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Show National Guard And CAP To Aid Navajos Civil Air Patrol, with the cooperation cooper-ation of the Air Scout Squadron of Cedar City, and the local National Nation-al Guard, has adopted a project of mercy In behalf of the destitute Indians In the San Juan Country. Much has been written and pictures pic-tures published to verify the destitute desti-tute condition of many of the Indians. In-dians. The Deseret News and the Church Welfare have cooperated in sending several truck loads of supplies sup-plies to the Indians in some areas, so that they have been quite well taken care of. However, Wm. R. Palmer reports that there Is a group of Plutcs, about 100 in number, in a remote canyon west of Blandlng, Utah, whom he found to be in perhaps per-haps the most destitute condition of all. They are isolated because of poor roads and storms. It is to these unfortunate people that the local group plans to carry aid, and those in charge invite the people of Cedar City to Join In the project by donating do-nating food and clothing. The National Guard will furnish a truck to carry the Air Scouts to the homes in Cedar City to gather contributions. These will be temporarily tempor-arily stored and packaged at the Scott Glass company where the boys will work under the direction of Jack Scott, chairman of the Air Scout Troop committee. Then when the weather is favorable, fav-orable, the Civil Air Patrol in Salt Lake City will be notified, and a cargo plane of the C-47 type will fly to Cedar City, pick up the supplies sup-plies and refuel here. Then, with some of the Air Scouts aboard, if their parents permit, the plane will fly the 400 air mile course to Allen Canyon and return. If the plane can land, it will do so and deliver the supplies to President Leland Redd of Blandlng, who will see that thy are properly distributed. If the plane cannot land, it will be prepared to parachute the supplies to the ground in the area. People of Cedar City are invited to help make the season happier for themselves and more tolerable for the unfortunate Indians by having their offerings ready on Saturday, December 13, when the boys will be around to pick them up. Those wishing to have the boys call at their homes, are asked to contact Jack Scott, Oordon Williams, or Ray Baumgartner. President Redd In a telephone call today stresses the fact that children's clothing Is needed most by the San Juan Indians. In-dians. The Air Scouts will be under the direction of their own officers in gathering supplies, including Roger Matheson and Romcr Scott, Squadron Squad-ron pilots; Milton Lunt and Lorain Chamberlain, pilots of Flights one and two, and Task committee chair. man, Donald Knight |