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EARLY RETURNS HAVE 'HAWKS STADIUM BID LOOKING LIKE A WINNER

          The AP is reporting that the Seahawks stadium proposal
     is leading 699,239-681,389 in a statewide referendum. 
     Potential team Owner Paul Allen: "Our projections show us
     ahead and the trend is positive.  I'm very optimistic at
     this point."  Precise numbers on how many people voted "were
     not immediately available because most counties were voting
     by mail" (AP/BOSTON GLOBE, 6/18).  In Seattle, Schaefer &
     Postman note a "sizable 'yes' vote" in the "populous" Puget
     Sound area "appears to have overcome massive anti-stadium
     sentiment" in Eastern WA and "virtually every other corner
     of the state" (SEATTLE TIMES, 6/18).  The fact that WA
     voters "did not want to lose Seahawk football. ... more than
     anything else, was the reason voters apparently" voted for
     the proposition, according to a Seattle Times WA telephone
     poll by WA-based Elway Research June 7-16 of 512 voters
     (Susan Gilmore, SEATTLE TIMES, 6/18).   Also in Seattle,
     Paulson & Penhale write that "it could be a week before the
     final vote is tabulated" (POST-INTELLIGENCER, 6/18).

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