European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 21, 1994  the stars and stripes Page 9 elders son of Selling cocaine Little Rock Ark. A the 28-year-old son of surgeon general Joycelyn elders was convicted monday of Selling $275 Worth of cocaine to an undercover officer last summer. Deputy prosecutor Chris Palmer said he will ask that Kevin elders be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison at elders aug. 29 sentencing hearing. He could be sentenced to As much As life in prison. Circuit judge John Plegge ruled in the non jury trial that elders had failed to prove entrapment. Elders claimed an acquaintance who set up the drug Deal had threatened to expose his drug habit and Embarrass his Mother during her Senate confirmation hearings unless elders obtained cocaine for Nim. The surgeon general testified briefly that she and her family had been subjected to open opposition from the time she was nominated for the Job by president Clinton. The younger elders was convicted of Selling one eighth ounce of cocaine to the undercover officer and the acquaintance. The Mother and son would not comment after the judges ruling. Defense attorney Les Hollingsworth said . Has Miles to go before metric switch Kevin elders. Surgeon general a son he Wasny to sure whether the verdict will be appealed. Elders will remain free on his own recognizance until sentencing. The prosecutions key witness police informant Calvin Walraven testified that he met elders in january 1990 and that they used drugs together several times after that. Walraven said he became a police informant after being caught in a drug sting and mentioned elders to undercover officers As one of his sources for cocaine elders acknowledged that he had a 10-year drug habit and had been addicted to cocaine for about three years. Washington a put away those plastic cards converting Miles to Kilometres. Stop trying to figure out How fast 100 Kilometres per hour really is. The nations Highway signs Arentt going metric any time soon. Not Many americans were trying to adjust in the first place a part of a National metric resistance that now has led the Clinton administration to Back off quietly from plans to convert the signs by 1996. Its another setback for the 200-year-old Effort to make the Decimal measurement system a reality in the United states. For those suffering metric setback by phrases such As 100 Kilometres per hour its 62 Mph As part of a 1988 Law to move government away from the English system of Gallons pounds and feet the Federal Highway administration had told the states that it might withhold their share of $18 billion in Road Money if the signs weren to changed to girl 3, fleeing Bee hit by target shooters Laquin a. Apr a 3-year-old girl fleeing a Bee was shot and seriously wounded tuesday when she ran into the line of fire of two target shooters. Jena Sweitzer of red lion was listed in critical condition at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre with a Bullet wound to the Chest. Metric by sept. 30,1996. But More than 2,200 people wrote to the Highway administration opposing the plan. Several members of Congress introduced Bills to abolish the sign change. Most cited the Cost estimated at some $200 million nationally. 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