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4 Cont From Page Oneearlier this week.A squad of Plumas County deputies headed into Bucks Lake through the snow fromQuincy yesterday afternoon to cheek cabins around the lake out there was no trace of the men having been there, authorities said (Jne of the missing men had stayed at a cabin at the lake owned by friends of his family severalyears ago The search in the area mavvresume tomorrow if theweather clears, otherwise it will probably be calk'd off because nothing has been found duringthe past four days of search for the men, spokesmen saidNew hope for locating themen came vesterdav afternoon• •when Carroll Waltz, owner of Marv’s Countn. Store in Brown-sville, said two men matching the descriptions ot two of the missing persons were at the store Saturdav and Sundav• «rbuying tood.A woman, who refused to be identified, also told deputiesvesterdav that she thought she.^aw four of the missing men at the store about 2 p m on SundayWaltz said two men who looked like Jack Huett. ol Lindaand Garv Mathias of Olivehurst entered his store on Saturdavmand Sunday where they bought burntos. hot sandwiches, milk and potato chips and then ate them outside the store on bothda vsThe woman said she saw four men who matched descriptions of Huett. Jack Madruga of Linda. William Sterling of Yuba City, and Ted Weiher ofOlivehurst outside the store on SundayShe said the men looking like Sterling and Weiher were in a red pickup truck parked at the store and men looking like Madruga and Huett were at atelephone booth nearbvWaltz and the woman said the men looked health) and gave no indications thev were in trouble or needed help.One of the missing men,Mathias, is known to have friends in Forbestown. Thev have•»been contacted but said thev have not seen either him or the others. Grant said.Deputies will be checking the Brownsville and Forbestownareas through the weekend.Grant said He said manv residents will be contacted and forested areas searchedWe are using all the tools available to us in trving to find them . Grant said In the meantime. Grant is planning to review a tape today made by 'Yuba County psychic Dr. Gloria Llizabeth Daniel who met with members of thefamilies vesterdav to see if she* *could help with locating the menUndersheriff Jack Beecham said he has reviewed the tape, but areas suggested by Dr. Daniel w here the men might behave alreadv been searched*•The men were last seen at a basketball game at Chico State University a week ago yester-dav and were scheduled toVattend a Special Olympics basketball tournament the next dav in Rocklin All five are mentally disabledV'About midnight Friday, theircar was seen on the back roadfrom Oroville to [fucks Lake bv*-Joseph Schons, 55. of Berry CreekSchons. who suffered a heart attack trying to get his car out of a snowdrift about 100 yardswbeyond the missing men’s car. said he saw some people hecouldn't identify around the%•car. but they disappeared when he shouted for help Schons later managed to walk to Mountain House, where he w'as givena ride to an Oroville Hospital.The abandoned car was not tied to the men’s disappearance until Tuesday, when a forest ranger who had seen it saw a television news broadcast about their disappearance.GENETIC EXPERIMENT AUTHOR—David Rorvik, shown in the background wear-inn /ilocene i /* i a 4a U a .UCaU a j IM L... al ^ i n i :__:___n
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Marysville Appeal Democrat
Marysville, California, US
Sat, Mar 04, 1978
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