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Show FLOYD GIBBONS OF RADIO FAME VISITS SOUTHERN UTAH Floyd Gibbons, nationally famous news writer and radio broadcaster, was a visitor in Cedar City one day last week, after having made a trip through the Southern Utah National Parks. Mr. Gibbons with his secretary, Miss Alter, visited the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, then in company with Supt. Tillotson of the Grand Canyon National Park crossed the canyon by mule, and were met on the North Rim by B. P. Tatrow, superintendent superin-tendent of Zion and Bryce National Parks, and G. R. Parry. The entire group then took an airplane trip with Jack Thornberg over the canyon, along the south ' rim and over the Painted Desert, returning to the V. T. Park from where they drove through the Kaibab to Zion Park and then to Bryce, coming to Cedar City by way of Cedar Breaks. From here they went to Lund from where Mr. Gibbons and Miss Alter returned to California. Mr. Gibbons was very enthusiastic about the scenery of Southern Utah and stated that this had been the most wonderful trip that he had ever taken. Iron County Record. |