Show Duchesne f n Citizens g R Re nf ld to W fv Reply py 1 Charges Q r rg Of bf Wyo W I sJ o li liri ri ift k h All DU he ne County was was ar- ar aroused ar I rt last lut week by charges 8 made by Sheriff Frank FrankL L Uintah County Wyoming to the th effect that reSCue rescue parties partie from Roosevelt had pilfered clothing sleeping bags and other articles from the plane of Dr and Mrs Robert Dykes Dyke while It was stran siren ded high on Burro Peak In the Uinta Mountains 44 miles north north- northwest northwest west of Vernal in mid November This charge is ridiculous rl commented Duchesne County Sheriff Sheri Arzy Mitchell Members of the Roosevelt rescue tescue parties who climbed the he south slope of the in an effort to reach the Dykes family were on an errand of mercy a pilfering evidence expedition There Is no evidence that the Uintah Basin rescue parties returned from rom the hazard hazard- hazardous hazardous ous mountain trip with any artic artie ante ante- le Ie belonging to the air force or a private individual The people of Duchesne Coun Coun- Coun County ty and particularly members of the ground rescue groups are Justified in their belief bellef that this insinuation is a pretty small reo re- reward re ward for a wide countywide effort eUort to save hunan human life Ufe i Jack Boren Roosevelt city marshall marshal and former Vernal city last nan man to leave the marooned plane after Dr and Mrs Dykes were safely I fely on their way to Evanston Wyom Wyom- ing Wyoming stated Its Us embarrassing to a law enforcement officer to have bave to undergo und r o the careful scrutiny of the county sheriff so that the unfounded charges of of 01 ofa a man who wasn't even ever at the scene of the near disaster r might be refuted I was the last man manto manto to leave the Dykes plane and I 1 Ican can assure you that the Utah men touched nothing that be be- belonged belonged longed to the he plane to the air force or any individual Any thought that Sheriff might hold that the Roosevelt rescue parties partie veiled tb dangerous route over the to steal articles from or around I the Dykes plane is without foundation I I Officials of the Roosevelt Fly Fly- Flying ing Service whose pilots were FlY I the first to drop blankets and needed supplies to Dr and Mrs Dykes Dykes trapped feet In the Uinta Mountain wilderness of of- of offered offered the comment that one of I of the ground rescue parties night Dlight have picked up tip blankets blankets originally flown from Roosevelt Dr and Mrs Robert Dykes Dyke 1 Taft Taft California were marooned in the high rugged ged for al at most a week when their plane I made a forced landing on isolated Isolated ed Burro Peak at the head of Burnt Fork Saturday Nov 8 I They were discovered the the follow following i ing Wednesday and rescued the i ling next day when two searching parties one from Roosevelt and I the th othel other from the Wyoming side reached rea hed them They were taken I back to civilization by the Wyo Wy Iming ming crew which was directed I by Sheriff and Forest Ranger A K K W |