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Show Search in Maze Underway for Texas Man A ground and uir search has been underwuy this week in the Maze area of Canyonlands National l'ark for a Texas man who became depurated from his group Monday. He is Fred Lanier, 21, Houston, who was backpacking backpack-ing with a group of about 12 people with Discovery Land, a back country tour operator, of Brian, Tex. Park Service authorities report re-port thut Lanier left his group about noon April 4 and did not return. The Park Service was notified at 2:15 April 5 and, in cooperation with the BLM contract helicopter, began an air search which was called off for the night at dusk. The helicopter was dis-patdied dis-patdied again Wednesday morning, and at that time, there were about 15 people involved in a ground search in the Maze. |