| Show Men Beli Believed ved Lost on on River Found After Jeep CAP-Jeep Search I i Three men believed to be mIssing missing miss mIss- ing on the rising Colorado and Green rivers were found to be safe Saturday by search planes of the Civil Air Patrol Red Rock squadron and a Jeep party dispatched dispatched dis dig patched from Moab Clyde Durham of ot Moab became the first object of Df the search when he was not sighted along the Green river after leaving Mineral canyon in ah an boat Durham left Mineral canyon on May 31 11 intending to float the Green river to a with Buck Durham and John Dimitrio of Moab at the confluence He was not sighted on on the river by personnel of Ohio Uranium workIng working work work- ing along the river or by a party of three boats from Moab that covered the lower Green river on the following weekend News of the possible missing men came from Grover manager of the Ohio Uranium camp who returned to Moab from the company's camp six days after after aft aft- er Mr Durham left Mineral canyon can can- yon lie He reported finding John Dimitrio and Buck Duck Durham on the Colorado where they had left their motor and boat while headIng heading heading head head- ing to meet the elder Durham at the confluence He lie recovered their boat which was circling inan in inan inan an eddy and came into Moab The youths resumed their search eaTCh with witha a motor they were taking down lown downto to Clyde Durham A plane search earch Friday afternoon afternoon after after after- noon failed to sight either boat leading to a more extensive lear search h being organized that night and the following morning rooming Meanwhile back at the ranch plans were underway to head them off at the gulch the missing men had made contact Buck Durham Durham Dunham Dur Dun ham and Dimitrio abandoned their boat and left their motor with the elder eider Durham The y youths located a je jeep at the Ohio Uranium Uranium Uran ium camp Climp and headed bad back to Moab Moat missing the jeep search I party by a scant one hundred yards yard or less They returned to the city Saturday morning June 8 8 despite having n ru n. brakes ox or oil pump on the borrowed jeep Clyde Durham was sighted shortly before the pair arrived in Moab by CAP Commander Arch Swenson on the Colorado river by Spanish Bottoms Bottom He was making slow progress toward the Green river Later reports Indicated Indicated Indi Indi- he made the Green river mining camp |
