European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 19, 1993 . The stars Ano stripes Page 7 surgeon general s son wanted on drug charges from wire reports Little Rock Ark. A the son of surgeon general Joycelyn elders who has suggested that the government study legalizing drugs to reduce crime is wanted on a felony drug charge. Police issued a warrant for Kevin m. Elders 26, a week after his Mother advocated research on what effect legalizing illicit drugs would have on the crime rate Little Rock police it. Charles Holladay said Friday Holladay said the warrant issued wednesday was for a felony drug Possession charge. The surgeon general said in a speech to the National press club that she believes legalizing drugs a would markedly reduce our crime rate. But she said More studies need to be done to prove it. Elders said she was not speaking on behalf of the administration. 2 die in army copter crash crashed in a Forest killing the two soldiers aboard. Warrant the pile Vear old Cpl. Robert p. Weinaug or. Of Falls Church g to the bodies of 31-year-old chief warrant officer la pc Steve f. Penrod of Warrenton mo., the Pilot and 22 Golden Pond by. An army helicopter a a a a Irr he year old Cpl. Rooert r. Weinaug or. Of fans Nuri va., were found inside the helicopter maj. James Kelton a fort Campbell spokesman said Friday. Both were members of the 101st airborne div aviation regt. They had been out on a training. Mission in the ?58 helicopter with three other helicopters Early Friday when they went Down in Western Kentucky. There was no word late Friday about the cause of the crash. Kelton said investigators from the army safety Center at fort Rucker ala., would inspect the crash site saturday. Nesler jurors questioned Sonora Calif. A a judge interviewed jurors Friday to determine whether a Street talk tainted the trial of a woman who fatally shot her songs alleged molester in a courtroom. Defense lawyers contend a juror either hid knowledge of Ellie Neslers personal life during jury selection or told other jurors during deliberations that Nesler was a bad Mother and a frequent drug user. Tuolumne county Superior court judge William Polley moved the interviews with jurors from open court into his Chambers at a juror s request. Nesler 41, waived her right to be present during the hearing because she is undergoing treatment for breast cancer defense lawyer Don Segerstrom said. The jury convicted Nesler of voluntary manslaughter for firing five shots into Daniel Mark Driver 35, in a court in Jamestown on april 2. City to let Kkt ruling stand Cincinnati a divided City Council decided Friday not to Challenge a judges order allowing the Kun flux klan to erect a 10-foot wooden Cross in a downtown Square. Last year vandals knocked Down and destroyed several crosses until police ordered special patrols around Fountain Square. On thursday . District judge Carl Rubin ruled that the City a Effort to prohibit the Cross under an ordinance barring symbols of a fighting words from the Square would violate the klan a right to free speech. A Rubin said the klan a Knight riders group could erect the Cross for 10 Days beginning sunday. The City Council voted 5-2, with two members absent not to Appeal after City lawyers said there appeared to be Little Chance of winning a Challenge Navy ship runs aground Alameda Calif. A Navy repair ship was stuck for 2vi hours after it ran aground Friday As it tried to reach a naval air station. Tugboats finally pulled the vessel Clear. The destroyer tender Samuel Gompers was returning Home from a week at sea when it ran aground. It was trying to navigate an approach Channel to Nas Alameda in the san Francisco my area said Navy spokeswoman Virginia Felker Fri athe Navy is investigating the incident which happened in Daylight in a Channel nearly five times As wide As the vessel. A a the Gompers is 645 feet Long and 85 feet wide Felker Thorpe said. The Channel where it ran aground averages Between 450 and 500 feet across and is 38 feet deep said . Army corps of engineers spokesman Michael Keuss. Christopher says nukes intolerable in a Korea by the los Angeles times Washington Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher indicated Friday that the Clinton administration intends not Only to Stop the development of North koreans still primitive nuclear weapons program but to Roll Back whatever Progress it has made so far. The United states cannot accept any form of a nuclear weapons program in North Korea Christopher asserted in a meeting with los Angeles times reporters. He said the ultimate goal of american foreign policy is to ensure a korean Peninsula without nuclear weapons. Quot we in no sense Are tolerating