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“Los ANGELES, April 21. CSP)- -A ruling. teday by a supericr court judge could result in Symbhionese Libera- tian Army members William and Emily Harris being tried separately from ‘co-defen- dant Patricia Hearst. on charges ef kidnaping, rob. ~ bery and assault. - For the second time,. - Judge Mark Brandler denied . a-defense motion to delay ONS the trial for up to one year hecause of alleged prejudi- ‘cial publicity, and set Junc "4 for the trial to begin. He ‘said only an order from a higher court will keep him . from starting the proceed: ings then. . “The ruling prompted heat- ed - responses: froriv.. the two defendants, who. angtily de- nT EE the legal system oN and accused the judge. ‘of be. ing prejudiced against ‘them. ‘Brandler's decision to be: + ‘gin the trial on June 1 great-* ly diminishes the chances of Y the Harrises facing the charges with Hearst, who hag not-entered a plea. ‘The judge also reversed niearlicr ruling and said that: amore than 1,¢09 items confistaied by the FBI cwagents when they arrested he. Harris¢s in San. Francis- Y" “Sept. 18 will he ad- _ |. He had ruled “March 1- ‘that the materials were ob- tained illegally because no ‘search warrant was oh- “tained. Tut the stale court “of appeal, acting on an ap-. ‘ peal by {he prosecution, last eww eee MEEIL AED: re ~ Harris, Hearst Trials ae , Could Be Separated — week. ordercd Brandler to void his previous ruling or show cause Why not at a -Bay 13 hearing. The Harrisses were charged in a separate com- plaint Jast «week with - kid- naping Hearst fiom her. Berkele¥iapariment on Feb. 4, 1974, arid: news accounts © have said-she ‘has implicated thom 4a, other ctimes. . “Those“swere “among the reasons. cited Tises’ attorney's n making a new motion.to have the trial delayed becatse of: an un- -precedcnated “deluge of nega- tive publicity.” Hearst had been scheduled to appear today, but ane of ‘her atiorneys, Albert John- son, told the court she would he hospilalizect in Redwood City, Calif., for at least another 10 days be- cause of a variety of health “problems, including her still- ‘Impaired right lung, which collapsed last week. Her doctor has advised against her traveling for an- other 30 days after she is released from ihe haspital, - “he said. U-S- marshals and # hospital official following Hearst's recovery at Sequoia Hospital said they had been given no incicatinn that sh2- would require that much : eonvalescense, hawever, . . . Brandlcr set anather plea: " heazing for Hearst. for May “Johnson lold reporters laler he considers it unlikely that Hearst witl be tried ‘with her former fugitive companions, — “LAGS ede at oa!