May 1964
Events that took place in Fairfax County in May, 1964:
- May 3 – 36-year-old James T. Carr shoots and kills 22-year-old Isaiah Evans and mortally wounds 35-year-old Otis Gilmore with a .303 caliber rifle in Gum Springs. Gilmore is taken to Alexandria Hospital, where he dies.[1][2][3]
- May 3 – 60-year-old scientist Allan L. Tarr beats his 57-year-old schoolteacher wife Gloria to death in the bedroom of their home at at 2503 Coventry Lane in Alexandria.[4]
- May 12 – Irma A. Clifton is sentenced to 15 years in prison for the January 10 murder of her ex-boyfriend, Charles R. Johnson.[5]
- May 28 – The Ed Ault-designed Reston North Golf Course opens for public play.
- May 29 – Three teenagers, two of them students at Thomas A. Edison High School, are arrested following a six-day vandalism spree during which they smashed the windshields of 100 automobiles in the Springfield and Mount Vernon areas of the county.[6]
References
- ↑ "Shots Kill 2 Men in Gum Springs." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. May 04 1964. ProQuest. Web. 22 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "Two Slain, Murder Laid To 3d Man" Evening Star, 4 May 1964, Three Star, p. 30. NewsBank. Accessed 22 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "Carr Sentenced to Forty Years." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Jan 16 1965. ProQuest. Web. 22 Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "Teacher Murdered in Fairfax." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. May 05 1964. ProQuest. Web. 13 Aug. 2016.
- ↑ "Mrs. Clifton found Guilty in Slaying." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): E6. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). May 13 1964. Web. 10 Jan. 2012.
- ↑ "3 Arrested in Damage to 100 Cars." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): B1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). May 30 1964. Web. 6 July 2012.
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