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Royals I could get I jail terms I United Press lntem-tlon--1 HE PHILADELPHIA Baseball H Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said ffl Thursday night now that Willie Wil- - BJ son and Willie Aikens have pleaded BJB guilty to drug charges, his office will BB intensify its ongoing investigation of IBB the two Kansas City Royals players BJj and he will take "appropriate ac- - EM tion" when all the evidence is in. BJEJ Kuhn, attending a Philadelphia BB Phillies' celebration of their partici- - SB pation in the World Series hosted by MB owner Bill Giles, pointed out that his BJ office had been conducting an inves- - B tigation into the drug charges BJ against Wilson and Aikens even be-- HJg fore they pleaded guilty in seperate Bj hearings before a U.S. Magistrate in BJ Kansas City, Kan. to attempting to BJ possess cocaine. BjBJj Wilson, the American League's BJ batting champion in 1982, and At- - BJ kens, a hero in a losing cause during BJ the 1980 World Series, both were re-- Bj leased on $5,000 personal recogni-- BB ng zance bonds pending pre-sentenci- BJ investigations. Sentencing was set BH for Nov. 17. The charges carry a BJ maximum sentence of one year in BJ jail and a $5,000 fine. H The guilty pleas before U.S. Mag- - Bj istrate J. Milton Sullivant came four BJ days before a federal grand jury was flj scheduled to convene in Kansas City, En Kan. In a prepared statement from BJ his office, U.S. Attorney for Kansas BJ James Marquez "declined further BJ comment on these cases in view of BJ the on-goi- ng investigation into re-- 18 lated matters and the convening of EH the federal grand jury of the district Bfl of Kansas on Oct. 17 in Kansas City, BJ Kan." H The charges stem from an investi-- ftj gation by the FBI, Kansas Bureau of Ef Investigation, the Kansas Attorney BE General's Office and the Johnson BJ County District Attorney's office in Bh connection with a June raid of a B Johnson County home. H According to the plea agreement, B no other charges will be filed against B Wilson and Aikens in the case. As-- BJ sistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Meers EJ said. BJ Ms. Meers said the plea agree- - H ments "were the result of lengthy pj discussions with counsel for these EJ defendants. B Marquez earlier this week had Bj said a special grand jury was sched-- BJ uled to meet Monday and Tuesday in N Kansas City, Kan., to consider a co-- EJ caine investigation that possibly in- - EJ volves other members of the Royals. 9 Ms. Meers would not comment on BJ whether, in reaching the plea agree- - BJ ment, the U.S. Attorney's office had BJ evidence to file other charges BJ against Wilson and Aikens, or wheth-- 9 er other Royals players are involved Bj in the case. 9 When asked by the magistrate 9 what brought about his charge, Ai-- 9 kens said, "I attempted to buy a Bj quantity of cocaine by telephone." B The charge against Aikens alleged BJ that on June 20, he called a suburban BJ Kansas City house in an attempt to Bj acquire one-fourt- h of an ounce of co-- Bj caine. Wilson was also accused of at-- B tempting to acquire one-four- th ounce B of cocaine. Wilson, 28, won the B American League batting champion- - fl ship two seasons ago with an aver-- EJ age of .332 but slumped to .276 in 1983 with only two home runs and 33 runs batted in. He had earlier in his ca- reer won a Gold Glove (1980) for his play in left field and also led the league in stolen bases (1979). Aikens, 29, is a career .273 hitter. His had the best season of his career in 1983 when he hit .302 with a care- er-high 23 home runs and 72 runs batted in. Aikens was also the World Series star for the Royals in 1980, hit- - B ting .400 with four homers and eight I RBI in losing to the Philadelphia B Phillies..