Halifax Man Slays Wife and Daughter Then Shoots Himself
Julian Davis 56 killed his wife 46 and daughter 24 at their Brookneal area home after a family quarrel and then turned the gun on himself. Sheriff Thomas Coates said Davis died minutes after officers arrived. An outside witness, another daughter, fled for help.
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Brookneal
Halifax County
Thomas Coates
Julian Davis
U.S. 501
Marie Brizen- Idine
Coates
Davis
Auto fire cuts long distance lines across Midwest
A car crash near La Salle Illinois ignited a fire that wiped out a major Illinois Bell trunk line carrying 600 circuits on 50 lines. The blaze disrupted long distance calls and AP wires to Peoria Oklahoma City Des Moines St. Louis Denver and Salt Lake City for several hours. Three 16 year old youths escaped unharmed.
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LA Salle
Ill
Midwest
Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Illinois Bell
Peoria
Oklahoma City
Des Moines
St. Louis
Denver
Salt Lake City
Associated Press
Joliet
Va Guardsmen Break Camp After Summer Training
In Virginia Beach 1800 National Guardsmen broke camp after two weeks of summer training at the State Military Reservation. Units from distant points began leaving in pre-dawn hours and were on the road by noon. Maj. Gen. Paul M. Booth praised the encampment as the best he had seen. Maj. Gen. Raymond E. Bell commended the governor's day review for precision and appearance. Training began July 21.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia National Guardsmen
State Military Reservation
Paul M. Booth
Adjutant General of
Virginia
Booth
Virginia National Guard
Raymond E. Bell
2Nd Army
Reunion Notice for Deppen Yeakley and Fries Family
Family Book Counting Kindred lists Deppen Yeakley Fries Glaize and others invited to a reunion at Long's Grove Christ's Lutheran Church Myerstown PA at 1 p.m. on Saturday August 18 1962.
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Deppen
Yeakley
Fries
Glaize
Anna Deppen Yeakley
Long’s Grove
Christ’s Lutheran Church
Myerstown
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Wudoun ST
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Clarke County Food Center
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Leonard Riley
W. Boscawen St
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