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SEYMOUR. INDIANA. THURSDAY. APRIL 10. 1958I''?,-7.■:-rW:r• » . »«» • W* ' • .* «• « *»*«.*' • !*••»• * •»*• » I * « 3iiiludemis*hoolis !um, Iofgut-colnwin-vere t bid ac-RacketeerselState Troopers Receive Awards For Personal Valor—Troopers Jack L. Van Meter, Haubstadt Heft) and Robert R, Pond, North Vernon, who is assigned to the Seymour state police post, are congratulated by Paul R, Sehnaitter, Madison, president of the Indiana state police board (second from right), and HaroldS. Zeis, state police superintendent, after being honored Wednesday for personal heroismin the line of duty.IFo riTrooper Robert Pond ReceivesCOLLINSVILLE, III. Rackets boss Frank (Buster) Wortman «has created a mystery with a fortress-like building on an island which he made in a wooded area near Collinsville.Interest in what Wortman plans to do with the project has been rekindled by new activity. Men are at work inside and outside the building, which had been all but deserted since it was erected a year ago. Well-dressed men driving late model cars frequently visit the site.ascaschimi.atiijusfro1trhmingsub-ublicjularbvwtheAward For Valor In Manhuntde-d tcneet-1 a r-place 10 isfTrooper Robert R. Pond, of North Vernon, assigned to theSeymour state police post, todayholds the department's highest award for personal valor—the Gold Star—for his part in the gun battle that ended the crime spree of two police killers Sept. 30.Presentation of the award took place at state police headquarters in Indianapolis Wednesday where Harold S. Zeis, superintendent, and the state police board bestowed the award upon Pond.Pond was presented the award for his part in the gun fight near Vernon where Ralph W. Taylor, 36, of Kenova, W. Va., w'as mortally wounded and his companion, Victor Wayne Whitley, 26, of Granger, Texas, fled into the woods only to be captured the | early the next morning.Whitley and Taylor had shot and killed Trooper William R. Keilems at Scottsburg only 20 minutes before they were stopped a roadblock just south of Yer-e e tfromVonkidnaping and then was taken back to Scottsburg to face a murder indictment for slaying Trooper Keilems. After numerous delays, Whitley pleaded guilty to the slaying and was sentenced to another life term, to be servvd concurrently.120-Acre TractA Wortman associate purchased a 120-acre tract in the woods and converted the area into an island by digging a moat around it and diverting a creek into the moat. Residents of the ares thinkmega'eh;Wi\owhewfahetryInthi(vilWortman plans to use the building 1CBSrm'y(‘clinicianfeet J for 20-8srtiesTalor ar.d Whitley also shot and killed a Michigan state trooper. Dugald Pellot, earlier in the day Sept. 30, before fleeing into IndianaHonored, too, Wednesday was Trooper Jack L, Van Meter, of Haubstadt, who was presented a Silver Star for apprehending two armed robbers who fled here after robbing a liquor store in Owensboro, Kv,Strike ContinuesNo Vffreement ReachedTechnician* RemainI MT Joh* Fourth l)a\i New York Broadcasting lively turned1 tor’s offer•a*neral‘re itBlockMedin a IIS Band1II Compete Inof j ***lighth | non at the narrow bridge-wide ' Tbe killers opened fireState \uditionsonsitevents Trooper Pond. He was woundedin the right hand, which wasbroken, but continued to empty his revolver and snot gun at thetreet I bandits, wounding Taylor fatally, northMedora High School band willbe attempting to duplicate itsmini-mosthis revolver ana snotgur bandits, wounding Taylor Reloading his guns, the trooper gave cha-e in his state police car while radioing his position..It was not until several hours wder j later that Pond was taken to had j Schneck Memorial Hospital perty 1 where he was given treatmentfor the wound he suffered in the gun battle.With Taylor dead, Whitley was la*er ca lured and eei e-eed to Indiana state prison for life for kidnaping Clyde Perkins, Jennings County deputy sheriffWhitlev went to prison for thefeat of last year when they travel to Elnora, Ind., for the state band auditions SaturdavLast year, the 43-member band j w as entered in the competition j for the first time and brought i back first division honors, the I only band in its class to win thed.a warms ion Bnenonhanninglarger this year, Medora band now is composed of 54 members. Directed bv HarrisiicointpertyeyorstheScboen, who took over the band at the outset of the 1956-57 school ; year, the group has grown.| Not only larger in numbers, the t band has played many concertsperformed other projectsandtoIlt;JP)—The Columbia System has tenta-down a city media-help end the strike 'of CBS radio and TV technicians. CBS noted that the walkout is nationwide and not local.There w a: no indication of any agreement between CBS and the striking International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as 1,300 union members remained off the job for the fourth day.Meanwhile, shows are being ! handled by more than 3lt;*0 supervisory and executive personnel ‘who received a production training course last fall.CBS has staved on the air with most of its TV programs. Tonight' two lives shows — Climax and Playhouse 90 — wiU be replaced bv film dramas.The CBS radio network also is j involved in the strike bit its pro*! grams have not been affected.Harold A Felix, city tabor commissioner, sent telegrams to CBS and Local 1212 of the union offering his services as mediator.William C. Fitts Jr., vice president of labor relations for CBS, replied through a spokesman that, since the strike was nationwide and affected seven cities from coast to coast, the network wasF.tcSts;tc
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Seymour Daily Tribune
Seymour, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 10, 1958
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