-- Elaine Meder, 25, of 424 Waupelani Drive, was bound over for trial yesterday on charges of first-and third-degree murder, a spokeswoman for the Centre County court administrator's office said.

According to court records, Meder confessed to strangling her newborn baby with its umbilical cord in the fall of 1985. Meder's mother, Gloria, of Ferguson Township, testified that she put the baby in the freezer and later cremated it in a wood-burning stove. She said she thought the child had been stillborn. Gloria Meder can not face charges because the statute of limitations expired on any charges that would pertain to her.

Meder is scheduled to stand trial in June or July.

-- Namir Al-Dawoodi, 21, of 424 Waupelani Drive, was bound over to court on charges of retaliation against a witness, simple assault, harassment and intimidation against a witness, a spokeswoman for the court administrator's office said.

According to court records, Al-Dawoodi assaulted a woman last September at the south end of Forum Building. He allegedly violently jerked her and punched her in the ribs several times and told her that she would think twice before calling the cops on him. The victim had been interviewed by the State College Bureau of Police Services for prior assaults that allegedly happened in June of 1990.

Al-Dawoodi is scheduled to stand trial in June or July.