European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 30, 1985 Trade restrictions favored by wide margin poll shows los  up1 americans concerned about protecting Domestic jobs and reducing the Trade deficit favor restrictions on foreign imports by a 2-to-l margin a Survey by the los Angeles times showed. The Survey published in the times sunday edition also showed Strong support for congressional efforts to restrict foreign imports and found Many of those surveyed tended to blame foreign countries for the Trade imbalance rather than . Policies or problems. Three out of four people surveyed described As a serious problem the United states new status As a debtor nation one that owes More to foreign coun tries than they owe to it. Asked whether the United states should restrict imports to protect jobs or disavow Trade barriers in favor of providing Consumers with wide choices and lower prices respondents favored restriction by a More than a 2-to-l margin. The response was virtually unchanged from a times poll taken in May 1983. Cheap labor abroad was credited for the Success of foreign goods in american markets in the Telephone poll of 1,967 people nationwide conducted Over six Days ending thursday. The most popular argument in favor of Trade restrictions was Job protect on followed by improving Domestic profits and reducing the Trade balance. The most often cited argument against restrictions was a desire to improve Domestic manufacturing and Cut prices of american goods followed by concern that restrictions would raise prices and create world tensions. Of those polled who arc aware of president Reagan s Trade policies. 50 percent oppose them and 34 percent approve them. Bu1, the pollsters found a substantial number of those surveyed were unaware of the presi Dent s policies on the Issue. A Bill to reduce textile imports expected to go to the floor of the House within the next several Days was supported by 51 percent of those surveyed. Legislation to curb imports Overall was supported by smaller margins. A Bill was narrowly opposed that would impose a 25 percent surcharge on a wide variety of imports including imported cars and television sets. The poll found that the More educated the respondent the less Likely he or she was to support import restrictions except among those who said they had a Post graduate education. Within that group 47 percent opposed Trade barriers to protect jobs and 45 percent favored them. Japanese car owners tended to support restrictions less than those who own american cars the poll reported. Of the entire Sample surveyed 67 percent said they own american cars while 19 percent own foreign cars. Times poll director la. Lewis said the Survey has a 3 percent sampling error. The Boss winds Down i5-Monfh four los Angeles up against the video Back drop of the american Flag and with a chorus of almost 100.000. Blue Collar Rocker Bruce Springsteen opened the four concert finale to his 15-month world tour at the coliseum with his hit song born in the .a." the Friday night show a typical Springsteen mar athon lasting about four hours was filled with songs of heartland America and tarnished dreams Sung by the 36-year-old Man in Denim who has captured the spirit of a nation. Screaming fans danced Sang along with the music and gave each other High fives As the Boss and his e Street band brought their tour to los Angeles. Fans included actress Elizabeth Taylor and Singer Michael Jackson who left the concert together through a Side Entrance after the first set. Most of the crowd was orderly and police reported making Only about a dozen arrests. A likeness of the born in the .a." album cover with Springsteen playing a guitar in front of the Amer ican Flag was shown on two giant video screens. More than 325,000 fans bought tickets to the four concerts which will culminate with the final concert of the tour wednes Day night after concerts sunday and monday nights. Traffic was highly congested around the coliseum and Many fans had trouble reaching their seats in time for the opening of the concert which started about an hour late. Officials had hoped to avoid massive traffic jams aggravated by Rush hour traffic by opening the coliseum Gates at 4 . Springsteen was originally scheduled to open at the coliseum thursday night but poor weather in Denver forced a postpone ment there and a subsequent delay in los Angeles. Bruce Springsteen. 