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Show 14 A The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, November 5, 1970 Two Elver Special to The Tribune GREEN RIVER, Emery County - Two Hill Air Force Base airmen were rescued Wednesday after they became stranded due to miscalculating the time of a float trip. Taken by helicopter to Green River Wednesday morning were Capt. John R. Shavers, 32, St. Louis, Mo., and 1st Lt. James C. Sturrock, 25, Saratoga, Calif. Authorities said the two had put a raft in Green River at Sand Wash, 40 miles south of Ouray, Uintah County, expecting to paddle down the river to Green River in a day, then hunt deer. The two men had taken only a day's supply of food, officials said. However they exhaused supplies far short of their goal. Mrs. Sturrock meanwhile was waiting for the men at Green River. Her food and money also ran, out Tuesday. Alarmed that the men had failed to arrive, she contacted a park ranger, Moki Mack, /who in turn referred her to military authorities at White Sands Missile Base. Base personnel conducted an air search for the missing men, who were located on a sand bar 12 miles north of Green Rive . PAGE 2-WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGER, NOV. 27, 1970 4 Pershing firings end fall series The U. S. Army concluded its fall series of off-range Pershing missile firing Monday with four rounds launced from Black Mesa, near Blanding, Utah, and flown to successful impacts on White Sands Missile Range. Launched by troop units of the Seventh U. S. Army, on hand for annual service practice firings from their stations with defense lorces in Europe, the four rounds were fired at 1:30 p.m., 4;10 p.m., 4:45 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. The firings were supported by a Ft. Sill, Okla., unit, the 2nd Battalion, 44th Artillery, and by most major organizational elements of WSMR. The four rounds brought to 16 the number of Pershings fired in the fall series, which began Sept. 15. Monday's operations marked the third time during the series that four firings had been scheduled in one day. The 16 rounds brought to 28 the number fired during 1970. Twelve rounds were fired in the 1970 spring series, conducted during April, May, June and July. All of the 1970 operations were conducted from the off-range camp on Black Mesa, 16 miles southwest of Blanding. In addition to American Seventh Army units, 1970 rounds were fired by elements of the Federal Republic of Germany Air Force andby batteries of the 2nd Battalion, 44th Artillery. The Seventh Army units were scheduled to leave Utah this week to return to Europe. The 2nd Battalion troops now will return in a convoy to Ft. Sill for the winter. The 28 Pershing rounds fired in 1970 brought to 127 the total number fired in this off-range program since it began in 1963. This total now has included 19 rounds launched from Ft. Win-gate, near Gallup, N.M.; 35 rounds launched from Gilson Butte, near Hanksville, Utah, and 73 rounds launched from the Black Mesa site. Six of the rounds fired in the 1970 fall series were launched at night. The other 10 rounds in .the series were launched during daylight hours. The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, November 24,1970 Army Winds Up Missile Season Special to The Tribune WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - The Army \ Monday ended its fall series of off-range Pershing Missile launchings with the successful firing of four rounds from Black Mesa near Blanding, Utah. Launched by troops of the U.S. Seventh Army, the four Pershings were fired at 1:30 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 4:45 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. All impacted on the White Sands Missile Range. |
