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OF N'JNE CHARGES STEAMING FROM THTE ABDUCTION. OF ATLANTA NEWSPAPER
EITO-R REG MURPHY. THE COUPLE, WILLIAM AN BETTY WILLIA14S,.'WAS
ARRESTEn FEBRUARY 23Rn, JUST HOURS AFTER MURPHY NWAS RELEASE
U NHARMEm FO'LLO4 I NG 'A RANSOM PAYMENT.
ANOTHER MASSIVE FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO THE POOR TAKES PLACE TOPAY IN
THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. IT'S THE FOURTH SUCH EFFORT FINANCE' BY
NEWSPAPER EXECUTIVE RANPOLPH HEARST IN AN EFFORT TO FREE HIS
KIPNAPEP DAUGHTER PATRICIA. BUT THERE'S BEEN EN COMMUNICATION FROM
HE? CAPTORS SINCE THE FIRST FOOn DISTRIBUTION TWO WEEKS AGO.
-- T ASH- -
A ROANOKE, VIRGLNIA KIPAP VICTIM IS QUOTED AS SAYING ONE OF HER
ABnUCTORS FORMERLY WORKE FOR HER HUSBAND. BETTY _ANN VAN BALEN WAS
SET FREE YESTERnAY AFTER KInNAPERS GQT 25-TnUSANP DOLLARS. HER
S.ISTEi SAYS MRS. VAN BALEN PAS GIVEN AUTHORITIES A rESCRIPTION'OF
ON& KIPNAPEyR AiN SAID HE ONCE WORKEn FOR HER HUSBAND'S FIBERGLASS
COMPANY.
IIRS. VAN BALEN WAS RELEASED IN- WEST :VIRGINIA. LOCAL AUTHORITIES
ARE CHECKING MOTELS AND HOTELS IN .THE FAYETTEVILLE AND CHARLESTON.
AREAS FOR TWO-SUSPECTS -- A MAN AND A VOMAN.
05;11ACr 0 3-UE-74
APB0FIRST EXPAND Er' SUMMARY-TAKE 5
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: More kidnaps], script, March 8, 1974, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1965548/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.