European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 14, 1990 the stars and stripes Kodak ordered to pay $909.5 million for infringing on Polaroid s patents Boston up a in a staggering award that still disappointed investors Polaroid corp. Won a $909.5 million award Friday in a Long running Patent infringement suit against Eastman Kodak co. The decision by . District court judge a. David Mazzone was the biggest such judgment in . History but was far Short of the $2.5 billion that some Wall Street analysts had expected. It also fell Short of the $1.25 billion that Polaroid had set As the threshold beyond which it would begin paying out a Cash dividend to stockholders. Polaroid had sought $5.7 billion in compensation for lost profits and interest. It also asked for triple damages of the principal amount for Kodak a alleged Wilfulness in entering the instant photography Market. Polaroid held open the possibility of an Appeal. A considering the significance of the injury to the company and its stockholders we will review the decision and All relevant factors to determine what Steps the company will take a said i. Macallister Booth polaroids president and chief executive officer. He said the company will review its plans for using the Money and will not disclose them a until there is a final Resolution of this  in contrast Kodak seemed satisfied. Its chairman and chief executive officer Kay r. Whitmore said a while we feel the court award is substantially More than the amount to which Polaroid is entitled we View the courts decision As a confirmation of our Good Faith in entering the instant photography  analysts believe Polaroid stockholders will be disappointed and Kodak shareholders pleased. David Presson who follows both companies for Edward d. Jones amp co. In Maryland Heights mo., said a Kodak infringed on polaroids patents by marketing this Colo burst 300 instant camera and film. With anything past $1.25 billion Polaroid shareholders would have gotten some of  now the Cambridge based company a will need this amount to pay Down its debt a he said and he predicted that Kodak Stock would Rise monday. B. Alex Henderson who follows Polaroid for Prudential Bache securities in new York said a this is negative for Polaroid and clearly positive for Kodak. People were expecting a number much larger than that and i would expect Polaroid Stock to be off anything from $3 to $5 monday morning. The decision was released after the close of Stock trading Friday during which Polaroid Stock closed at $29.25 a share on new York Stock Exchange Down 12.5 cents on the Day on Light volume. Kodak finished ahead 25 cents to $34,625 a share in Active trading. Mazzone a decision came More than two years after the original Case was decided in polaroids favor. The Case began 14 years ago when Polaroid sued Kodak charging that the Rochester  company had infringed on Polaroid patents with a Range of instant cameras and films. Kodak put the products on the Market in 1976 and continued to sell them As the Case progressed until Early 1986. Polaroid won is first decision in District court in 1985 and that decision was upheld in two later challenges one in District court and one in appeals court. A Mazzone a decision came in a separate Case after the original suit and had been conducted solely to determine the amount of damages. The largest previous Patent infringement award was $200 million won by Hughes tool co. Of Houston in 1986 from Dresser industries inc. Of Dallas in a dispute Over Oil Rig Drill bits. Blast of nuclear weapon Felt in Las vegas Las vegas apr scientists detonated a nuclear weapon Friday after a 21/2-hour technical delay delivering a blast that was Felt in Las vegas High rises 105 Miles from ground Zero. The weapon was up to 10 times More powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Fridays test was the seventh of the year and the third in three weeks at the sprawling Nevada test site. A 5.7 Reading on the Richter scale was recorded at the National earthquake information Center in Golden colo., according to spokesman Waverly person. The Richter scale is a gauge of the Energy released by an earthquake As measured by the ground motion recorded on a Seismograph. A quake of magnitude 5 can cause considerable damage if it occurs in a populated area. Department of Energy spokesman Jim Boyer who monitored the test 34 Miles from ground Zero said scientists seemed pleased with the results. A fall i see is Happy faces a Boyer said. A the situation appears Normal. Everything looks real  the test code named Teabo was scheduled for 8 ., but was delayed until 10 30  Because of technical problems. A the test was put on hold until they checked out the mechanisms a Boyer said. A i done to have any details and i doubt if they a Tell me. Obviously it Wasny to anything very  the nuclear weapon was buried 2,000 feet beneath paiute Mesa about 105 Miles Northwest of Las vegas. Doe monitors atop High Rise buildings in Las vegas said the blast was a Felt distinctly at the Sahara Rio and Palace station hotels. Gilbert Yarchever who has an apartment on the 25th floor of the Regency towers East of the Las vegas strip said a anything hanging  the blast was listed As having an explosive Force of 20,000 to 150,000 tons of int the upper limit allowed by nuclear treaties with the soviet Union. The atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima had an explosive Force of 15,000 tons. Managers of High Rise buildings were warned by the Doe that the explosion could cause some motion a Standard warning Given when a blast is expected near the upper limits. The test was originally scheduled for thursday morning but was postponed because of winds blowing toward Las vegas. Tests Are called off if winds Are blowing toward a populated area in Case radioactive gases escape from the underground test  vote requires parental notification by the new York times Washington a the Senate voted Friday to require that a teen age girl notify a Parent before obtaining an abortion in any Hospital or clinic that receives Federal funds. It was the first time either House of Congress had approved such parental notification requirements for abortion. The measure sponsored by sen. Wil  l. Armstrong r-colo., was passed As part of an amendment to the appropriations Bill for the department of health and human services. The entire Dill was approved Friday evening. The House has already approved an appropriations Bill for the department that does not include the parental notice requirement. That Means that the Issue will ave to be resolved in a conference committee. The Armstrong provision favored by nmi"a50rtl0n groups it was attached to an dment that required Federal funds made available for abortions in cases rape and incest something that some the same groups oppose. The joining of the requirements raised the possibility of the conference committee dropping both provisions in a Compromise. But if the Armstrong provision were enacted into Law it would be the first time the Federal government would require parental notification before an abortion is performed on patients under the age of 18. Several states have adopted Laws requiring parental notification and the Federal Law would take effect Only in those states with no statutes of their own on the subject. Under the Armstrong provision one of the pregnant girls parents would have to be notified 48 hours before an abortion is performed. The Parent would not have to give permission. The Senate approved the provision on a voice vote after opponents failed in an Effort to table the measure. The vote to table was 48-48, meaning it failed. Although the Senate quickly voted to make the vote no longer part of the record lobbyists for both sides said that sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum r-kan., provided the swing vote to prevent the Armstrong provision from being killed. Sen. Tom Harkin a Iowa who led the fight against the Armstrong provision said he believed the notification provision constitutional right to abortion the would be ruled unconstitutional. Courts attitude on abortion has shifted since Roe is. Wade the 1973 landmark toward allowing greater restrictions on supreme court ruling that established a terminating a  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 14,1950 a the soviet Union turned a cold shoulder to Western proposals that Germany be unified answering instead with pressure on the East German government to vote a openly and unanimously for communism.�?�30 years ago today. Oct. 14, 1960 a Premier Fidel Castro a cuban government nationalized 382 enterprises including virtually All the principal businesses in the nation.20 years ago today. Oct. 14,1970 a North Vietnam in a statement broadcast by Hanoi radio categorically rejected president Nixon a five Point peace plan for indochina.7 0 years ago today. Oct. 14,1980 a iraqis army continued to press nearer to Iran a major Oil refining City of Abadan while Iran threatened to launch a counter invasion into Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein a regime