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Kidnap Victim Escapes After Forced Tex Trip
Lora Joan Hinkel, 20, freed uninjured after a knife wielding hitchhiker forced her to drive to Fort Worth Texas. She telephoned authorities from a Fort Worth phone booth stating she was safe. Ellingson, 19, was released south of Stockton. both from Oakland. Police describe the kidnapper as a white man, about 5 feet 8, 170 pounds, dirty blond hair, hornrim glasses, driving a green Datsun.
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Stockton
Fort Worth
Tex
Delbert Melligan
Lora Joan Hinkel
Melligan
Miss Hinkel
Mona Kay Ellingson
Oakland
Los Angeles
Ft. Worth
Richard Whiteman