European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday february 16,1986 new lawsuit puts hold on Kodak refunds Rochester . A Eastman Kodak co.,barred last month by a Federal judge from making and Selling instant cameras and film has been hit by another court order that puts its refund program for the obsolete cameras on  David j. Shields of the circuit court of Cook county in Chicago ordered Kodak to Stop its refund pro Gram until a lawsuit charging Kodak with not offering enough compensation to instant camera owners can behead. Essentially what the injunction docs is ensure that the court will supervise the program said Perry m. By rec the attorney who filed the lawsuit on behalf of William an Joyce Sampson of Chicago. We believe there should be some Type of Independent administration of the compensation instead of having Kodak say Here s what you can have " Burke said Fri Day. Kodak offered the refund program after a Federal court ordered the company out of the instant photography Busi Ness Jan. 9 because of Patent violations against Polaroid corp. Kodak has said that regardless of its Appeal of that ruling it will not return to the instant photography Market. Consumers were Given their Choice of a new disc camera and two packs of film a share of Kodak common Slock or a Coupon Book Worth $50 off on Kodak  lawsuit filed Jan. 21, seeks refunds of the Purchase Price of the cameras damages for the loss of future use an enjoyment of the cameras and attorneys fees. Burke said the lawsuit also seeks damages that would penalize Kodak for failing to Tell Consumers that they might be buying a worthless camera during the 10-Yearcourt Battle with Polaroid. He said it was much too Early to estimate what kind of damages May be ordered or How Long the Case will last. We will observe this but we will vigorously oppose it said Kodak spokesman Charles Smith. He said the company in accordance with the court order would continue to operate its loll free phone number to compile a list of Kodak instant camera owners but  take any other Steps in the refund program. Anything else we might do will have to be As a result Ofa court order Smith said. In addition to the injunction Shields also gave the Law suit class action status which Means that All instant Cam Era owners excluding businesses and corporations can be included in the Case. Kodak has said it sold 16.5 million instant cameras since getting into the business in 1976. Three other similar lawsuits have been filed in Pennsyl Vania new Jersey and Massachusetts according to Shields who offered to allow those people to join this Law suit. He also ordered that those cases and any others brought elsewhere could not be  Illinois lawsuit also asks the court to Force Kodak to give Polaroid corp., which now is the Only source of instant photographic products in the United states information or patents so it can manufacture film that could be used Fak Odak  that s an Avenue we re suggesting As an alternative to damages Burke said. Generally i think people Are very Salisi fied with their Kodak camera and it would be Nice i they could keep using  the judge gave both sides 10 Days to determine the Beltway to inform Kodak instant camera owners about the lawsuit and gave Kodak 15 Days to provide the current Market value of the cameras. Shields also instructed Kodak to install a computer Ter Minal in the court clerk s office that has Access to the list of instant camera owners Kodak has obtained from its toll free phone number. Arrow air underestimated loaded weight of Jet by 12,000 pounds officials say Washington a the Crew of the Arrow air dc-8 that crashed in Canada last december killing 248 . Soldiers underestimated the weight of the plane s cargo and passengers by at least 12,000pounds, Federal officials say. The National transportation safety Board revealed the miscalculation Friday when it advised government agencies tomake sure formulas used by airlines accurately reflect actual passenger and baggage weights. The . Safety Board working with the Canadian aviation safety Board has not yet determined if excess weight contribute to the dec. 12 crash at Gander newfound land Board spokesman Ira Furman  he said excess weight is nevertheless relevant in the context of aviation  . Safety Board told the depart mint of defense and the Federal aviation administration to ensure that air plane loads Are calculated More  dc-8, chartered by the Pentagon with a civilian Crew of eight was ferrying members of the Lolff airborne div to for Campbell ky., from peacekeeping duly in the Middle East. After refuelling at Gander it crashed on Takeoff killing All 256 aboard. Furman said Arrow air procedures Useda Standard average weight per passenger of 170 pounds including carry on baggage. But the army estimated the weight of each passenger departing Cairo Egypt As 210 pounds including carry on baggage and Canadian investigators estimate the actual weight was at least 220 pounds each Furman said. The result would be. About 12,000pounds in excess of the Takeoff weight Esti mated by the Crew Furman said. He said the figure did not include possible errors in calculating the weight of baggage in the cargo hold the safely Board asked the Pentagon to develop a Standard procedure for deter mining the actual weights of passengers an baggage and relaying the information to Crews of commercial charter  asked the Faa which has the Power to