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 THE STARS AND STRIPESfacesWlplacesSellers gets probof/bnin cocaine conspiracyFrom press dispatchesThe daughter of the late actor PeterSellers was sentenced in Newark. NJ.,Wednesday to. three years' probationand 600 hours of community servicefor her rote in acocaine conspira-cy.. :Victoria Sellers: was given a three-year suspendedsentence by U.S.District JudgeDickinson R. De-bevolse, who saidshe should servethe disadvantagedbecause of herSellers "somewhat hedo-nistic approach to life — a great deal oftaking and not much giving."Debevolse also ordered her to slaydrug-free and suggested counseling ifshcneeds it, "You were on the periphery ofan extremely serious conspiracy, he said.At the request of her attorney, JohnJ, Barn, Debevoise recommendedagainst deportation for the British-bomSellers, who kept her British cit-Iztnshjp."In all real respects, she's had a verydifficult job of it," Barry said, notingshe never had a stable home and thather father died when she was 1 J,After the sentencing, Sellers said shewould continue her acting classes inLos Angeles, working at a secretary Torrecord producer ton Adler and livingwith her mother, actress Britt Ekland.She was sentenced after testifyingWednesday that her ex-boyfriend gaveher cocaine and sold $3,000 of the drug toa Icen-agcrin a Berarly HIUs parking lot.Seller* also admitted that she told aformer friend who duped her into mail-ing cocaine that if her father had knownabout the incident, the friend would be"terminated,"The 22-year-old actress and Playboymagazine model took the stand againstPhilip "Pee Wee" Sena, her one-timelover, who is on trial in UA DistrictCourt on charges of conspiring lo dis-tribute and possession with intent todistribute cocaine.Sena, 23, was accused of being theNo. 2 man and enforcer in a Los An-geles-based ring headed by VictoriaSellers' former talent agent and house-mate, Reed Wallace.Wallace and Sellers pleaded guilty tolesser charges in exchange for their tes-timony against Sena and others in theconspiracy that ran from January 1985to the indictment on March 12,1986.Sellers pleaded guilty to misprisionof felony, or falling to report a crime,Carter on probationdrown University placed Amy Car-ter, daughter of former President Car-ter, and 19 other students on probationWednesday for storming a trusteesmeeting lo protest the school's holdingsIn companies with links to South Afri-ca,The limited probation Carter and 18of the other students received was thelightest possible penalty the UniversityCouncil of Student Affairs could haveimposed, short of finding them inno-cent,One protester received futl praba-,tion, a harsher sanction but still farshort of the suspension or expulsion Istudents could have faced. AProbation means parents willformed of the students' status, JBT itwill not affect their permanent fordsprovided they commit no finer in-fractions for the remainder jythe se-mester, said Thomas BechjfTdean ofundergraduate counsctingjfCarter, 19, a second-yjVstudcnt, hasavoided reporters sinjr enrolling atBrown,Gef to chugn on timeA groom andMs best man, arrestedfor rowdy bebJRor in a tavern, boltedthrough a pjpce station window andgot 10 the cjIPch on time, Green Brook,N J., authMties said,Thegwn, Mark Heunennund, 23, hisAntomo reunited with AntonioAlter a 6O-yeqJKparatian, Antonla Gulda, S3, embrace! her brotherAntonio, 91, fKVedneiday at her home outside Turin In northern Italy.Antonio, wlMmlgroted to the United States In 1913 In search at work,lost roucnjK his tttler after having teen her for the last time In 1927 ather weddgj. Antonio's ton, Andrea Sflortlno, told, "II wot thank* to theAaterieUfCoraulate In Palermo that my wttla finatty traced ut." An*• In 1968 destroyed motf of the family records hi Salopantta,etawntn Sttlty,an, John Rfrera, 23, and anotherd, Raymond Puckett, 22, were ar-ned for tossing cocktail cherries at artendernt a nightclub, policesaid."They didn't seem lo be intoxicated,just rowdy," said Jim Gates, bar man-ager at Jukebox Eddie's.While the three men from NorthPlalnfleld were completing paperworkinside a first-floor police station confer-ence room later (hat morning, theypushed out a window •screen andjumped from the building, police Capt.Joseph Srupimki said.All three arrived ready and on timefor the wedding Saturday in SouthPblnfleld."I dori'l think anybody knew whathappened, and if they did, they kept itwell hidden," Heunermund's mother,Dorothy, said after the ceremony.Stupinski said he was not sure whythe men fled, since they were about tobe released. Because of their escape,they now face additional charges of ob-structing justice, he said.Dorothy Heunermund said her sonand his wife, Mary Tile, are honey-mooning.Long /eaves 'Cheers'Shelley Long bid farewell to NBCs"Cheers at a wrap party after filmingher final appearance as barmaid DianeChambers."It didn't feel real until just now, butit is over," Long said at the party in L«Angeles.The last episode of the season wasfilmed under light security. Networkspokesman Rolf Compere: would notreveal the outcome of the romance be-tween Diane and bar owner Sam Ma-lone, played by Ted Damon."The 'Cheera' years for me were great,"said Long. "Not always easy, but great. 1look back and think how lucky I am."She is leaving the show after five yearslo pursue a movie career. She stars in thecurrent hit "Outrageous Fortune."We've got good news!Stars and Stripes Is delivered tomailboxes in most governmenthousing areas for just $7.50 permonth!Keep up with the latest in newsand sports. 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