a nuclear program in North Korea a he said. It was the clearest indication to Date that the Clinton administration intends to ask the North korean government to give up or dismantle what it has already produced in its nuclear program. In a television appearance a week ago defense Secretary Les Aspin had appeared to suggest that the United states might be Able to live indefinitely with North koreans nuclear program at its current Early stage of development. . Intelligence officials have estimated that the Pyongyang regime now has the material to produce one to two crude nuclear weapons using plutonium that was processed after a nuclear facility was closed Down in 1989. A whatever happened in 1989, the situation is not deteriorating now a Aspin had said in the final television appearance before his resignation tuesday. Quot they the North koreans Are not developing More  the defense Secretary said to Csc conclusions were based on . Intelligence collection. North Korea has been resisting efforts by the International atomic Energy Agency to inspect the country a nuclear installations. Last March the Pyongyang government threatened to withdraw from the nuclear nonproliferation treaty because the Iaea sought to inspect two Sites it believes could contain nuclear wastes. North Korea subsequently withdrew this threat but has since been refusing to let the Iaea make even Rou Tine inspections on its soil. 1 h y a. A Clinton pick Wright of Way a a i bomber makes a Low pass Friday Over the Wright Brothers National Monument at kill Devil Hills . The appearance was part of a flyover by several aircraft to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Wright Brothers historic flight a the first one to be mechanically powered a at nearby Kitty Hawk. On Abandons bid Washington a the leading contender to become the Justice depart menus civil rights chief bowed out of consideration after failing to gain sufficient support from Black members of Congress Washington lawyer John Payton decided to withdraw his name Friday after Quot he realized there Wasny to the support there for him to become assistant attorney general for the civil rights division a department official said. Some members of the congressional Black caucus had expressed reservations about Payton the District of columbian a chief counsel because he has not voted in numerous elections. Enforcing voting rights is a big part of the Justice depart ment Job. Payton s decision came in a letter to attorney general Janet Reno one Day after Reno praised him As a a Fine dedicated wonderful lawyer who would make a splendid assistant attorney general for the civil rights  the administration had hoped that the appointment of Payton who a is Black would improve president Clinton a relations with civil rights activists still angered by his abandonment of Lani Gui Niers nomination for the spot. There was no immediate speculation on a new civil rights division chief although Reno said thursday that a a number of people have been under consideration Quot since the withdrawal of Guinier a nomination. State to probe King conspiracy claims Memphis Tenn. Apr a state prosecutor said he will investigate new allegations of a conspiracy in the slaying of Martin Luther King jr., though he does not put much credence in them. A we can either corroborate what they re saying or we can disprove it maybe a John Pierotti the chief state prosecutor said Friday. The claims which have fuelled news reports for the past week were repeated thursday on Abc news primetime live by Loyd Jowers 67, a former Memphis businessman who says he hired a killer to murder the civil rights Leader. Jowers who once owned a restaurant Jim a Grill near the murder scene said the killer was not James Earl Ray who confessed to shooting King in Memphis on april 4, 1968, and is serving a 99-year prison sentence. Jowers said he was asked by a Friend former Mem Phis produce dealer Frank Liberto to find someone to Itil King. Liberto is now dead. His widow has disc counted Jowers Story. Pierotti said his staff and the Tennessee Bureau of investigation will look into Jowers claims. He said he will not ask the Fri or the Justice department to get involved. Pierotti said he had no idea Why Jowers who appeared on the to show with his Memphis lawyer Ewis Garrison is coming Forward now. A i done to know what their reason is. I really done to have to know Why. I just have to know that either it can be substantiated or it cannot be substantiated a he told a news conference., Garrison said Jowers is willing to talk with authorities if Given immunity from prosecution. Pierotti said he will not Grant immunity to anyone claiming to have taken part in a murder