Show RIVER VICTIM FOUND BODY SHIPPED HOME FOR SERVICES A sealed casket carrying the body of paul caravetta 21 chicago I 1 it left vernal tuesday morning tor for colfax ill w where here funeral services will be held cither either thursday or friday paul dro drowned wn ed in green river at split mountain gorge friday night at pm the body r was re recovered covered at it 11 am monday th the e victim and 17 other geology students front the university of wisconsin arrived in utah and went to dinosaur national monument the afternoon of the acel accident dent for a part of a 17 week field tour under the direction of dr lewis cline and his research assistant frank brown camp was set up at the gorge and supper prepared following the meal meat paul and a companion erwin becker went down to the river bank for a bath after sea soaping ing up erwin dove into the river ver to wash off the water felt so good he later told officials investigating the accident that he decided to swim to the opposite bank erwin was almost to the other side which he reached with considerable effort before he knew young paul was attempting to follow him nun As the river sucked the victims body downward ws rd he managed to call weakly weekly for help ills companion and another student morris johnson heard the cries and ran for help continued on page 8 lum VICTIM rouha I 1 1 h I 1 it c fr ia i i calu continued e 4 t from mr 4 v page aa v 1 1 when he hi h heard e ar 4 w what b a t h had a d h happened a p donald peterson another student sped to the river edge air stripped appel oft off his clothes and with t total disregard tor for hia his own safety dove into the spot where paul had disappeared he her dove again and again and swam downstream hopelessly hop hp lessly search ing ins for paul v by this time se several vIral of the other boys had shoved a parks service k e raft the pilo 34 u rus into the water to aid in th the search the other students were either in the water hunting or running along the bank trying desperately to locate the lost student when dr cline heard what had happened he was washing dishes at the time of the drowning some distance from the river r he rushed to parks derlyce headquarters for more help the f first man he found was cecil karkus seasonal park ranger who was in the searching party that finally located the body monda monday heal head hanger max james immediately mOd lately set up a spotlight downstream from the scene of the mishap where he and his men held all night virgil mean while students maurice johnson and bill schneider were manning the parks service raft still other rafts belonging t to vernal bus hatch were launched to join in the search the students had become so scattered in the mad frenzy to locate paul that it was after 4 am saturday morning before dr cline had finally located and accounted tor for all the other students saturday two motor boats joined jo ined the search and all the craft began a system attle search of the waters sherrill herbert snyder set up a watch on the bridge at jensen which he and his deputy marvin H county commissioner curtla curtis dudley and other volunteers day and night the body was found about 5 miles downstream from the spot where the boy had disappeared it had risen to the top of the water and was partly h hung un on a a sand and bar in an eddy of f the rl river ver ranger kirkus and tour four of the university students maur ice johnson ted william inda india and jack coffman were 0 on n the Pilo when they spited the body motion ot of the boat onabe water started the body downstream ranger kir kus leaped into waist deep water to toj recover the badly becom posed body which was then wrapped in a blanket and brought down to the blue hill dugway pauls father and mother mr and mrs birs paul E caravetta chicago were notified hotl fled that their boys body had finally been found dr cline said all of 0 his boy boys had been warned by mrs jess im ir lombard wife of the monument superintendent and by max james that the river was extremely dangerous and unsafe for swim swimming mAng the doctor felt sure neither boy had any intention of going out into the water when they left camp dr cline expressed gratitude to members oi the parks service sheriffs office utah state highway patrol and all others who worked day and night to help locate the missing student |