■:- ; £aC£ Jni. LO e an >n gt' ie 5 y tr( t r« si 1 )t c; a Press gains legal ground United Press International WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unani mously Wednesday that judges may only in “rare inst ances” bar reporters and the public from jury selection in a criminal trial. In a decision hailed by press groups. Chief Justice Warren Burger suggested that such proceedings may only be closed by a judge when there is good reason to believe that a prospective juror might be publicly embarrassed by questioning in open court. But other justices, joining Burger’s ruling but writing separately, saidjurors’ privacy rights remain to be settled in the future. The 9-0 ruling came in a case brought by the Riverside, Calif., Press-Enterprise, which appealed the decision of a judge who barred the public and reporters from most jury-selection proceed ings at a 1981 murder trial, then refused to give reporters a transcript of those proceed ings. “Closed proceedings, although not absolutely pre cluded, must be rare and only for cause shown that out weighs the value of openness,” Burger wrote in finding that the trial judge acted wrongly. Three justices wrote con curring opinions to empha size that the ruling does not cancel the right of prospective jurors to privacy during pre trial proceedings. Justice Harry Blackmun, for example, said, “A juror has a valid interest in not being required to disclose to all the world highly personal or embarrassing information simply because he is called to do his public duty.” Press-Enterprise Executive Editor Norman Cherniss said he was “pleased” by the deci sion. “It seems to us to have been essentially an extension of what the court has ruled be fore — that the openness the court wants for trials should also apply tojury selection. It’s a victory for the press and the public too if you believe in open trials,” Cherniss said. Jack Landau, a spokesman for the Reporters’ Committee on Freedom of the Press, said, “I don’t think the court could have written this opinion any stronger. There are only rare instances when (closure) should ever be approved. 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The judge, in ruling that Continental had no alterna tive but to file for bankruptcy, rejected a motion by the Air Line Pilots Association, the Union of Flight Attendants, and the International Associa tion of Machinists claiming the action was an effort to break the unions. Wheless reminded lawyers of a Jan. 30 hearing on Con tinental’s motion to void labor contracts with the three un ions and urged both sides to try to settle their difference at the bargaining table before they return to court. “As the judge has re quested and as we have done in the past, we will be pre pared to present a contract proposal to hopefully end the labor dispute,” said Continen tal spokesman Bruce Hicks. Hicks said a date for the meeting was not set, but it would be arranged at a time “mutually acceptable” to both sides. ALPA spokesman'jerry Baldwin said as of 4 p.m. the union had not received a tele gram, but that resumption of talks which broke off Dec. 20 would be welcomed. “It is quite clear in the judges decision that he recog nizes the Air Line Pilots Asso ciation have been willing since the beginning to make what concessions are necessary to keep the airline a viable enter prise,” he said. Continental filed for n nization. The company sto, ped flying for two days,ai then resumed flying art. duced schedule without, third of its employees worl® at half pay. It installed no work rules and pay schedule ALPA and UFA strutl Continental Oct. 1 to proie; the job cutbacks and i payroll slashing action tire claim effectively voided thei contracts. The IAM wentu strike Aug. 13, prior to bankruptcy filing, aftera» talks fai tract talks failed. “In light of that fact, we welcome a proposal as an offer of settling the issues,” he said. “I sincerely hope and trust that they will take the judge at his word and present us with a proposal addressing the economic issues.” ALPA spokesman Chuck Arthur said attorneys for the union expected to file an appeal of Wheless’ ruling this week. Negotiations between tit C ilots union and the airlim roke down in Decemberow the issue of seniority. Them- ion wants all pilots returned!; work, but Continental saysi will not replace pilots worked through the striked who were hired after tit strike began. “We’re hoping their pcs tion has changed,’’ Hickssaii The battle between Con tinental and the three unions began in September, when When asked if there h hope for a settlement to ik