European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages b the stars Ano stripes sunday september 1, 1991rampant housing discrimination found Washington apr discrimination is pervasive in housing markets with Blacks and hispanics routinely turned away charged higher prices or steered to minority neighbourhoods a government sponsored Survey found the housing discrimination study concluded that More than 50 percent of Blacks and hispanics trying to rent or buy a Home face biased treatment when compared with Whites. The study was conducted by the Urban Institute and Syracuse University for the department of housing and Urban development. Project research director John Yinger said the study conducted in the Spring and summer of 1989, was the first to document housing discrimination against hispanics on a nationwide basis. Instances of Bias against hispanics he said were a troubling by High and comparable with that suffered by Blacks. The Survey consisted of 3,800 audits or paired tests in 25 metropolitan areas. White testers posed As housing customers with similar incomes and schooling As Black or hispanic testers. Their treatment was compared. Overall it was estimated that Blacks face discrimination 56 percent of the time when they seek to rent a House and 59 percent of the time when they try to buy a Home. David Letterman chats with Johnny Carson during the taping of the tonight show on Friday in Burbank Calif. Letterman jabs jokes with Carson Burbank Calif. Apr David Letterman insisted he had no hard feelings As he traded jokes and jabs with Johnny Carson in his first tonight show appearance since losing his bid to take Over As Host. Quot i was never never angry a Letterman said Friday night. He rolled his eyes and said wryly a now would i like to have this show of  Abc announced in May that comedian Jay Leno would take Over the show when Carson retires next year. Leno is the shows permanent guest Host. Carson minced no words As he questioned Letterman about reports that he was furious at not being chosen a just How pred off Are you a a let me give you a Little piece of advice a Letterman responded. A you keep using language like that and you re going to find yourself out of a  Carson joked during the opening monologue about How badly Letterman had wanted his Job. A when we come Back from the commercial if let Turman is sitting at the desk and says in be stepped Down for health reasons done to believe him a he said. Later Letterman told band members a excuse me Guys the Gravy train is being discontinued a Carson added a they actually have to go out and make a decent  on a More serious note the pair reminisced about Letterman a first appearance on the tonight show starring Johnny Carson. Letterman said it led to his Success on late night with David Letterman. The figures for hispanics were 50 percent and 56 percent respectively. Yinger said most instances erf discrimination were Quot not the most blatant kind not slamming the door in someone a  rather it consisted of minorities being shown fewer units being quoted higher prices for rentals receiving less information about mortgages or being steered to non White neighbourhoods. Yinger said Only minor variations were found among different cities and regions. A i was struck by How few significant differences there were a he said. A there is discrimination almost everywhere you  guarded inmates sent Back to Cuba Talladega Aja. Apr about 30 of the cuban inmates who held a Federal prison unit under siege for 10 Days boarded a plane saturday for their Island Homeland an Airport worker said. The cubans wearing Handcuffs and leg Irons and under heavy guard quietly shuffled to the Justice departments Boeing 727 at Birmingham municipal Airport the worker said. A they took them off the bus one at a time. Each one had a Federal agent with him a said Beth Tucker a Cus Tomer service worker where the Jet was fuelled. Early Friday a swat team stormed the besieged unit at Talladega Federal correctional institution ending the standoff without harm to nine hostages. Thirty two of 121 inmates who were in the unit were to be deported aug. 22, the Day after the uprising began. Some of the inmates had said they would rather die than return to Cuba. The cubans randomly chose three hostages to kill before the swat team moved in prison officials said. Roger f. Scott the prison Warren said authorities decided to storm the prison after information from a multiple sources indicated the inmates planned to kill some hostages. In Only three minutes the Fri assault team used explosives to blow open the doors of the prisons maximum Security a a alphas unit seized 121 cuban inmates and freed the nine hostages held since aug. 21, Scott said. Only one inmate suffered a minor injury Federal officials said. 1 on thursday Scott said some inmates put the hostages worker identification tags in a Pillow Case then Drew out three tags of those to be killed. One was to be thrown off the roof of the prison building and the others were to be stabbed he said without citing the sources of his information. Also Scott said leaders of the revolt had fallen into knife fights with one another raising doubts about whether the inmates could continue to safeguard the hostages. Scott said the inmates had a fabricated an extensive armory of knives Spears swords and even Bow and  girl sentenced in Poison Case Seattle apr a 15-year-old girl who laced a Peanut butter Sandwich with mouse Poison was placed on three months probation after pleading guilty to assault. Prosecutors said the girl had intended the poisoned Sandwich for an 11-year-old playmate. But it was later partially eaten by a 9-year-old. She apparently got the idea from the 1989 movie heathers a Black comedy in which two teen agers Poison their school mates and make the Aea codes. Deaths look like Sui King county juvenile court judge Ann Schindler placed the Auburn girl on probation and ordered her to perform 16 hours of Community service. The poisoning which took place when the girl was 14, occurred because of a dispute Over a videotaped copy of heathers said Ray Thomas Deputy prosecutor. Part of the Sandwich was Given to the intended victim during a summer picnic but she became suspicious and spat it out Thomas said. Another part of the Sandwich was Given to the 9-Ycar-old for no apparent reason he said. The younger girl who was unharmed ate part of the Sandwich and ran crying to her Mother. Bear attacks Man 62, in Montana Park West Glacier Mont. A a Mother Bear with two yearlings attacked a Man who surprised it on a Trail in Glacier National Park and the Many a wife beat off the beast with binoculars. The victim was identified As Deane Lengkeek 62, from Holland Mich. Leg Keek was flown by helicopter from the Parks iceberg Lake Region to Kalispell regional Hospital after the Friday afternoon attack said Amy Vanderbilt of the National Park service. Lengkeek suffered cuts on his Chest and right wrist and puncture wounds to his Back and right thigh Vanderbilt said. After the couple surprised the adult Bear it charged them As they dropped into a fetal position she said. Country Star Dottle West critically Hurt in car crash Nashville Tenn. Apr country Singer Dottie West was critically injured Friday on her Way to perform at the grand Ole Opiyo when the car in which she was Riding sped off an exit ramp. West 58, was in critical condition saturday after surgery at Vanderbilt University medical Center said Hospital spokeswoman Barbara Cramer. We said earlier that her injuries did not appear to be life threatening. But that Nas changed. Doctors say her injuries could be life threatening a Cramer said. West a son Kerry West said she was bleeding internally. It was West a second Accident on the Way to the grand Ole opry in As Many months. West was injured slightly july 19, when she ran into a ditch. On Friday the car driven by 81-year-old George Thackston was exit ing a Parkway onto Oryland drive when it skidded off i the ramp and into an embankment said officer Floyd Hyde. The car was travelling about 50 Mph in a 25-Mph zone said Hyde. He said West and Thackston were wearing Seatbelt. Thackston was West in intensive care in critical condition Cramer said. West is known for her 1970s hit j was raised on country Sunshine and a Kenny Rogers duet a Ery time two fools collide. She won a 1964 grammy for her hit Here comes my baby the first country music grammy won by a woman