Surviving Bandit Captured After
Two Policemen Killed; Three Hurt
North Vernon. I n d. IP
Three Indiana state policemen
today captured the surviving
one of two gunmen who had
killed two state police troopers
and woVinded three other offi
cers in a series of running gun
battles across two states.
They identified him as Victor
Wayne Whitley, 26, Granger,
Tex. Lt. Fred Lee, Sgt. William
Kirkham and Sgt. Bob Grey of
the State Police flushed him out
of a thinly wooded area near a
farm five miles south of here.
He surrendered with his hands
in the air when they hailed him !
from a patrol car.
Whitley and his slain compan
ion believed to have been Ralph
Walker Taylor, 36, of near St.
Albans, W.Va., were wanted for
the slaying of a Michigan state
trooper and an Indiana state po
liceman: the abduction of a
woman and a man in Michigan,
and a deputy sheriff in Indiana;
the wounding of a Michigan
state trooper, the wounding of a
North Vernon city policeman,
and the wounding of an Indi
ana trooper: and at least one
bank robbery.
Whitley, a tall, blond young
man with a crew cut, was cov-
lowd University Professor
Speaks at Ashland Meeting
Ashland The common. people
of Asia, including India, still
like and trust the United States,
but the vocal, policy-making
minority has developed a sub
conscious anti - American. pro
Russian bias, according to Dr.
Haridas T. Muzumdar who
spoke last night for Siskiyou
Knife and Fork club.
Dr. Muzumdar, Iowa univer
sity professor, returned two
weeks ago from an around-the-world
tour during which he
spent much time in conversation
with "the man on the street" is
well as meeting with the heads
of various governments.
'"United States' relations with
the Asiatic and African peoples
are deteriorating, we must rec
ognize it and reorganize our for
eign policy with this in mind,"
he declared.
Policies Not Understood
"Somehow, somewhere, this
nation and its representatives
have failed to tell the American
story to the Asians and Afri
cans," he said. "Our motives and
policies are not understood or
appreciated." The speaker add
ed that this is particularly ironic
for a nation which prides itself
on its powers of salesmanship,
and which apparently can "sell
everything but the American
story."
"We must do something about
this situation, and it should not
be done by just the govern
ment," he added. "This is not a
job for Secretary Dulles or Pres
ident Eisenhower, but for John
Smith, for the average Ameri
can citizen of good will."
The speaker stressed that in
dividuals from this country
traveling abroad can be far
more effective in promoting
good will than paid government
al representatives.
Promote Understanding
He said if Americans would
strive to promote international
understanding on a personal ba
sis '"it would be good for our
souls" and added that "some
thing corrosive has been creep
ing into us in recent years." Dr.
Muzumdar said many need to be
reminded that it is possible to
do good for itself, and "not just
be paid for something."
The speaker urged American
traveling abroad to get off the
beaten path and not just regis
ter at the best hotel, and go
sightseeing and dining with oth
er Americans.
During the question period
the speaker gave three reasons
for the anti-American bias in
Asiatics and African peoples. He
said this country has replaced
Great Britain as "the whipping
boy" for the underprivileged
peoples, that our foreign policy
has been shortsighted and our
position untenable as related to
the countries seeking freedom
from colonialism and that "you
don't make friends by Just giv
ing away money."
Oregon State Medical
Society Sets Convention
Portland 0P The Oregon
State Medical Society opens its
82nd annual convention here
Wednesday with speakers sched
uled from London, Harvard and
the Mayo foundation at Roches
ter, Minn.
iered with blood from briar
scratches, but otherwise unhurt.
His sports shirt and khaki pants
were torn. The three policemen
saw him walking through the
area with his hands on his hips,
and when they hailed him he put
his hands into the air.
Started In Michigan
He was unarmed when he was
captured, and was taken to the
state police post at Seymour,
Ind., for questioning. His com
panion had died from wounds
earlier in the chase, and was
thrown out of a car to be found
along a roadside.
They began their shooting
spree in Michigan Monday after
noon when they shot and serious
ly wounded Michigan Trooper
Donald Vogel who stopped two
cars near Jackson, Mich., appar
ently for a traffic violation.
The bandits were stopped a
second time by Michigan Troop
ers Dugald Pellot and Frederick
B. O'Connell. Pellot was shot
and killed almost instantly by
the bandits. The two also fired at
O'Connell but missed.
They then fled to Indiana
where Indiana State Policeman
William Kellems spotted their
car as one stolen in Michigan.
Kellems stopped their car
near Scottsburg Monday night
and was shot and killed as he
approached it.
Indiana State Police set up a
roadblock south of nearby North
Vernon. A short time later the
gunmen approached and stopped.
Again the bandits ambushed,
police who came to question'
them. North Vernon City Police
man Lester (Tiny) Kennan was
shot three times and critically
wounded.
Bandit. Killed
Kennen and Sheriff Charles
Dudley returned the fire, fatally
wounding one of the bandits.
The gunmen then disarmed Dep
uty Sheriff Clyde Perkins and
fled in his car, taking Perkins
as a hostage.
During the flight, the wound
ed gunman died and his accom
plice pushed him from the car.
He later abandoned the vehicle
and fled on foot into the woods,
leaving Perkins behind.
During their flight through
Michigan Monday, the bandits
abducted Harry Crowe, 71, a fac
tory worker, and took his car,
leaving Crowe bound and gagged
nearby.
They later stopped Mrs. Gor
don Le Crontier near Clinton,
Mich., and convinced her they
were FBI agents. They took her
car and released her unhurt.
112 Umatilla Army
Workers Laid Off
P e n d 1 e ton rt?) Lt. Col.
James O. Guthrie, commanding
officer of the Umatilla Army
Ordnance depot, announced
Monday that 112'. civilian work
ers will be released Nov. 4, in
accordance with recent cuts in
Defense department appropria
tions. Col. Guthrie said it was the
largest cutback ever made at
the depot, which employs about
700 civilians.
He said, however, that no
further personnel reductions
are imminent. i
Lions Club Broom
Sale Is Scheduled
The seventh annual broom
sale sponsored by the Medford
Lions club will be held in down
town Medford Saturday, Glenn
L., Linn, chairman of the club's
committee, has announced.
Brooms are made by the Ore
gon Industries for the Blind in
Portland and proceeds from the
sale wilL go for the Lions benefit
fund, which is (used locally to
provide glasses, eye treatment
and tests for those in this area
needing them who are unable to
afford them, Linn noted.
Stations during the sale will
Tuesday, October 1, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
725 Coeds Stricken at
Washington University
Seattle ilP About 125 co-eds
at the University of Washington
have been treated for influenza
during the past 10 days, Dr. W.
E. Reynolds, university health
officer, said Monday.
Reynolds said the influenza
was presumed to be the Asian
type.
be at Front and Main sts., Sixth
st. and Central ave., Main st. and
Central ave. and Main and Bart
lett sts. The sale will continue
Monday evening.
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