January 1968
Events that took place in Fairfax County in January, 1968:
- January 1 – 24-year-old Donald C. Pruett is found lying in the westbound lane of Route 29-211 in Fairfax with severe head injuries. Pruett is taken to Fairfax Hospital, where he dies about 10 hours later.[1][2]
- January 4 – George A. Simpson is elected chairman of the Fairfax County Planning Commission and William S. Hoofnagle is elected chairman of the Fairfax County School Board.[3]
- January 5 – 26-year-old Greta Lee Sprinkle is sentenced to 10 years in prison by Judge Barnard F. Jennings for the murder of her husband Billy in the couple's home at 7117 Byrneley Lane in Annandale on January 12, 1966.[4]
- January 8 – 2½-year-old Allegra Shuldiner falls through the ice covering Lake Anne and drowns in Reston.[5]
- January 10 – While searching for the body of 2½-year-old Allegra Shuldiner in Lake Anne in Reston, 30-year-old Fairfax County firefighter Earl W. Kane is separated from his dive buddy and suffers a fatal attack of hemorrhagic tracheal bronchitis, essentially drowning in his own blood.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Man Found Injured On Fairfax Road Dies." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jan 02 1968. ProQuest. Web. 7 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "Man's Death Under Probe In Fairfax" Evening Star, 2 Jan. 1968, Three Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 29. NewsBank, . Accessed 7 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ Yenckel, James T. "Key Fairfax Post Goes to Babson Man." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jan 06 1968. ProQuest. Web. 1 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Wife Given 10 Years in Death of Husband." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jan 06 1968. ProQuest. Web. 1 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Auerbach, Stuart. "Diver Dies Under Ice in Reston Hunt." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 2. Jan 11 1968. ProQuest. Web. 21 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "Death of Diver at Reston Laid to Respiratory Ailment"Evening Star, 11 Jan. 1968, Three Star NIGHT FINAL, p. 26. NewsBank. Accessed 5 Jan. 2018.
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