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KERNSi from Pa§» D! (Mil M*r*hall i* prwidmFight witflWM* hid hwn called^bHhk preltmlfmry remark* toi MinHu ^®|Thit* fata *m mMr MclHmild lt;•tand m naanOther yet to be call«*l included Sheriff Urllivm, diaries Tail, Aim D Luttrell, in ms [wiuHimii »«-••»•» »»• .«•, Arthur larttrell, Gfflld UltSlfll, ' tta court, Mr Ma«*te outlmed tta * ||m Luttrell. and Altai B *****•furor* an Arlan ! Anderson,In tb*Norman IrtBttwraiit. B. A. Tn-. v«r*, George Davis. Floyd Cllwi.theirthe lt;lt;wnrf «f tta two road*, with ! fta how* of Paul Luttrell uncle of the decreed, nextjunction **l lt;iw» l| *•“; NtUM WU*m». Ifclmrr DpmM.I ”* m!m H*1™®. y?. fv»r; Hfplw. LouiM R Brim.J « th» b*« pMtohrrt URtren w | „ L Bmmhm*m-phrw lt;rf (hr *»« |i0hrm|1 Swh,utore. the t nltamtlle Grocery , ............................ *‘U IMr Masai* a«tad i vardiri of - - . twn, tofiuctdr with one of the fne dr 5 ALMOND lt;* Nx *m' firslt; —w!E”r:. I i Continued from pee U JfJP1 and itesree murder. f*r»t degree driermanslaughter, aecond degree mony, Almond Mid he taped the pootti , man* laughter «r mmmM and ha! victory would not he a Mow to on th terv, to he derided by the jury the South lie exprescvd the hope tizefu* tn Mr Kuykendall** prchmtn- for a reconciliation of dtfferia*r an remark* he said that Si la* regional viewpoint* within the QI LuttreB had frequently come to party. damlt;A Mr Kerm* house while drunk Touching on the California gu- !«•*and taUigerant and had been hornatarial election. Almond pro- Aw difficult to contend with** and ,jicted the Democratic winner,^ that Mr Kern* had at tune* had Kdmund G, Brown, would ‘ have *i*d, w to leave hit own htwwo to avoid tremendous power** in the porty't «* lt;w Lotttefl neat presidential nominating con-tin the day the shooting occur* mention wulred. Mr Kuykendall *aid, Lut- to to a ntw*man*» ^w !«*« ««» * Krfm question! Almond said he thought ^* ^Z,JwdAft^mwS ^ J°** F SThim Imto rttowd. An« «r «iil oukl a v«y Krioui con- J!m '^j” *» *■” g* * trader for Uw Drmocrouc lt;pral- ™Lw UdtmB rad ntwk Imm tora. ltr1rtlai, . . . | don t f~mI 'W»»raynt,fdHmod. tnttmll lhtnk ^ snungUm lD. «*“- “td\ *'U- •’“■T; lm ^,1 Mo. cm bo writtra offmm- «k. r-d»d Krrno bjr tho, Aihrttltfc-1|,ll,-4htDIA -mfflr ra«wd in «Wch boOi!«J» * Souttara cimtradrr on ( men landed on the floor Kern* horawn.rr..kd to tho corner »d Rot • *•lt; tght hovr Or*| »- iaruir* Mmt Run nondmi there. »» 'r “. *• W1uw Hou*»- M’“n l.uttrell kirked him on the *ide refd^d ™* of the head and in the fracas the 1 m *»«. ^mkmg m*un went off. according to the directtai ... Ncittar am IHe deft^wp looking with an eye on the Senate °cr«statements ^ United State*. IMIFar her. Almond had denied Ilu Following theseI from the attorneys. Dr W Smoot **- Carter, Frederick Countv M *i eal Fvammer was the first wit*^ nesx ealW to the i4awwfHe stated that Lu tire 11 had died ^ »% the result of a mortal gun shot wound, described its *»*© and lo* ov* cation ami produced a diagram which he had made Dr Carter Mid he had gone**• to the Kern* home about to r» SENATEpublished report* he was looking lt;t*a toward a seat in tta Senate alter M'1*1 the retirement of Sen Harry F ri Byrd «D-Va». Bvrd won re-eta inal lion by an overwhelming margin l,,,¥ Tuesday to a new m year term and promptly said it would be hi* last-- -................................-.....................jcurrIf nen(Continued from Page l.» R*Tpm Attr 4 with Frederick Coun £Ui‘ tv Sheriff Robert I* IVHaven and _ . ^ . . . ,Denutv Bmd McDnnal'f He «aid «** *he South and three are in ™ ion he measured the dead man and border states which normally go ^ ^ hi* height was S feet tt inches atlc* . _ .. . _ JLHe estimated hi* weight at 1^ Senator* J.ihn F Kennedy D cm tmwds Mas*- and Staurt Symington ‘D* ,n 1*» Net vttnra. cnIM Ku Mo both piled up tremendotu Con cene Shllev »ho Inc. .erardine «•« '« *“X »»» hi their re «• to hi. tmtlmonv, oho... IM vord. lt;•«« conteM., And m Ne» Jer. thr C« from Pem Kern, tmrord. Cttw lt;** l«rmer Rep H«r.