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Show Two Persons Still Missing in San Juan I After Violent Storm, Flash Floods Jy rainstorms hit in:r;d Arizona and !vn Vt.th area this 'J,iul U.-vinu two j ""coattty after their tV-truck m washed f ;;. bv a flash flood in V:ish near tho ', an'- The couple. Mr, tuu Mrs. Kichard Fellers of Scotts-dale, Scotts-dale, Arizona, and their 13 year old son hud started to cross tho vn.--h which was flooding and as they drove on to what they presumed pre-sumed was a bridge, were swept away by the water. The bridge had earlier washed away. Their son managed to climb from the vehicle and was helped to safety by a number of Indians who had seen the truck disappear into the w ater. San Juan County Sheriff Sher-iff Koss A. Musselman has been conducting a full scale search for the missing miss-ing couple since that time. Their bodies are believed to have been washed into the San Juan River. Indications Indi-cations were, that Wednesday Wednes-day only a skeleton crew would continue the search. Other damage caused by the flood included damage to a foot bridge near Bluff which Navajo Indians use to cross the San Juan River. Ri-ver. The center pylon of the bridge had moved during dur-ing the pressure of the flood. Governor Calvin L. Hampton Ham-pton flew over the area Tuesday and stated that funds to build a bridge big enough to carry vehicular vehic-ular traffic across the river ri-ver would be sought immediately imme-diately from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Uampton said a new bridge could cost as much as $500,000 and said that the Four Corners Cor-ners Regional Commission would be asked for some assistance in providing funds for its construction. Most of the money, however, how-ever, will be sought from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Af-fairs since it has primary responsibility for roads to the reservations. |