enforce safety regulations to re emphasize to each air Carrier the need to use actual weights for passengers in situation where the usual Standard average weight would not apply. Military personnel for example would carry More gear than would normally be anticipated in these Normal carry on Fig ures Furman said. He said the army required the Soldierson the flight from Cairo to Wear civilian clothes. Gear carried aboard by each sol Dier included fatigues helmet boots and weapon. Bob Buckhorn spokesman for the Faa said the  promptly implement safety practices recommended by the Board and review weight estimation proce dures followed by airlines. It. Col. Peter Wyro a Pentagon spokes Man said the department of defense had just received the report and would have no immediate comment. Miami based Arrow air declared bankruptcy last tuesday. American shot to death in Al Salvador san Salvador Al Salvador up an american was shot to death Early saturday As he was walking along a Street in an exclusive neighbourhood of the capital the . Embassy  victim. Peter Stryker Hascall who had lived in Al Salvador for several years came from Galveston Texas. He died of a Bullet wound in the Chest at about 3  an embassy spokesman said. He was not an embassy employees . Government employee or any other american official the spokesman said. I understand he was a representative of the organization Swift ship the spokes Man said adding that he had no information on the organization. F the United states has 55 military advis ors in Al Salvador helping to train the salvadoran army which is engaged in a guerrilla War with leftist rebels seeking the overthrow of the .-backed government of president Jose Napoleon  s body was found in an exclusive Section of the capital shortly after he was killed the spokesman said. News update soul Singer enters plea los Angeles up Gram my nominated soul Singer Luther Vandross has pleaded innocent to Misdemeanour vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charge stemming from a collision that killed a passenger and injured him and four others. Vandross 34, of new York City did not appear in court but entered his innocent pleas through his attorney Charles Breyer. Van Guys municipal court com missioner Patricia g. Schwartz scheduled an april. 3 trial Date an allowed the Singer to remain free on his own recognizance. If convicted on both counts Van dross could be sentenced to up to 18 months in county jail and fined$1,000, said City attorney s spokes Man Mike quails. Treasury Bill auction Washington a yield son 52-week Treasury Bills fell to 7,19 percent in the latest auction the Low est level since december. The Treasury department sold $9billion in Bills with the average Dis count rate Down from 7.31 percent to the last auction on Jan. 16. The fatwas the lowest since 7.06 percent ones the Sale attracted bids totalling $23.7 billion. The investment Rale which is higher than the discount rate averaged 7.71 percent with a $10,000 Bil Selling for $9,273. Feel free to guess secret computer password Vij a Gui Walt in a it a h.um.4 it a  i i it .  _ Washington a an account ant for the District of Columbia who hid computerized City accounts under a secret password As Protection against  announced his resignation Friday and revealed seven clues to the codeword he wants children to decipher. I be done my Job said Alvin c.  it is time for the people to get in  he said he was resigning effective March 15, for historical and literary Rea sons a reference he said to the ides of March when Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of trusted friends. Frost said he would have the clues to the password published sunday in the class red Section of the Washington Post. Kids word from his clues on a tour of like to be involved in what s going on in the news. Maybe this Little game will get peo ple involved in what s going  he gave reporters a Chance to figure out the word by offering these clues it has seven characters. It has two syllables. It s a real word. All the characters Are letters. The word is not in the declaration of Independence. But the first syllable is used four times in the declaration. And it is what the declaration really Means. Frost said he will take All children 12and under who correctly identify the pass f the Monu ments Capitol White House and supreme court and will give them a free lunch at a downtown rests . City officials said they used compute experts to regain Access to the hidden accounts. Frost Slid he never told them the pass word Jand indicated that there May be a tapeworm or malfunction in the com Puter that could consume files if the word i planted the seed to such a Malfunc-Jwjks-yffi11theyl" ?1.   Rorar ing comment Friday after Frost announced he would resign. Frost who has been employed by the City s office of financial management for3w years charged that the finance office is mismanaged but he stopped Short of accusing officials of criminal wrongdoing. He said that last october he was questioned by the Fri and the internal reve nue service about operations in the  said the irs was looking to Trace the Trail of possible payoffs but he would elaborate no further. Frost said he changed the password twosome computer accounts after someone in pies of a let. .u7_7 Warion Barryjr. With his complaints. He we stripped of his responsibilities although not fired when he refused to Tell his superiors the code word