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Show Air Postal Operators V Being Sought Senator Frank E. Moss n Utah, informed The Time; Independent by phone Tuet day that bids would be re. ceived in the immediate fu,' ure for air taxi mail servic between Moab and Salt Lab City, with stops at intermed iate cities. The Senator said, that locs; air taxi service operator-would operator-would be contacted by rep! ional postal authorities to Se(. if they are interested in bid. ding on the six day a veei overnight schedule which , initiated, would give Moa' ' improved air mail service !, the Utah capitol. Tentatively, the schedtf: calls for the flight to leav Moab at 7:15 p.m. each eve, ing except Saturdays and ft day before holidays; arrival arriv-al Price at 7:45 p.m.; depa at 8:30 p.m. for Provo wi: arrival scheduled at 10 p.m depart there for Salt Lai City at 10:20 p.m. and arrh in Salt Lake at 10:40 p.m. The return flight . wou' leave Salt Lake City at 3:i a.m.; arrive at Price at 3;; a.m.; depart there at 4:: a.m., arriving at Moab 5:15 a.m. The new taxi service ao plied to the post office operation oper-ation wound be a vast he!-in he!-in bettering mail service t the more isolated Utah com munities, Sen. Moss said. The start-up of such a pre-gram pre-gram wil be dependent upo: receiving satisfactory bid; from air taxi service opera tors, Sen. Moss said. i |