European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and Stripe s Friday april 28, 1975 panel weighs proposal Pentagon objects to Reserve arms sales curbs Washington up1 the pc sense department raised Strong objections wednesday to a proposed Bill that would prohibit the Sale of Reserve . Arms stocks to foreign countries except in Small quantities under emergency conditions and with guarantees of Quick replacement. Paul Riley. Deputy assistant defense Secretary told a Senate armed serv ices subcommittee that the proposed legislation would limit the president s ability to support allies in a crisis such As was done when tanks and other arms were rushed to Israel in 1973 from North Atlantic treaty organization and other stocks to turn the tide of Battle in . But the shipments which required a Long replacement period left the . And nato More vulnerable. Riley said the Pentagon agreed that foreign military sales should not be drawn from reserves except in extreme  but he voiced Strong concern that the proposed Law would be too restrictive that there May be times when the . May want to sell War Reserve stocks to other nations and that other conditions might limit the emergency proviso. Riley also said obsolete material in existing stocks must be periodically re placed but that before procuring new and improved items the defense department tries to sell the old arms. Sales of . Stocks even to our nato allies during joint operations would appear to be precluded or at least severely restricted he said. He said the Pentagon shared con Gressional concern that the ability of . Forces to respond to a Short warn ing intense attack in Europe might be impaired if arms stocks were not Suffle. Cint but that High priority was being Given to keeping them full. The proposed legislation designed to prevent the depletion of War stocks would go into effect sept. 30,1980. Sen John c. Culver a Iowa said he would have defense depart meet officials come Back during the markup of the proposed Bill and then ordered the hear ing into executive session for question son Security aspects. When you re upside Down High in the air burning through a 360-degree Loop the proper thing to do is scream your Bead off. That s what Carolyn Spangler whee be be 14, left and Dawn Woodard 11, Are doing As they try out the Shock wave roller coaster just erected in their Hometown of Arlington Tex. They were part of a Large crowd that waited hours to make the two minute trip on the hair Raiser. The roller track starts at Lowe right in the photo. _ a radio City music Hall crowds drop new York a the last Dunc crowds that packed radio City music Hill As its closing Day neared have dwindled leaving the landmark theater with die same ills which almost closed it empty cats and mounting deficits. And parties to an nth hour scheme the saved it from closing april 12 report thy i ave done nothing to implement the proposals which sounded so urgent a few weeks ago. There has been very Little Concrete Progress said Michelle Demilly spokes Man for a key party the state Urban development corp. Overflow audiences broke Box office re cords at the 45-year-old music Hall As tie closing Date neared. Some 693,000 person paid $2.698.780 Between Jan. 1 and april u to see the show compared with 476,589 who paid $1,876,000 during the same period b 1977. When the last minute Rescue plan to keep the Hall open for at least one Root year was announced the easter show we extended jubilant rockette kicked Back onto the stage and attendance Plum meted. Since april 12, an average of 3,001 per sons have bought tickets each weekday to get into the four daily shows in the 1,8 scat Hall according to radio City spokes Man Patricia Robert. She said that rate daily attendance is about Normal for be theater in recent years. Under the Rescue scheme a subsidiary to the Udo dubbed the civic Hal preservation project corporation is to stuff ways to make the Hall profitable. Americans concerned with the Quality of i if e inflation is now the top Issue pollster reports Washington a americans Are willing to make individual sacrifices in their lifestyles to help Battle inflation and have lost Confidence in government and other institutions pollster Lou Harris said wednesday. Basically our people Are far More concerned with the Quality of life and far less with the unlimited acquisition of More physical goods and services Harris told a Senate subcommittee. These Are Radical findings by any measure because they mean that the age of materialism As we have known it is going to be radically  Harris said his polls show the no l Issue facing the country is inflation with 82 per cent of those responding saying they worry about rising Price by a 54-32 margin americans would accept smaller pay increases with some Assurance the costs of living were being brought under control he said. Sixty five percent think it is very important for Congress in 1978 to have the courage to ask people to make sacrifice where necessary Harris explained. Over two in every three people admit they Are highly wasteful and a much higher 92 percent think we Are going to have to find ways to Cut Back on the amount of things we consume and waste " he said. A substantial 71 percent thin such a cutback will mean a Cut in the . Standard of  Given the Choice of reduced consumption or continued inflation joblessness and shortages of raw materials. Americans picked the less profligate lifestyle by a 71 percent to 12 percent. Harris said Harris said the findings Are from polls conducted by his research firm this year but he did not specify when the polls were taken How Many people were interviewed the method of interviewing or the exact wording of the questions. Harris contended his poll reports show americans Are More willing to accept change and make sacrifices than their leaders believe. Lie told the Senate subcommittee on intergovernmental relations thai Ameri cans Confidence in doctors has plummeted to an All time Low while Trust in govern ment big business and other major in Siuyu Jlonus remains at similarly depressed some 12 years ago when we Becan making such a measurement doctors were close to sacred cows with 73 percent expressing High Confidence in then a said. But the current approval percent the lowest we Ever recorded i leaders of Medicine in the same period he said Public to Dence in big business dropped from 8 a cent to 21 percent and Confidence in leaders has Slid from 22 percent to Vncent. Confidence in Congress has Dropps 12 percent from a High of 42 percent to he said that rating hit an All Lime to percent in 1976 and was 11 p".?year Confidence in the supreme cow � Down to 18 percent from the 1866 level i percent he said the approval rat Media which had climbed to after the watergate scandal has dropped Back to 2 1 percent