European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday november 17, 1973 prep Survey student leaders found conservative generally distrustful of government by Gene i. Maeroff new York not a Survey of 26,000 High school student leaders across the United states indicates that they Are generally distrustful of government but per haps somewhat More conservative in their attitudes than some people might expect. Eighty three per cent of the students declared themselves in favor of traditional marriage 81 per cent said that school children should not be bused to achieve integration 72 per cent said they never used marijuana and 31 per cent said that labor unions should not be allowed to strike. The Survey was conducted by educational communications inc., which publishes who s who among american High school students. The Book contains biographical sketches of students Nomi started at 16 rated by principals and guidance coun Selorus As those with High achievement i studies and activities. Students from the Northeast including the new York metropolitan area consistently demonstrated More Liberal attitudes in their responses than those fro Mother parts of the country. Over All 64 per cent of the students said the amount of Money spent in political campaigns by candidates should be regu lated and 40 per cent said that under pre sent conditions Only wealthy persons could afford to run for political office. Because the Survey was conducted last summer the responses concerning presi Dent Nixon and the Federal government did not take account of recent developments inthe watergate scandal. Even then however 69 per cent said that the watergate incident and events surrounding it had caused a loss of Public Confidence in the president. On matters of personal life style 72 per cent of the students All of whom had just completed or were entering the senior year in High school said that they had never engaged in sexual Intercourse. Forty one per cent said that they did not approve of premarital Intercourse under any circumstances. Divorce was widely accepted among the students As a Way of solving the problems of a failing marriage. Seventy one per cent said that they would seek divorce if the marriage was not working and All other Means of problem solving had failed. Among religious groups jewish Stu dents found divorce most acceptable 89 per cent of them approving. Seventy one per cent of the protestants approved of divorce and 66 per cent of the roman Cath Olics. On miscellaneous questions 78 per cent of the students said they had never seen a hard Core pornographic movie 86 per cent said they would vote for a qualified Black person for president 62 per cent of the males said they would not serve voluntarily in the armed forces and 98 per cent thought men and women should receive equal pay for equal work. Drawn from All parts of the country the Survey group was composed of 91 per cent Whites and 54 per cent females. Ninety six per cent of the 26,000 had High school aver Ages of a or b. Presumably the Survey findings might have been somewhat different if opinions had also been sought from students with lower grades and Young people who had become dropouts. Jack poor is leaving to with no regrets excuses by Jay Sharbutt new York a Jack Paar the Man who made late hour laughter outrage and insomnia a National habit has made what he says probably will be his last appearance on television. I be been in this business since i was 16 years old and i be worked awfully hard. And now i m leaving with no regrets and no excuses said the 55-year-old per former. His Jack Paar Tonitte on Abc begun last january ended Friday night both at Paar s request and because it failed to Dent the High ratings of Abc s tonight show ratings he established As the out spoken unpredictable Star of that pro Gram from 1957 to 1962. He did t make a big Deal Friday nigh about goodbye. No he laughed slipping into a stage whisper the quieter we go the better. Just sneak a  he was in a cheerful philosophical mood and did t blame his show s failure on rat Ings. He blamed it on station numbers not ing that tonight is on 220 stations and his show on Only 162. It does t matter what you do Abc cannot make it against that kind of line up he said. He said that he has no plans to return to to but that it in t because his show did t work out. I have absolutely no desire to be in Tele vision and i did to for the last year want to be in it he said. I got myself into it but i wanted to leave after the first night. I could see what the situation was but i kept my word because Abc has been very Nice to me and spent a helluva lot of Money in this whole new late evening concept  asked if there s any Chance he May re . Plant blast kills 7, injures 14 Birmingham England a seven people were killed and 14 others injured when a severe explosion rocked a factory in Birmingham wednesday. The blast erupted at the Imperial Metal industries Plant in Witton. A fire depart ment spokesman said it appeared to have been in the sporting ammunition Section of the factory. Police said As far As they were aware the explosion was accidental. Turn to to for specials Paar replied i think it s almost impossible but i hate to be quoted As saying never never be cause who knows but i would say if we were like friends talking Over a drink i would say the Chan Ces Are you la not see me again on Tele vision in any kind of  he said Abc executives persuaded him to do his show by telling him a he d Only have to work one week a month and b by doing that he d help keep the then weekly Dick Cavett.  going the show had Low ratings by easing Cavett s work Load. I never came Back because i was bored or had to be a celebrity said Paar. None of those things mean anything to me  what went wrong with his show was tithe format i Don t know he said. I Don t know How you change a format that you began. It now looks like i m imitating everybody does t it he laughed. If i do a lot of Little looks or takes or gestures i think the kids must think i steal from Johnny Carson or  Paar said he will relax by working on his new Home in Connecticut. Hell also study navigation because he s buying a diesel trawler hell use on deep sea voyages from his other Home in key Biscayne Fla. I m very Happy to leave honest to god he said. I can t wait to get it Over with and never talk about show  reunited in Broadway production Alice Faye and John Payne who acted together in films in the 1940s, Are reunited at a rehearsal for a Broadway show Good  they last appeared together in 1943 in hello Frisco  the new show also will feature Eddie Rochester Anderson who Long appeared with Jack Benny. Up photo Nixon threats failed to defender says Washington a the chairman of the House communications subcommittee said that despite threats and bluster by president Nixon against the to networks they have not held Back in reporting the news. Rep. Torbert h. Macdonald d-mass., described his subcommittee As defenders of the free press and said it s the con Gress that stands Between the broadcaster and the heavy hand of  Macdonald in a speech in the past week at a National press club luncheon said if i have a single message to Send to the Bosses of All the television and radio news men in the country network and station alike it s this there s nothing the executive Branch can do to or for you. Your Job is to see to it that the news is reported accurately and fairly by professional journalists period. And to the newsmen i say keep on calling it As you see  but Macdonald said i m not being so naive As to believe that the attacks from the White House will Stop. I m afraid that or Nixon s network neurosis is too far advanced for  Macdonald said he was particularly de fending the to networks because this new journalistic giant seems to be the president s favorite lightning  i am not appearing Here As a total de fender of the television Industry. The Media s proclivity for exaggerated sex and violence is a source of concern to me and i certainly am not alone in this feel ing he said. Macdonald related Steps he said the White House had taken to try to inhibit network news including creation in 1970 of the office of telecommunication policy to enable the executive Branch to speak with a harsher  Well this administration tried it All and i for one am satisfied that they did t bring them into line he said. Macdonald said he had heard from All network presidents and three nightly net work news programs and the Only in stance that could possibly be interpreted As a Concession to administration pressure was the decision five months ago by lbs to do away with instant analysis of presidential addresses on television. But As you All know he said on monday lbs rescinded that Experiment and we will now get the Benefit of their thinking when the president again chooses to pre empt our Public airwaves. In my mind the most important Assur Ance i got in my investigation of the to networks response to or. Nixon s threats and bluster was Abc s John Chan cellar s Flat out statement our product has not been altered in a single instance by the presidential attack Abc s Howard k. Smith said the same thing in different words and lbs s Walter Cronkite repeated to me what he said on the air no pressure of any kind Ever reached