Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992 --

• Lawyers for David Boyd, the man accused of murdering 17-year-old Heather Miller in a bathroom at Salisbury Mall, are attempting to bar prosecutors from introducing a confession letter allegedly written by Boyd. In a trial now under way in Denton, defense attorneys Gary Christopher and John Russ Jr. said no handwriting analysis has been conducted to prove Boyd wrote the letter, but they do concede Boyd’s fingerprints are on the document.
• Republican Wayne T. Gilchrest has won re-election to the U.S. Congress, defeating Democrat Tom McMillen in an incumbent vs. incumbent contest to represent the Eastern Shore and parts of Anne Arundel County. Gilchrest received 108,784 votes to McMillen’s 99,295. According to poll watchers, McMillen will need to capture all of the outstanding absentee votes to even pull even with Gilchrest.
• Former Salisbury Mayor Dallas G. Truitt, 85, died at Charlestown Care Center in Catonsville, Md. A retired manager with Swift & Co. Truiit served as mayor from 1966-1974. 
• A trial will begin this week in the case of a former Wicomico Senior High School teacher accused of the second-degree rape of a student. David Underwood, 45, faces charges in cases involving three separate women. In the case headed to trial this week, Underwood’s attorneys contend the state must drop the charges because there is not enough specific evidence identifying when the crimes allegedly took place.
• Wicomico County Council members were informed that the price tag to expand the Newland Park Landfill will be between $16 million and $20 million. The Maryland Department of the Environment granted the county an expansion permit in 1990, on the condition that the county would develop a better method for handling garbage. Once implemented, the expanded landfill could meet the county’s disposal needs for as long as 60 years.