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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1996)
Apartment landlords discriminate against families with children cHBMi C O E U K d AEENE, Idaho {API — Whan Robin Nail ap plied lot a Ctmu Atone apartment, the manager offered her a choice She could live with her husband or Her baby, but not both "She »atd it used to be an apartment complex (nr adult*, but that they couldn't do that legally anymore." Nm I Mid "So thia wa» the owner * way of try ing to limit the number of peo ple " "The reported complaint* are probably the tip of the iceberg." said Richard Mabbutt. executive director of the Idaho Fair Hous ing Council A loophole in Idaho's fair housing law* allow* some land lord* to legally refuse to rent to families with children Idaho landlords who own less than four unit* don't have to comply with the federal law And Idaho is one of only seven states that haven't changed their lair-housing laws to protect (am iliea with children. In Spokane, two apartment building owners agreed to pay $76,000 to settle a lawsuit alleg ing longstanding discrimination against families with children. Other times, landlord* may simply rent the person the apart ment. or agree to attend a class on fair housing laws, he Mid Of the 110 cases of alleged housing discrimination reported to the fair housing council in 1995. about 70 percent went unresolved. Accident kilts triplets aner tatTier attempts to guide nearby traffic r. i M I N D 1 N . low* (APJ — A •emitnuler inuck •lammed into a family'* *lalled minivan Saturday, kitting 3 ymtT'Old triplet* inside The girls' father was trying to direct traffic around the van. which was stopped in the pass trig lane after hitting a guardrail The truck was trying to pas* another vehicle when it hit the van and pushed It into the median, the towa State Patrol said. Rachel, tauten and Eileen Haase suffered severe head iniuries and probably died immediately, said Or Scon Blair, medical examiner for Pot' tawatlamte County Their parents and the truck driver were treated at a hospital and released. Agents seize cocaine valued at 7.7 million HOUSTON (AP) - Federal agents seized 170 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated S7.7 million, after it was tossed early Saturday from a Co loin hian freighter, the U S. Customs Service said Two men were arrested after agents intercepted the delivery before daybreak at the Houston Ship (Tuuinel. said Roger Slater, a customs spokesman. Milton Fsiupinan Aspiratla. 25. a Colombian national, was arrested after getting out of the water with the 66 bricks of cocaine. Mater said Libya sands hijackers back to Egypt; trial for air piracy expected CAIRO. Egypt CAP! — Thn*. Egyptian* who htpM k«d a |mi** w»«|tw jet to Liby a wiwa were uirniH) »r«v i Egyptian authorities Sunday ami brought hack tu Cairn Egypt is expected to put the men on trial fut air pirac y Information Minuter Hafwat el Sherif told Egy pt's Middle last New* Agency that Libyan leader Moammar Cadhaft also had agreed tu turn over all document* related tu the hijat Ling Libya did nut confirm ihe mporl U«t Wedneaday. an Egyptian, his 17 year-old sun and a nephew hijacked an KgyptAir jet after It landed tn the southern town of Luxor on a stopover from Saudi Arabia tu Cairo The plane, with 145 tourists abroad, was flown to Libya, where the htpe kerx surrendered No one wa* hurt ami the passen ger* and plane were returned to Egypt on Thursday Tamil rebels ram into vessel, killing sailors COLOMBO. 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