Show River runners rescued by patrol Members of the Uintah County Sheriffs Sheriff's office and the Search a and d Rescue Patrol spent 13 3 Hours bouts rescuing six in iced-in ri river ver runners over the tte weekend Sunday Har Harold ld Cook received a call from Shirl Shirley y Ge George ge Salt Lake City who was concerned about her husband and the party of or river runners he was with Six men including George had entered the Green River last week at Sand Creek and planned to come out at the Green River campground However upon reaching Florence Creek they could go no further because of weather and ice conditions so they stayed at the river resort run by Mr and Mrs Toone Broome THERE ARE AHE no telephones in the area but contact was made with the river runners by plane from Green River A message was dropped to them to make a long line on the ground if they had a way to come out If H they needed help a circle was to be drawn The plane reported a long line lice was drawn This was early Sunday morning and when by 5 pm p.m. the river party had not reported they were back in civilization Mrs George called the Sheriffs Sheriff's office FIVE UNITS and eleven men went the to miles over dirt roads by way of Wally's cabins through Chandlers Canyon and down the Green River to Florence Creek They arrived about 3 am to find everyone safe at Toone Broomes Broome's The party had attempted to come out in Broomes Broome's truck but it broke down The gear was loaded and the river party rescuers plus Mr and Mrs Broome arrived in Vernal about 8 am a.m. Monday The members of the Search and Rescue Patrol who assisted were Lynn Clark Keith McDonald McDonald McDonald Mc Mc- Donald Gary Cutler Loren Hacking lacking Forest Chadwick Dwayne Merrill Dellis Morrill Capt Mike Adams and Lt Harold Cook Also assisting were Deputy Julius Murray and andRoy andRoy andRoy Roy LaRose Howard McKowen dispatcher kept in touch with the patrol from the Sheriffs Sheriff's office The rescued river runners included Bill BUl George Al AI Whitehead and four other Salt Lake City men |