325,000 tickets sold in los Angeles doctors urged to keep fee freeze Washington a a California congressmen saturday asked american doctors not to increase fees for medicare patients when an existing freeze expires monday. Democratic rep. Fortney Stark said the freeze put into effect 15 months ago is expected to be extended by Congress. We Are calling on All physicians to respect the fee freeze which is the Clear intent of the Congress Stark said in a statement. I would Hope that doctors would net take unfair advantage of this Brief Legal  House and Senate committees have approved the Extension but the measure is attached to a budget Bill which has not passed. Stark chairman of a House ways and Means health subcommittee said that in the interim All medicare patients should be advised of the possible increase and do what they can to protect  he added they should ask their doctor if he has raised his fees. If he has the patient should go  the Extension legislation Stark said would be retroactive to oct. 1. The freeze was imposed after Congress established a new policy fixing the amount medicare could pay Doc tors in october 1983. Later lawmakers fixed the freeze to prevent doctors from passing along costs to medi care patients who have to pay some Bills out of their own pockets. Medicare is the government s $71 billion a year health program for the elderly. Roughly 30 million people Are covered by it. The american medical association has called plans to extend the freeze unfair to doctors. Congress has not chosen to freeze the fees of any other sector of the country yet considers extending the physicians fee freeze to 27 months said James h. Sammons the Ama executive vice president. To ask physicians to extend their fee freeze is unreasonable he said adding the freeze already has saved patients an estimated $3.1 billion. Sac chief of staff Brashear to retire from air Force nov. 1 of Tutt fab neb. Us l maj. Gen. John Bra Shear chief of staff for Headquarters at the strategic air Cormi. Will retire nov. I. Sac officials . 55, has been chief of staff since september 1984. Prior to that he was sacs Deputy chief of staff for opera he will be succeeded by maj. Gen. Robert Deckel . Brishcar a naval Academy graduate is a command Pilot with More than 8.000 Hying hours and has been awarded the legion of Merit the distinguished flying Cross with two Oak Leaf clusters and the Bronze Star. Reagan taps Pentagon lobbyist As next air Force Secretary Washington a president Reagan plans to nominate the Pentagon s chief lobbyist Russell a. Rourke. To be Secretary of the air Force he while House has an  confirmed by the Senate. Rourke will succeed Verne Orr who is . 53, joined the Reagan administration in 1981 As assistant Secretary of defense for legislative affairs. Doomsday trucks designed As wartime command posts Washington a the United states has built and tested a number of doomsday trucks that could be Usta by the president and top military leaders As Headquarters to fight a protracted nuclear War. Federal documents show. Although details arc secret the idea is that a president after fleeing to an airborne command Post during a nuclear attack May not have any major communication bases left on the ground after the first salvos. One answer the Pentagon believes would be an 18 a Eccl truck hardened against the effects of nuclear blast and radiation and equipped with a variety of radio and satellite communications gear. Such a truck could be transported by air or stored in areas of the country that could be expected to escape attack. New York water rustler caught tapping into fire hydrant new York a a water rustler was caught wet handed when drought conscious police spotted him tap Ping into a fire hydrant to fill a 200-gallon tank in the Back of his Van police said. Thomas r. Hurley 23. Of Plainview Long Island told police he was taking the water for his employer s truck washing company. Hurley and the firm s owner George Mcmurty 28, were issued summonses. Silverman said. New York City is under strict restrictions because of a drought that has lowered upstate reservoirs to about half the Normal level. Florida gov. Graham makes stage debut in his underwear West Palm Beach Fla. Up1 Bob Graham the two term governor of Florida who is expected to run for the . Senate next year made his first appearance As a professional actor in his underwear. The governor knows no fear said Keith Baker artistic director of the Florida repertory theater where Graham appeared in the season s first production of the  bouncing around the stage in several costumes including his undo shorts Graham bellowed and whined his Way through the show singing several songs. A crowd of More than 200, paying up to s250 a ticket attended the one time Only performance a Benefit for the theater which almost went broke last season. Artist wins $6,600 from Man who bit off part of his Finger Fairmont . A an artist who claimed part of his Finger was bitten off by his landlord in a dispute Over a ale rent payment has been awarded $6,600 from the land lord. A Marion county circuit court jury granted the award to David Merrill 32, who is known for his paintings of West Virginia mountaineers and for lithographs of . Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Rolton. The landlord Frank Gallo testified that Merrill deliberately stuck his fingers in his Mouth to Hurt him and also tried to scratch his eyes out. He said he bit Down on the Finger to restrain Merrill. Merrill testified that the injury hampered his ability to do detailed artwork