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Show Woman Flown From Canyon On Emergency Thanks to the efforts ol airport manager Royal Hoi-ter Hoi-ter and men of the Utah National Guard, an Illinois woman on a trip through Cataract Canyon received, word of the death of heV son a full day sooner than would have been otherwise possible. Mrs. June Demarest of X.1eerfield, 111., was on a river trip last week when Holter heard on a Salt Lake City radio station that an emergency message was being held for her. He recognized rec-ognized the name as on, of the river party who was to fly . back to Moab from Hite marina on Lake Powell Pow-ell and after making a number of phone calls was abto to secure permission for National Guardsmen, who had ' stopped at C-ie airport for a short layover, to fly the woman out of the canyon. Holter also reported that a search for Mark Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Roberts was started last . Friday when the boy failed to return from a hike on the Rim Trail. Mark was found by his father just as the plane spotted the youth. Persons who ae in need of air search are asked to phone the Sheriff in the area where the search is to be conducted before dark so that no time will be wasted waiting for morning morn-ing light. |