter cracked, without...
So ended one of the most bizarre kidnaping cases in California history. Timothy White, the five-year-old, had been abducted in Ukiah on Valentine's Day, while on his way home from kindergarten. Police charged that he was taken by a drifter named Kenneth Parnell, 48, who cropped...
Both boys were healthy and fit when they were reunited with their families, although at first Timmy White's mother did not recognize him because of his dyed hair. Stayner's parents had never moved from their home in Merced during the years of his captivity, hoping that...