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Page 8/The Battalion/Tuesday, January 17, 1984 Judge reprimands TV station about cameras United Press International and immediately outside one door. GEORGETOWN — District Judge John Carter harshly re primanded an Austin television station Monday for allegedly trying to circumvent a gag order in the Genene Jones murder trial by aiming a camera into the courtroom from a building across the courthouse square. Garter threatened to forbid television cameras on court house property if cameramen did not abide by strict rules that allow cameras only in a small area in the courthouse rotunda Mike Stanberry, a camera man for television station KTBC in Austin, said he was trying to get a wide-angled shot of the courthourse and focus in on a darkened window by shooting from a second-story window across the street. Stanberry said the camera did not reveal any activities inside the courtroom. “I’m just not going to put up with this,” Carter said. “Do your job, stay out of the way and don’t mess up my trial. If I have to bother myself with television one more time, the cameras are going off courthouse property.” In addition to limiting the placement of televsion cameras, Carter’s gag order also forbids anyone connected with the trial from speaking with reporters, and prohibits pictures of the jury. Jones, 33, a vocational nurse, is accused of killing of 15- month-old Chelsea Ann McClel lan of Kerrville by injecting her with a powerful muscle relaxant. Jury selection for the trial began Monday. Judge tough on parents United Press International EL PASO — The district judge who sentenced nine pa rents to a weekend in jail for non-payment of child support vowed Monday he will continue the practice. “We got their attention all right,” said 327th District Court Judge Enrique Pena. “A man’s wife was on the telephone early this morning wanting to know how she could get her husband out of jail.” Pena said he told her to go over to the jail and pay up all the past child support payments to get her husband out. Under a new amendment to the Texas Constitution, district judges may now garnish the wages of parents who fall behind or make no effort to make their child support payments. The judge said he was angry last week about the number of divorced people who are con tinually late or disregard paying child support to their former spouses. Pena ordered the county attorney to send 40 child non support payments for hearings on Saturday morning, but said he took action on only 23 of them because of improperly- filled forms. “One of the cases that came into court Saturday showed the defendant, who was absent, was in California on vacation,” Pena said. “His kids probably didn’t have much of a Christmas.” until priorities are straightened out. Pena said he jailed nine peo- za two pie Saturday and committee other men but let them stay out of jail until Friday when they have to pay up. He said the two men together owe $4,000 in child support. “If parents can go to Califor nia on vacation or come in here and tell me that they can’t make child support payments because they are making very high car payments, I am going to get their attention by putting them in jail until they know that child support payments come first,” Pena said. “I’ve given them until Friday to pay up or go to jail,” Pena said. 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