Mrs. O’Connor outlines her views

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O’Connor is sending out the word: she shares the views of many conservatives. But the Senate Judiciary Committee has yet to find out – even though most of its members appear eager to know – whether she would be a truly conserv.ative Supreme Court justice. As her confirmation proceedings entered what’s scheduled to be their final hours today, that question did not seem to matter. Ten of the committee’s 18 members have gone on the record as SUPporting Mrs. O’Connor’s nomination, and confirmation by the full Senate appears assured. In more than five hours of testimony yesterday, the first woman ever nominated to the nation’s highest’ court divulged these personal views: – She abhors abortion. – She thinks it “inappropriate” for women to participate in combat during war . – She opposes forced busing to achieve school desegregation. – She favors the death penalty for certain crimes. – She believes a 67-year-old legal doctrine that bars the use of evidence seized illegally by police may be adding to the nation’s crime rate a~d perhaps is being applied too stringently. – She favors a limited role for the nation’s courts. But, as she has since the Capitol Hill hearings began Wednesday, Mrs. O’Connor emphasized that her “personal views and philosophies” would not affect her Supreme Court votes. And she disavowed any hint that she will oe President Reagan’s conservative envoy to the court. “I was not asked to make any commitments about what