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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1976
Page
1
Investigators say three men remain at large after abducting 26 children and their bus driver near Chowchilla. Cracking progress includes tips from Sonora and license plate sightings, but motive remains unclear while FBI withdrawal drew criticism.
Investigation shows motive unclear but three silent masked men staged the daylight bus kidnapping with advance planning. One suspect bought three government surplus vans in November 1975, two unregistered, one traced to Los Gatos. Van details, CB radios, painted windows, and a hidden 18 hour confinement in a WWII moving van reveal careful preparation and a long escape route through the San Joaquin Valley.
The U S Embassy announced a Beirut evacuation by road convoy to Damascus with possible naval support but no confirmation. A prior June plan was canceled after hostilities. As evac plans surfaced, clashes at Tal Zaatar camp killed over 80 and wounded 100 as Syrians moved troops toward the Beirut Damascus corridor.
In Pasadena California the Viking 1 lander woke up for its descent toward Mars with systems functioning as planned. The biology equipment, a compact lab, will search for life and may reveal minerals from the Martian highlands at Chryse Planitia.
The region expects a clear night followed by sunny Tuesday with a low near 62 and a high around 90. A 10 percent chance of rain exists Tuesday, with previous day highs of 83 and a 52 low this morning.
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