HOLLISTER PILOT MISSING VS

AUTHORITIES ARE STILL AWAITING WORD FROM RESCUE OPERATIONS LOOKING FOR A JET PLANE PILOTED BY A LOCAL MAN. THE PLANE VANISHED EN ROUTE FROM SEATTLE TO IDAHO. THE MISSING CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SINGLE-ENGINE L-39 IS REGISTERED TO ROCKY STEWART FROM HOLLISTER. HE AND A PASSENGER WERE ABOARD WHEN THE PLANE REPORTED FLIGHT-CONTROL PROBLEMS OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. SO FAR GROUND CREWS AND AIR SEARCH RESCUERS HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR SEARCH, BUT ARE HOPEFUL THE PILOT FOUND A PLACE TO LAND.