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The News-Item, Shamokin, Pa. 16 Aug. 26, 1976 Ashton seeks change of venue Bo AA CARPET STORE Gfc 202 South Oak, Mt. Carmel 339- Kulpmont American Legion Post 231 2555 I Patterned KITCHEN CARPET $69 Square Yard Installed 9X 12 RUGS $52oo 1 Regular Monthly Meeting P.M. hVFlMM testimony at a preliminary hearing held last month in which David F.

Clark, 17, Washingtonville, was held for court for Miss Bonawitz's murder. Robert L. Marks, county public defender is Ashton's counsel. He presented no witnesses on behalf of the petition for a change in the trial location "because I couldn't get any." But he argued that nearly all county residents know about Anton's implication in the Bonawitz case and for that reason could not give a fair and just verdict on the other case. Marks said he has heard statements such as "Ashton couldn't get a fair trial on a parking ticket in Montour County." Richard C.

Brittain, District presented four county residents who testified they believe they could give a fair verdict in Ashton's case listening only to the evidence presented in court. During cross examination all four admitted they have read or heard Ashton's name connected to the Bonawitz case. Myers overruled an objection by Marks that the witnesses be dismissed because they are "incompetent" to testify as to the opinions of all the county residents. Marks said they are not polltakers and cannot say whether Ashton could get a fair trial with Montour County residents as jurors. Ashton is charged with setting fire to and burglarizing a mobile home owned by Harry Hess Sr.

last April. The trailer was destroyed. The four Commonwealth witnesses were Dr. Barry Bender, 5 Poplar Mrs. Margaret Metzer, 301 Jade Mrs.

Catherine Brady, 112 Fulton and Miss Molly Graham, 116 E. Center St. Also, two newsmen testified as to the coverage of Ashton's implication in the two cases. Lawrence Souder, general manager of radio station 501 NYLON CARPETING Square Yard Installed VISIT OUR BRAND 10 OFF WEEK -fr stop in and look lose a bargain! AUGUST FURNITURE CLIEADLSCIE SAVE ON QUALITY FURNITURE Beautiful home furnishings for far less than you ever dreamed possible! LIVING ROOM BEDROOM DINING ROOM DINETTES TABLES ACCESSORIES BEDDING LAMPS If you don't You may NEW WALLPAPER DEPT. ALL SANITAS Service 100 Ef Delivery Set-Up WPGM, Danville, said his station broadcast stories plication in the of Ashton's im- Bonawitz case several times.

Joseph McGlinn, editor of the Danville News, said his newspaper, as well as two others, carried several stories about Ashton's implication in the murder case. Marks entered as evidence that the case was well publicized by three regional newspapers. He said the articles were just factual reporting of public testimony but he asked Myers in making his decision to try to strike a balance between the defendant's right to a fair trail and the right of a free I I I WELKER'S "The Reliable Sfore" MARKET AND WALNUT STREETS SHAMOKIN -u press. He argued that Ashton's guilt in the rape-murder case is generally accepted by Montour County residents. Marks also said about 11,000 of the county's population of 16,000 live in Danville and Mahoning Township where he said there is a greater concern for the Bonawitz case than elsewhere in the county.

He added that 65 per cent of the jurors called for the present term of court are from Danville and Mahoning Township. TO YOUR DOOR WITH We Give hi GREEN STAMPS DANVILLE Judge Jay W. Myers, Columbia-Montour County, must decide whether the publicity involving a Danville man's implication in the murder of Miss Dorothy Bonawitz would prevent him from receiving a fair trial in Montour County on charges of burglary, arson and receiving stolen property. Atty. Richard C.

Brittain was given time by Myers, to file a brief in the case. Myers said that after this is done a date will be set for further argument before a decision is handed down. Harold E. Ashton 22, of Montour Row, is in the Montour County jail in lieu of $10,000 bail on the burglary, arson and receiving stolen property charges. He has not been charged in connection with the Bonawitz murder.

Ashton was implicated during City parishes will merge PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Catholic parishes of St. Agatha and St. James in West Philadelphia will be merged Sept. 5, according to an announcement by Cardinal John Krol. The new parish, representing the first such consolidation in the 168-year history of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, will be known as St.

Agatha-St. James. The St. Agatha Church and its rectory will be closed, with the pastor and two resident priests moving to the St. James rectory.

The 238-member St. Agatha parochial school will remain open. The St. Agatha parish has shrunk from a high of 2,500 families in 1940 to its current membership of 65 families. The St.

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