Stonewall Jackson rises from dull professor to Confederate hero
The account recounts the July 1861 First Bull Run battle where Colonel Thomas J. Jackson, then a mathematics professor at VMI, earns the nickname Stonewall after standing firm with Virginia troops on Henry Hill. Confederate forces under Beauregard and Johnston halt a major Union assault while Bee, Evans, and Bartow battle, with spectators cheering from the rear. The piece ends promising a continuation tomorrow.
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Evans
Bee
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
Francis S. Bartow
Sherman
New York
Wisconsin
Bull Run
Henry Hl
Julia Henry
James Robinson
Bartow
Henry Hill
Thomas J. Jackson
West Point
Virginia Military Institute
Jackson
Beauregard
Johnston
William Howard Russell
London Times
Russell
Richmond
Thief Steals Rolls of Roofing From Joplin Yard
Mrs. Mary Silvers saw two men load rolls of her new roofing into a car at the curb and heard one thief admit the theft as the vehicle drove away. The incident occurred in Joplin Missouri.
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Joplin
Mary Silvers
Marriage License Totals Fall in First Half of Year
The city and Frederick County report 1 622 marriage licenses issued in the first six months of 1961, the lowest first-half total since 1953. June brings 319 licenses, with Pennsylvanians comprising most applicants and foreign born brides totaling two.
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Corporation Court
Petyon J. Marshall
Frederick County
Lee N. Whitacre
New Jersey
Alabama
Massachusetts
Kentucky
California
Connecticut
Georgia
North Carolina
Czechoslovakia
Italy
TV Highlights: Gen de Gaulle Trials and 1960s Westerns
A crowded prime time lineup covers the Algerian War tale Trials of Charles de Gaulle on CBS at 10 00 p m with two men shaping his rise . NBC presents Outlaws with a hired gun torn by good and evil. Other highlights include Sports Spectacular La Conia races in New Hampshire ABC Donna Reed NBC Bat Masterson Zane Grey Theatre Real McCoys Bachelor Father Gunslinger The Untouchables Groucho Marx and Silents Please Tempest starring John Barrymore.
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Charles de Gaulle
General de Gaulle
DeGaulle
NBC
Outlaws
Marshal Caine
Dean Stockwell
Jennifer West
CBS
Laconia
New Hampshire
Belknap
ABC
Donna Reed
Dr. Stone
Hollywood
Donna
Bat Masterson
Lon Chaney
The
Real McCoys
Zane Grey Theater
Beer Truck Crash Dumps Rock Loads in Joliet
Two trucks collided at a residential Joliet intersection on Tuesday. A dump truck carrying eight tons of rock and a beer company truck loaded with bottled beer collided, spilling rock and overturning the beer truck, destroying most of its contents.
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Joliet, Ill
Brewing Company
Television Listings for Friday Evening Schedule
Local TV programs show a full night lineup from 5 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. including Bozo the Clown News Report Rocky and His Friends and a parade of films and serials. Don Ameche Dana Andrews star in a Wing and a Prayer while Clark Gable Spencer Tracy headline Boom Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozo the Clown
Rocky and His Friends
Don Ameche
Dana Andrews
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
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Stodgy
VMI
Stonewall’ Jackson
Frans
Louisiana
Southarolina
Nathan G. Evans
Marion
5. C
Daniel Tyler
Jonathan Edwards
McDowell
Alexander
Erate
Tyler
Centreville
Ambrose E. Burnside
Burnsides
Andrew Porter
Barnard E. Bee
Samuel P. Heintzelman
Erasmus D. Keyes
Gen
Winchester
Call Smalts, Florists. Inc
Wenandoah Motors
Shenandoah Motors
Dr. Savoy
N. Loudoun St
de Gaulle
Bentley
Rome
Cord
Capt. Wingate
James MacArthur
Helen Hayes
Charles MacArthur
Groucho Marx
Evelyn Rudie
John Barrymore
Friendship Fire Company
S. Cameron & Leicester
Sts
Temple's Ranch
Deputy Dawg
Science Fiction Theater
Spotl’t. Weather
Phil Silvers
Huckleberry Hound
Mr. Magoo
Night Court
NBC News
News
CBS Reports
Third Man
D. S&t
Joan
Jan Murray
Loretta Young
Bet
Young Dr. Malone
ABC News
Joe McCaffrey
Jack Paar
Alexander Graham Bell
Newsbeat
Mureder
Gloria Stuart
Michael Whalen
Pioneers
Daddy
Robin. Hood
Edge of
Night
Paul
Shenval Music
W. Boscawen St
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