European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 19. 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 7 state told to pay some Legal costs in vote Law dispute Olympia Wash. A a Federal judge thursday ordered the state to pay More than $400,000 in Legal expenses incurred by five Media organizations that challenged a slate Law limiting exit polling of voters bul disallowed other ices. The amount awarded by . District judge Jack Tanner was about a third or what the Ihrcke major television net works the new York times and the her Ald of Everett had sought to cover expenses in their Legal Battle Over the polling Law which barred journalists and pollsters in the stale from surveying Vot ers within 300 feet of polling places. The five Media corporations sued i he state in 1985, attacking the constitutionality of a 1983 san la Law approved Iii the Wake of an uproar Over Early network election projections made before polls closed in the Wen. Tanner initially ruled in favor of the state but later reversed his ruling the state s Appeal to the 9lh . Circuit court of appeals has not been decided. After winning the favourable ruling from Tanner the Media plaintiffs billed the stale almost si.2 million in Legal costs including hourly rates of As much ast2t2, the state walked and Tanner appointed Tacoma lawyer Edward Lane to study the fee request. He concluded the Bil Lings were excessive duplicate pc and unreasonable Washington Secretary of stale Ralph Munro applauded the judge s decision to chop the fees saying in significantly reduced the  to stale tax  at the same Lime he expressed the Hope that the state s position would eventually be upheld on Appeal making the Issue of fees moot. Munro and others argue that exit poll ing and the Early projections they make possible have had a chilling effect on Vot ing in the West. Media lawyers say the drop off in voting has been poorly documented and overstated and insist that exit polling is a co Stilu tonally protected form of news reporting. Tim nuclear unit restarted Middletown a. A the unit 1 reactor at the three mile Island nuclear Plant was restarted thursday about 12 hours after a false signal prompted an automatic shutdown. Lisa Robinson a spokeswoman for the Plant operator cup nuclear corp., said the reactor would gradually return to full Power. The reactor was operating at full Power when in shut Down wednesday. Robinson said the shutdown was caused by a spurious signal that indicated a High water level in one of the moisture separator she said there was no problem with the water level. Another Gnu spokesman Doug be Dell said the separator removes excess moisture from steam before in reaches the turbines. The Plant s nuclear systems were not involved and no emergency was created Bedell said. Three mile Island was the site of the nation s worst commercial nuclear Acci Dent in March 1979, when portions of the unit 2 reactor were left uncovered by vital Cooling water and some material in the Core of the reactor melted. Unit 1, which was not involved in the Accident was allowed to res i in octo Ber 198. Drive a crooked mile the double lines on West eighth Street in Jam mown , Are shift ing because of movement in the pave ment City officials claim. The parallel lines move without cracking because they Are made of tape not paint. Eastern jetliner grounded after hard Landing Chicago a an Eastern airlines jetliner has been removed from service in Chicago while investigators assess damage apparently caused by a hard land ing earlier in Tulsa okla., official j said. Mort Edc Leslein a spokesman for the Federal aviation administration said investigators found wrinkles As Long As seven feel in the fuselage of the Boeing 727 after it landed wednesday from Kansas City with 85 passengers and a Crew of seven. We grounded it and said in would have to slay on the ground until repairs could be made Edelstein said. The National transportation safety Board is investigating the incident he said. The Faa began its investigation after a lip from an airline employee that the plane landed hard in Tulsa okla., after a flight from Kansas City on tuesday Edelstein said. That Means it came in very hard and hit nose first instead of wheels first he said. They re calling that Landing an Accident and that s serious. They should have held it  instead the plane flew Back to Kansas City the next morning carrying 70 passengers and a Crew of seven then flew the 85 passengers to Chicago. Robin Matell a spokesman for Eastern said he was unable to comment on the incident. I be been out of town and know nothing about in he said. Eastern officials in Tulsa were not available for comment a reservations spokeswoman said. Flowed stomps surface in logo Des moine5, Iowa a several dozen . Postage Stamps erroneously printed As Blue rectangles instead of Blue backed images of acc have been Dis covered in pcs Moines. An unidentified woman sold the Stamps to a dealer for at least $1,000 and the Stamps have since been re sold to collectors somewhere on the Easi coast. Stamps with errors arc often valuable to collectors although the value diminishes if a Large number of the Stamps Are discovered. The 22-ccni stamp is supposed to commemorate tace making with images of delicate lace printing on top of the Blue background. The flawed Stamps Are Blue rectangles with Lac making Usa 22" printed be Neath. Jim Stordahl communications manager for the pcs Moines office of the United slates postal service con firmed the error. We Don i Sec it As a problem. It s the Bureau of engraving which did the stamp. We have no control Over what happens when the Stamps leave the build ing he said. The errors were discovered by a woman who contacted several pcs Moi is area stamp dealers including Robert Degroff owner of rns Stamps and coins who said the woman did not want to be identified. She was exuberant when she came in he explained saying she was not a collector but knew there might be value in the errant Stamps. The woman discovered the errors in the Middle of a pad of 1,000 panes or sheets of 40 Stamps each that were purchased at a Des Moines Post office substation. U.s., Iceland agree on whale Hunting Washington a the United states has agreed not to impose sanctions against Iceland As Long As that nation submits its plans 10 Hunt whales for research purposes to an International commission the National oceanic and atmospheric administration announced wednesday. Iceland has agreed to submit its 1988 and subsequent whale research programs for review by the inter National whaling commission and to follow the recommendations of that Agency Noaa reported. In response the United Stales will drop its threat to impose economic sanctions against Iceland Over the taking of whales officials said. Iceland has proposed to take too whales for scientific research this year a plan that prompted the threat of sanctions from the United Stales. Opponents of whaling led by the United states have resisted whaling for scientific research contend ing that it is nothing bul a or Clit for commercial whaling mainly to Supply Japan the world s largest whale meat Market. Animal Protection groups meanwhile arc pressing the Reagan administration to impost sanctions against Japan Over its planned and Arctic whale Hunt. They say the hum would violate a 198-1 japanese pledge to cease the Large scale commercial Slaughter of the Ocean going mammals. The world wildlife fund has called for invoking two . Whale Protection Laws which would allow the government 10 ban the it non of seafood from Japan and to Cut in half the amount Offish the japanese can take from . Waters