European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday september 23, 1977 Only 29% favor Panama treaty . Poll shows Washington a by an Over whelming margin the american people oppose the treaty that would relinquish . Control Over the Panama canal an associated press Public opinion poll  poll found 50 per cent of those surveyed said they opposed Senate ratification of the treaty. Only 29 per cent favored the pact while about 21 per cent expressed no opinion. The opposition Cut across regional party educational age and income lines. It was the first nationwide Survey con ducted since president Carter and Pana Manian Leader Gen. Omar Torrijos signed the treaty on sept. 7 with great fanfare. Despite Carter s efforts to drum up sup port for the pact the poll showed he has been unable to persuade a majority of disown democratic party or the residents of his Home Region the South to Back the treaty. These findings of widespread opposition Are similar to the figures from other polls. The Senate is not expected to debate the treaty until next year giving Carter at least several months to work on Public opinion. The president has said he thinks support for the treaty is mounting. The poll was based on Telephone inter views with 1,548 adults conducted monday for the a by Chilton research services of Radnor  opposed the treaty by a Knievel faces charge after writer beaten los Angeles up motorcycle stunt rider Evel Knievel was free on $1,000 bail thursday after he allegedly used a baseball Bat to beat a television executive who wrote a Book branding him an Alco Holic a Pill Pusher and an  Knievel was booked wednesday night on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after the alleged attack on Shelly Saltman vice president of the telecommunications division of 20th Century Fox outside the studio earlier in the Day. Saltman 46. Was admitted to los an Geles new Hospital with a compound Frac Ture of the left Arm and a broken right wrist. Saltman former publicity agent for Knievel is the author of a recently published Book Evel Knievel on tour which details the stuntman s unsuccessful attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in a rocket powered ski Cycle three years ago. Saltman said Knievel and another Man set upon him As he was walking to his office at the studio. Police spotted Knievel driving alone and the stuntman willingly followed them to a police station where he was questioned an then formally booked. He was ordered to appear in municipal court for arraignment next wednesday. Knievel issued a statement saying he Felt Saltman s Book was a personal insult to me my friends. The Book tried to destroy my future and the image i have worked so hard to achieve with the Young people of this country. He Saltman accused me of being an alcoholic a Pill Pusher and an immoral  margin of 44 per cent to 34 per cent. That was the most support for the treaty among any  opposed the pact by 61 to 26 per cent and independents by 54 to 25.support for the treaty was strongest among those aged 18 to 29 and weakest among those Over 60. About 35 per cent of the Young adults backed the pact while Only 20 per cent of those Over 60 supported  regions support for the treaty was strongest in the East where 34 per cent favored ratification 48 per cent were opposed and 18 per cent had no  the South 49 per cent opposed the treaty with Only 26 per cent favouring it and25 per cent undecided. In both the Midwest and West 52 percent opposed the treaty. In the Midwest 28 per cent favored it and 20 per cent were undecided in the West supporters numbered 29 per cent with 19 per cent  opposition to the treaty in the South contrasts with the High ratings of Carter s Job performance from that area. The pres ident got his strongest excellent ratings in the South while the negative ratings of his performance were the lowest there. Some 36 per cent of those with incomes Over $25,000 a year supported the treaty the highest level of any income  were no other major variations in attitudes among income groups. The poll divided the persons surveyed into 31 subgroups and Only four of those subgroups favored the treaty or split evenly. Black adults narrowly favored the treaty the poll found As did members of other nonwhite races. But the numbers involved were too Small to draw significant conclusions. Adults with at least a College degree split roughly on the question of Senate ratification. Those who said Carter was doing an excellent Job As president also were evenly divided Between support and opposition. Several polls have been taken by other organizations during recent months on the Panama canal treaty question. Abc ran a Survey on aug. 23, asking if the United states should sign a treaty that would eventually return control of the Panama canal to Panama. Of the 1,600adults interviewed 55 per cent opposed such a treaty. About 27 per cent favored it while 18 per cent had no opinion. Long and Short of it senior airman Louise Young who is 5 feet tall has to use a Stool to measure airman Suzanne Henderson who is 6 foot-2 during Henderson s initial processing at Westover fab mass. Both women Are air Force reservists As signed to the 439th tactical Airlift Wing at the base. Associated press Chest pain treatments studied drugs surgery give equal results Boston a coronary bypass sur Gery is being used to relieve some Chest pain when drug treatment appears to have the same Long term result a veterans administration study says. Or. Marvin l. Murphy of the a Hospi Tal in Little Rock ark., said that the report should encourage less  report which polled doctors at 13 a hospitals nationwide was published in Amtrak officials ban pets Washington a dogs cats Birds and other pets will no longer be Able to ride on Amtrak trains. Amtrak officials trying to make ends meet said the rail corporation cannot afford to comply with new Federal regulations on the transportation of pets. Thursday s edition of the new England journal of Medicine. Murphy said the Survey involved 596 patients treated for angina a sometimes crippling Chest pain often caused by a blocked coronary artery. Of those studied the report said 310 were treated with medication and the rest underwent surgery. After 36 months the report found 87 per cent of the patients treated with Medica Tion were still alive and 88 per cent of the surgical group were living. There is no difference Between opera Tion and medical treatment in terms of sur Vival Murphy said. The operation involves using a Section of vein from the leg to bypass an obstructed artery in the patient s heart. An estimated 70,000 people will have coronary bypass operations in the . This year at an average Cost of $12,500. There is Relief of pain with surgery Murphy said. But you have to be very careful that patients have had adequate medical treatment because Many people respond to that without  he said recent increases in the number of coronary bypass operations Stem fro earlier studies that found patients with angina lived longer if they had the opera Tion. Met voice coach Coscia Dies Watertown mass. A Silvio Coscia a French Horn player and voice coach with the metropolitan opera for 36 years died at his Home Here of an apparent heart attack. He was 77