Show Soviets Ignore Ignore- Flat Tire yire in Store A US U.S. soldier fired on a Soviet military car when it ft approached a secret Army installation in- in in near Germany Ger many Wednesday Nov 18 The man who gave the orr or or- der r t to to shoot hoot o out t one of the i.- i. c J cars car's tires when the driver ignored ignored ig lg nored an order to stop was Lt Th Thomas son-in-law son Gaylin om aS of Ivan and Zeretta Peterson of Manti Pamela Peterson Thomas their daughter wrote to her parents of the Inc inci dent The letter stated that GaylIn Gaylin Gaylin Gay Gay- lin and his men caught th the Russian colonel and his enlisted enlisted enlisted en en- listed chauffeur spying on the site that Gaylin is in charge of They shouted a number of times to the men to stop but the Soviet military men paid no attention So Lt Thomas gave the order to shoot at atthe atthe h the Ithe vehicles vehicle's tire A newspaper article report- report that the vehicle entered the restricted area about pm p.m. on that Wednesday date The Russian driver ignored warning signs signs' in English German and Russian posted posted- around the area Pamela's letter concluded that Gaylen's colonel received word from the generals high high- up er-up after an investigation that he had done a good job of handling the case She said that they told Lt Thomas that word of the incident went right to the President of the United States t She also reported that her husband had been promoted just before Thanksgiving to the rank of first lieutenant |