«n A »d *« i Junction i 1 P^Atp of Gov. Hob* tea!1 Mr Shilev raid !h». on Aiir 4.! «t Mevner. captured a Republr Khe heard a man. he did not know who it was at the time, calling far Paul Luttrell He went to Pan! Uittrell s house to tell him that someone was catling him Togeth* jer thcv went in Mr. laittreli* ear down the road and met Kerns He told them, Mr Shdey said that **there was a dead man his house ’ Kerns told them.can seat handily in what had been *!*'beetahhed a* a touch-and-go race Meyner. like Kennedy and Sym his ington. figures frequently in talk *cri about the national Democratic I ticket two year* heme Despite their big victory, the He Democrats did not succeed in re-capturing some Republican seat*•hen they ukr.1 that the dead «*“» *oulJ *»they had confidently predicted wriman was Silas LuttrellTogether they went hack to Kerns* house saw Silas Luttrell king on the floor, and then went to CTo** Junction to call the Sher* iffClarence Shilev was called nest, lie xaid that he and his wife were ai Paul Luttrell's house watching television when Eugene Shilev came in to say that someone was calling Paul LuttrellfatOne surprise to them was the troGCfailure of Gov. Ernest W McFar bnd of Arizona, former Senate Wc majority leader, to take hack his Miold seal from Republican Sen *hiBarry Gold water lt;RAriz, who 1won handily. MiAnother was tta defeat of Dem Ik ocratic Gov. George M. Leader of to Pennsy Iv ania at tta hands of Rep. t’a Hugh Scot! Still another was the | failure of Frank S, Hogan to win Ik-PatdUdtrdTWWter'rf Bilai. | «w Rtp Kraowh B. Keating J H lt;m«tldied n»x. to tho «Und On » U» po» beuiR vjrated h Sen Di queMinninR by Mr M»«* he told IO'«R M he. ' R-NYt. Uethe «ime *tor\ which Kugene oddmon to the Wilham. m-aaSHilev toldPaul R Luttrell, son of Paul Luttrell, was also called to tta standi and, on questioning by Mr. Massie, told tta same story.Robert Luttrell, nephew of Silas and operator of tta Colling* vita Grocery, was next witness. He said that four to six weeks before tta shooting occurred. Perry Kerns came to the store #to buy groceries During this [time Silas laittrell came in tta store and then left, Robert Lut-j conversation, Mr. Kerns said that : if Silas Luttrell ever came to his ! house again he would kill him.Robert Luttrell said he never told this conversation to anyone except his great uncle, Willis Luttrell, who hapfiened to come to tta store about five minute* latSIWillis Luttrell, called next to tta stand, said he had no re*collect ion of going to the More Deputy Sheriff Boyd McDonald, eighth witness called, identified a statement made and signed by Mr, Kerns in the Winchester Police Station shortly after mid night Aug 5 in the presence of Mr Masne and Mr. McDonald Mr McDonald described going to tta scene, taking Mr Kerns into custody, returning with him j to tta police station and calling for Mr, Massie. The three-page ( statement was read by Mr Mas-sie to the court In it Mr Kerns I said that he shot Silas Luttrell. jwho had come to his hou^e and j asked for a drink and, on being • refused, had said he wastriumph in New Jer*e, these ca were tta states where Democrats uw captured seat* now held by the Nil GDP; puConnecticut — Former Rep So Thomas J. Dodd piled up a big go margin over Sen. William A. Pur-teli, seeking a second term. cr, Indiana-Vance Ilartke, mayor 'a of FNans\ ilk , rolled to an »\* H wui over Gov. Harold W. Handley for tta post left by retiring Sen un William Jenner lt;R'-Ind». HiMichigan — Lt. Gov. Philip A. te Hart unseated Republican Sen cr Charles E. Potter in a battle of World War 11 heroes. itNevada — Howard Cannon. Las tu Vegas city attorney, ousted George W. Malone iR-Ntv), a ta two-term veteran. .. *lt;•Utah — Frank E Mo*s emerged victorious m a three was race I with incumbent Sen. Arthur Watkins and former Gov. J Bracken Lee, running as an independent, gi West Virginia lt;fuU su-year term* —- Rep. Robert C Byrd won easily ocer Sen. Chapman Rever ft combVtest Virginia (two-year unex »r pired term* — Former Rep Jen- jc nings Randolph got an equally big margin over tan John D Hob- n litzell Jr., appointed to the Senate ft wtan tta late tan. Matthew Neely u lt;D-WVa died early this year. NSEE THE FRI6IDAIRE
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