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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 18, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 a show of uniformity hundreds of japanese women near heir company uniforms and sit in orderly rows during a graduation ceremony staged in Tokyo not at the University but at one of the country s leading supermarket chains Ilo Okado As it welcomed 2,629 new employees after they had finished their training courses. Bias found in refusal to rent to unmarried couple St. Paul. Minn. At a landlord discriminated against an unmarried couple by refusing to runt a House to them a judge has ruled. Minnesota human rights commissioner Stephen Cooper whose lawsuit against Layle French alleged violations of the state s human rights act said the decision was filed wednesday by judge Peter Erick son. He said thursday that Erickson still must decide damages in the Case. The stale s lawsuit sought damages from French for refusing to rent a House to Susan Parsons be cause she planned to live there with her Fiance. The lawsuit was based on a Section of the state s Law that says refusal to rent on the basis of marital status is discriminatory. French argued that the human rights act violated his religious beliefs that forbid sex before marriage the Bible clearly states this is wrong French had said. "1 live with the Bible As my  French claimed the Law violated his first Amend ment right to Freedom of religion and said he believed that by living together the couple would violate a Little known state statute that prohibits sexual Intercourse Between unmarried adults. But the judge said that when a person engages in Tor profit undertakings his religious beliefs Are no totally protected by the Constitution French s attorney. James Anderson said he would Appeal after the damages Are assessed. I Don t understand the logic behind the Law French said thursday adding thai it s frus Raling to Sec these kinds of things go on and not be Able to do anything about it. Residents spirits lifted along with garage doors Livermore Calif. A the Navy has lifted the veil of secrecy sur rounding mysterious radio signals and allowed hundreds of jammed garage doors to lift As Well. When the Navy flicked a switch thursday life returned to Normal for suburbanites whose electronic garage doors had mysteriously failed to oper ate for Days. "1 was testing the opener everyday and then All of a sudden Bingo it started working said Stan slutty Ford of Alamo. The culprit the Navy disclosed was a powerful radio wave it had beamed off a satellite dish on mount Diablo in Contra Costa county the signals provided communications to a ship at Nas Alameda whose regular communications devices had broken. Maybe it did t Dawn on people in the Navy How widespread the effect would be said it. Joe Murphy at the Navy s san Francisco base. Murphy who opens his own garage door by hand said the Navy will look into ways to prevent such disruptions. Tom Hora a spokesman with the Federal communications commis Sion in us Ermord said tuesday that a government Agency had  muting the signals. Garage door openers operate on radio frequencies used by the govern ment and others with authorization. Hora said the Public was t told about the problem because the re Mote control openers Are considered unprotected devices drug lord gets 22 years in prison for trafficking Jackson miss. Up a drug Kingpin linked to the notorious Medellin drug Cartel was sentenced to 22 years in prison and fined $25,000 in a courthouse surrounded by heavily armed Federal marshals. . District judge Tom s. Lee handed Down the sentence thursday to Carlos Albert Zapata Alvarez 38, during a 30-Minutc hearing. Zapata was convicted in May of three drug related charges including conspiracy in connection with the smuggling of 1.072 pounds of cocaine from Haiti to Jackson in 1987. Zapata already faces an 18-year sen tence for smuggling cocaine into Florid from Colombia Cuba and the Bahamas. Three other colombians who pleaded guilty also were sentenced and received prison terms ranging from nine to 12 years. A fourth Man was scheduled to be sentenced Friday. To Alimony indicated that the drugs brought into Mississippi were Worth about $90 million. . Attorney George Phillips called it the most significant co Caine Case to be prosecuted in the state Al was the second largest cocaine seizure in Mississippi. Assistant . Attorney Joe Llo Loman said Zapata and others had been accused of planning to set up a Mississippi distribution Point from which cocaine could be sent to the West coast and the North cast. The Medellin Cartel of Colombia is said to be responsible for about 70 per cent of the cocaine that reaches the United Stales. The drug enforcement administration considers Zapata one level below the top Cartel operators. Security was extremely tight As the four men were escorted from the City jail  
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