Chowchilla witness. describes 'hysteria' ByAP and UPI OAKLAND, Calif. - A sheriff's depu- ty described for a judge yesterday "the scene of hysteria and paranoia" he en- countered moments after 26 Chowehilla children and their school bus driver dug their way to freedom from an under- ground tomb. Lt. Edward Volpe said the children were so frightened when he arrived at the gravel quarry near Livermore that they refused to cooperate with officers, fearing they were kidnappers in dis- guise. "THE KIDS WERE saying they were afraid we were dressed in disguises and would bury them again," .Volpe said. "We had to forcibly carry the kids onto the buses because they were afraid to get on the bus again." Several of the youngsters kidnapped with their school bus driver testified Wednesday. They spoke of tears and prayers, of fainting from fright and bolstering their courage with songs sung in the darkness of the under- ground prison. "A lot of kids were crying and screaming," 10-year-old Jennifer Brown recalled. ' . . I was singing, 'If You're Happy and You Know It .. ." James Schoenfeld, 26; Richard Schoenfeld, 23 and Fred Woods, 26, sat stony-faced through the testimony. They have admitted hijacking the Chowchilla school bus on July 15, 1976, taking the children and their driver to a gravel quarry and burying them in a dirt-covered moving van. BUT THEY DENY they harmed any- one, and that is the issue being tried. If found guilty of kidnapping with bodily harm, they face life in prison with no chance of parole. Volpe described bus driver Ed Ray as "just a bundle of nerves. He couldn't sit still for 30 seconds. "The scene was one of hysteria, paranoia, screaming, crying and laugh- ing," ,Volpe said. HE DESCRIBED an interview with one child, Becky Reynolds, who testi- fied Wednesday. "She was continually sobbing, crying, laughing," Volpe said. "I had to take her aside and talk to her alone. She couldn't stand still. She complained of being cold and hot at the same time." He said some of the children refused to talk about the kidnapping and ex- pressed fear they would be spanked when they got home for not doing their chores. VOLPE'S TESTIMONY was repeat- edly interrupted by objections by the defense, but the judge allowed him to continue In other testimony yesterday, a doc- tor said they were in good spirits after their rescue, with only a few minor cuts and bruises. Dr. Howard Wax said under; cross examination that "in general, they were in excellent spirits, with some of the children having minor injuries." WAX, A PEDIATRICIAN, said he was summoned to the Santa Rita coun- ty prison facility to examine the chil- dren after they had dug their way out of the underground hiding place in a quarry near Livermore, Calif. Under questioning by the prosecution, Wax said conditions were "non-optimum," because he did not have thermometers or other testing equipment. But he said he examined each of the children and bus driver Ed Ray. Under cross-examination by defense attorney Herbert Yanowitz, the doctor said he found only a few minor injuries. He read from notations made at the time about several of the children who, the pr6secution contends, suffered bodily injury. The examination of bus driver Ray found him "normal," the doctor's notes said. 40 CINEMA 1I ANGELL HALL AUD. A Friday, November 4 FRAND CAPRA'S YOU CAN'T TAKE* his T WITH YOU This is a 1938 vintage Capra comedy from the George S. Kauf- s man/Moss Hart play about a family of New Yorkers who do exactly what they please in life and even manage to convert a stuffy tycoon whose son has fallen in love with their daughter. JEAN ARTHUR, JAMES STEWART, LIONEL BARRYMORE. Winner of Best Picture. 7 9:15 $1.50 sief5$$$$$$ $$ a3. The Michigan Daily-Friday, November 4, 1977-Page 7 The Rudolf Steiner Institute of the Great Lakes Area presents two lectures by: Professor Werner Glas Director of the Waldorf Institute of Mercy College of Detroit Eardy Childhood Eduation . Its Impact on Adult Lifev SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1977 8:00 P.M. The IHeartof Childhood anid the Future o f Work SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1977 RUDOLF STEINER HOUSE 1923 Geddes Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan 3:00 p.m. The public is invited 1 QUI LAPAYUN Council debates use of tenant g (Continued from Page 1) says he's a city official when he really is not... that's misrepresentation and fraud." Latta referred to his contention that Johnson posed as a city official to enable himself to purchase services on credit from the Kelly Girl temporary office help company. OPINIONS are mixed as to which of- fice should receive the $35,000 for tenant services. "PHTO has not lived up to its com- mitments and I will not support any more funds going to them," said Mayor Wheeler. "That is, unless they got a new organization and Board of Direc- tors, but under present circumstances I wouldn't give them a dime," he said. Belcher, however, said Wheeler has a "vendetta" out on the PHTO. "What's Wheeler going to do now with $35,000?" asked Belcher. "City bureaucracy is what Mr. Wheeler seems to be leaning towards the idea of creating a tenant service group run by the city ... its like roup funds trying to ask GM to fund the UAW." BELCHER SAID PHTO programs so far have been "pretty good," and the city should help the group. "It's easy toI kill them," he said. Kenworthy said the audit came out "sorrier" than he had expected. "What we need is a board more representative and a new director," he said. Councilman Gerald Bell (R-Fifth) said the audit has revealed "some things that are rather startling," al- though he questions why the PHTO received 'such an "in-depth examina- tion" when other groups did not. KIM and HEATHER BOB and DAVID at DASCOLA STYLISTS E. Univ. at So. Univ. REDKEN-IMAGE Friday, November 4 Power Center 8:00 pm $3.50 General Admission An Evening of Music in Solidarity with the Chilean People Ann Arbor Committee for HumanRights in Latin America - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n ra H SSSHAMPOO1 Set on the eve of Richard Nixon's re-election, SHAMPOO examines the sexual attitudes and actions prevalent in the contemporary U.S. WARREN BEATTY (in a true-to-life performance) portrays a hairdresser on the make who tries to spread his time between GOLDIE HAWN, JULIE CHRISTIE, CARRIE FISHER and LEE GRANT (in an Academy Award winning role). Already a controversial film of the 70's. SAT: AMARCORD 7s CInema Guild TONIGHT AT 7:00 a 9:05 OLD ARCH. AUD. Admission $1.50 ** ************** *** * Mediatrics * DOG DAYAFTERNOON Sat., Nov. 5-7:00 & 9:30 Natural Science Auditorium $1.50