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Wow. It was quoted in the morning paper saying that a person who knew his way around wouldn't have trouble gaining access to the place after dark security you see has only recently been beefed up here. Well

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what about the van? Some of the workers said that they had seen it prior to its being pulled out of the ground yesterday. And there's another mystery. Another van. This one's a yellow one. They saw it around here a while ago. It is not here anymore.

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There's some speculation that maybe it's been buried and some looking would unearth it too. Workers here at the California, what is it? Workers at the California rock and gravel company here in livermore said that they knew young woods. They called him Chip

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but they said they hadn't seen him around for several months as long as six. However, that isn't necessarily significant because the man who witnessed news, why did you do it again? No reason that I can think of workers here at the California rock and gravel company

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said that they knew young woods. They call him chip. But they said that they hadn't seen him out here for six months or so. But that isn't necessarily significant because the head of the security services was quoted in the morning paper is saying that a person

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who knew his way around the grounds wouldn't have trouble gaining access to them after dark security has only recently been beefed up here. There's another mystery and that is a second van gonna stop workers here at the California rock and gravel company in livermore do it

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again. The states couldn't be here. He's in vail colorado, resting Governor Brown couldn't be here either, but he sent someone named B. T. Collins to represent the people of the great state of California. But there's one person who did arrive here. He was his party. His

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name was Ed Ray. His day started at the fairgrounds where the kidnapped Children and their parents gathered and the kids he helped from that hellhole in the livermore quarry were obviously glad to see him. Ray drove bus number one for the first time since the kidnapping.

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That's the same bus he was driving july 15th when the kidnappers forced it off the road here. The Children also boarded number one for the first time and fought to sit in the same seats they had that afternoon and there have been a few changes in

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number one now. CB radio has been installed, hopefully to forestall any future kidnapping attempts. Ray drove the bus to an assembly point of his parade. In downtown there, Ray and the kids boarded a recycled fourth of july parade float, then went down main Street as 3000

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people cheered even for all of the happiness here and thanksgiving. There was still a slight feeling of fear. There were policemen everywhere on the school bus on street corners and the highway patrol had cars around the perimeter of this town. Just as a precaution, no specific

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threat. But as they said, just as a precaution this afternoon, an interdenominational church service at the fairgrounds, a ceremony to honor Ed Ray for heroism and the giant barbecue this afternoon in his honor, going on into the evening, they are taking donations here for the Ed

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Ray retirement fund. He doesn't plan to quit driving school busses quite yet. However, the extra money will come in handy when he does. Ed Ray is a hero around here and his exploits will become part of the folklore of this California's central valley town. Ed Reyes

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experience during the kidnapping is something you could write a book about and Ed Ray may just be thinking about it. This was his day in chowchilla. The day set aside to honor him as a hero. Marching bands escorted Ray in the 26 school kids down chowchilla

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main street to the fairgrounds where he was presented award after award plaque after plaque and the american legion's highest award, the Medal of valor. A monument was also unwrapped at the fairgrounds to remind future chowchilla of the exploits of Ed Ray and the rescue of those

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26 kids. Then came the biggest party in chowchilla history, three or 4000 people showing up at a shindig at the fairgrounds, thousands of pounds of beef cooked, hundreds of pounds of beans ladled out all afternoon to people who came to honor Ed Ray. There were also

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donations to the Ed Ray retirement fund to help him out when he gets out of the school bus driving business, dozens of chowchilla opening their bank books to help through it all. Ed Ray remains modest. Even if pretty girls rush up to him for one big

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hug, you have to admit it was quite a party, £4000 of beef and about £600 of beans. Just for red raised friends here in chowchilla. I'm David Fowler Channel five eyewitness news. Not bad. Yeah, they're probably building get

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something else com. You're saying good, you get narrow people themselves okay. They didn't disconnect antenna. Give him a these ones told me to come take a picture of

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him door. Now she had him. Yeah, everybody. I'm so good eric is right around like that. Why? Hard to try the case after that. It's not like this. So he's gonna talk Sure. Perhaps the one surprise of this

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preliminary hearing retake. Perhaps the one surprise of this arrangement today was the appearance of Herbert Janowicz who said he represents Frederick Woods the third and so far still uncapped third suspect in the chowchilla bus kidnapping yet a conference with the judge today we don't know what

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they decided whether that means. The third and final suspect may soon perhaps even give himself up in chowchilla tim Findley Channel five eyewitness news