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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1976
Page
5
In Chowchilla California the town of 4500 finds itself thrust into a national media event after the school bus kidnapping. News crews arrive and the town prepares for the spotlight as the incident unfolds and dominates coverage.
Pacific Telephone wired Chowchilla to the world with extra phones and a portable TV unit, as three man TV teams chased officials. Local boys watched, reporters gathered notes, and a pastor refused media access citing concerns over abortion coverage.
Orson Welles, famed for the 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast causing panic, cautions that Viking 1’s Mars landing should not breed complacency. He notes society’s lingering illusions and uses his past hoax to illustrate how fear can spread even today. The article also mentions local civic notes.
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