labor dispute prior to ik hearing in bankruptcy coun Hicks said: “Anytime you'd talking there is a chance.” West Texas fossils studied United Press International ALPINE — In the days be fore dinosaurs, 200 million years ago. West Texas was a de lta area, according to a scientific report by two Sul Ross State Uni versity professors, university officials said Wednesday. A definitive scientific report on ancient plant fossils disco vered by an SRSU geology gra duate student in the Del Norte Mountains near here will appear in Friday’s issue of “Science,” the journal for the American Asso ciation for the Advancement of Science, university officials said. The paper, “Late Leonardian Plants from West Texas: The Youngest Paleozoic Plant Mega fossils in North Ameria,” was co authored by two Sul Ross faculty members in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution. Assistant professor of geolo gy, Dr. David M. Rohr and assis tant professor of biology Dr. John M. Miller of SRSU col- laboraed with Dr. Sergius H. Mamay of the Smithsonian on the paper, which deals with Per mian plant fossils discovered in 1981. Mamay is considered the world expert on North Amer ican plant fossils from the Paleozoic and was invited to su pervise excavations at the dis covery site near Alpine in 1982. Rohr said the significance of the find lies in the fact that these plant fossils are the youngest Paleozoic plant fossils yet disco vered in North America. The fossils are expected to provide other researchers with key information on conditions in North America more than 200 million years ago. Miller, a botanist, was respon sible for the preliminary identi fication of the plant megafossils. The largest of the specimens measures about eight inches long and is the leaf from a long extinct plant known as “Giji topteris.” Several preliminary rq on the fossil find haveapa in other scientific journals ing the preparation of thei finitive report on the discow SRSU officials said. By piecing together eviita from the plant fossils and ok by marine fossils, the rest! chers have developed a then that the area under investigaffi was in an ancient delta emini ment on thn edgeoftheenerp rich Permian Basin. Rohr said studies ha« pointed out a gap in informal! from this time period. He the paper should narrowc gap between Paleozoic time a the ensuing Mesozoic, thee when giant reptiles camel dominate the earth’s surfaff The journal, “Science," said, “is probably the besi spected interdisciplinary sew tific journal in North Ament Co T( Day Austi 11th delivi on th Ti A&IY Ticke can b La tionc Regis limb Pc Tl now i tion S Hall, infer Grc M ordei from appn Scho< ton. ’ rents moor aware comn Thee nerrr area To sc office Pope blessing received for Village project here By MARSHA MCDADE Reporter Pope John Paul II has blessed the Texas A&M Village of Hope project, according to a letter sent to the project’s adviser. Dr. Robert Scott Kellner, the adviser, Tuesday received the letter from Monsignor G.B. Re. The letter said Pope John Paul is praying for the village’s success. THE LEADER IN AUTO SOUND SYSTEM 1- Buy the kemwood KRC 7100 at the sale price of $469 and get a pair of our best Kenwood krc 7100 Your Choice of Babb 934 (6x9) Kellner was delighted about receiving the letter. “I feel that Pope John Paul II is a great humanitarian whose interest in solving the problems of world hunger and war gives us all hope for the future,” Kell ner said. “In knowing of his in terest in this A&M project, in having received this papal bles sing is truly exciting and up lifting.” Kellner sent a letter to the pope six weeks ago, telling him about the Village of Hope and asking for his blessings and gui dance. Kellner also sent the pope letters he had received from President Reagan and Sec- retary of State George Shultz, commending the students faculty of A&M for sawf lives of the village’s pop* The Village of Hope is a ject sponsored by many T A&M student groups won through the Christian 1 dren’s Fund. After actress Struthers, a spokeswoman CCF, came to A&M in 1983, the CatholicStudent ciaticn and the Interfraten Council pledged $25,000to the people of a needy via Amaga, Colombia, became Village of Hope. Since April, Kellner said, rious other student groups ,1] become involved and I raised close to $23,000. DALI dice ins : se; access, o lave to w< Lied fr< muring tl V Natio Vice < aid .42 hre filed fon that i hs listii r a S e s thai Smith psinesse: lotion oj •'tween J Ilnur nud< P to $501 W one a P $250,i The in ffgust, b speakers FREE or 534 (6“) 1 ’<> I sssa 50au n»> u>»«i« •Ouaiti eu. ,