Search For Missing Girl In Ninth Day At Ogunquit ,, . . . , . i other 75 to 80 abandoned cars ei! a bral area bringing the number of such Vehicles OGUNQUIT Police spent the eighth day in the search for missing 13-year old Mary C. Olenchuk checking numerous reports Monday of presumed sightings of the girl. The tiny Ogunquit police station was receiving calls nationwide, a state, police spokesman said. Police vv ere still hoping that a faded maroon car was spotted by someone Aug. 9 as it entered heavy traffic at the foot of Israels Head Drive into the Shore Road. Ogunquit Police Chief Cecil Perkins estimates that upwards of 1,800 cars were passing through the resort village square between 4 pm. and 6 p.m. And police believe that one motorist might remember allowing the vehicle to enter traffic. Police concern is that the daughter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Peter Olenchuk was . abducted. On Monday they searched an- searched so far to 225. Ground searches were called off but helicopters from Ft. Devens, Mass, continued to sweep the coastal area inland for five miles hoping that the downdraft from the crafts blades would open wooded areas and reveal a trace of the missing girl. Sunday, local firemen pumped out a quarry filled with 10 to 20 feet of water on the Pine Hill Road and concluded two days of intensive ground surveillance over territory already covered several times. Because of this police say they wdll not conduct anymore ground searches in the immediate area. A woman witness told police she saw a girl answering Mary Catherines description in a car with t man aged about 30, Sunday, Aug. 9, at about 5 p.m. The car then. backed into the Lookout Hotel driveway and headed back into town. The incident occurred just 200-yards fr i the girls summer residence. Police said they were pleased over the number of calls from persons reporting anything re lated to the case. Its en couraging to know so many people are interested, a state police spokesman said. News of the childs dissa-pearance was withheld from the public until last Tuesday, almost three-days after she was reported missing. Bulletins carrying the girls description were distributed Thursday as far south as Delware. Secrecy is believed to have been maintained in case ransom money was demanded if the girl had been kidnapped. But police report that they have not re ceived any telephone or other rinsom requests, or tor that matter any crank calls.
