European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bobby and Billy against baddies a photo a British Bobby swings a Billy club during an altercation with unruly fans of the Glasgow rangers during a soccer game in London saturday. The action on Thefield Between the rangers and the Tottenham hotspur ended in a 1-1 tie but the disruptive fan were Defeated by the police. 52% in . Back Star wars poll says new York a about half of americans support president Reagan a Star wars plan but Many would rather see military Money used for More conventional weapons according to a Media general associated press poll. The do a 1,365 respondents also found a great Deal of confusion about the ability of the United states to defend itself against a nuclear attack. Fifty two percent of the respondents said Reagan s plan to seek an anti mis Sile defense system in space was Nec Essary to counter a soviet threat while 34 percent opposed the plan because they Felt it would intensify the arms race. The rest 14 percent were unsure. When Given a Choice Between Star wars research and More conventional weapons More respondents preferred the conventional route. Half of those polled said that if the United states continued to increase its. Military budget they would prefer to see More Money spent on conventional defense systems while about 30 percent said the Money should be used for Star wars research. The rest were unsure. Reagan startled the nation with a March 23, 1983, speech outlining a de sense that he said would make nuclear weapons obsolete he later said he envisioned an umbrella that would protect the United states and its allies against enemy missiles. Critics say it would be impossible to erect an impermeable shield against at tack and the Pentagon acknowledges that the concept is a Distant dream. Mili tary planners nope to Start with a system that would protect . Missiles against Surprise attack thereby providing a fur ther degree of deterrence. When it comes to Basic defense issues the poll found that nearly six in 10 respondents believed the United states had a Good or excellent ability to defend itself against nuclear attack. Only one third said the . Ability to defend itself was fair or poor. When asked what was the most important element in the . Defense against nuclear attack 46 percent of the respondents did t know. Thirteen percent cited missiles and other weapons and 12 percent said Early detection 5 percent said Star wars which is Only a proposal was the chief element. Only s percent said the key Factor in . Defense was soviet fear of Retalia Tion. The rest cited other elements. The fact is deterrence is the Only de sense against nuclear attack. Once an at tack is launched the United states has no Way to Stop incoming missiles. Although the anti ballistic missile treaty of 1972 allows the United states and the soviet Union to maintain 100 anti missile missiles around each of two potential targets America decided in the late 1970s that  a system was no effective and docs not have one. The russians maintain an abm system around Moscow but Washington relic son the threat of retaliation to deter soviet attack. In a speech on March 29, 1985, Rea Gan said his strategic defense initiative commonly referred to As Star wars was an attempt to Render obsolete the balance of terror or Mutual assured destruction and replace it with a sys tem incapable of initiating armed conflict or causing mass destruction yet effective in preventing  respondents in the Media general associated press poll included a random scientific sampling of 1,365 adults across the country june 20-28. As with All Sam ple surveys the results of Media a incr Al a Telephone polls can vary from the opinions of All americans because of Chance variation in the Sample. For a poll based on about 1,300 inter views the results arc subject loan error margin of 3 percentage Points either Way because of Chance variations in the Sam ple. That is if one could have questioned All americans with telephones there is Only 1 Chance in 20 that the findings would vary from the results of polls  As this one by More than 3 percentage Points. The results could differ from other polls for several reasons. Differences in exact wording of questions in the timing of interviews and in the interview meth ods could also cause variations. Media general inc., a communications company based in Richmond va., publishes the Richmond times dispatch and the Richmond news Leader the Tampa Fla Tribune and the Winston Salem journal in North Carolina. The company s television stations arc Weflin Tampa a cd in Charleston s.c., and woks in Jacksonville Fla. 2 americans 2 britons detained by soviet police Moscow up police detained two americans and two britons sunday for distributing leaflets to soviets enter ing Gorky Park. The leaflets described the effects of radiation a colleague  spokesman for the group Mal Colm Corbett said the four people had been handing out the leaflets for Only five or 10 minutes before police took them away for questioning. We thought the information was Rele vant because of the chernobyl disaster Corbett said. Those detained were Bob Mcglynnan Ann Marie Hendrickson of Brook Lyn n.y., David Barnsdale of London and Peggy Walford of Coventry eng land. The group of six people which also included briton Lynne Jones arrive from London Friday and the six were scheduled to leave the soviet Union on monday. Corby it said All were Active in the nuclear disarmament movement. Walford a member of the British communist party was involved in the Greenham common anti nuclear protest for five years Corbett said. The leaflet gave advice on precaution so be taken against exposure to radiation Corbett said. They had been printed in russian in England and were carried unnoticed past the soviet customs officers he said. Corbett said his group had made con tact with the soviet Trust group a Small unofficial organization that suggests measures to increase Trust Between East and West. That organization frequently harassed by authorities staged a protest against nuclear Energy in Gorky Park six weeks ago. They were slopped by police after about 30 minutes. The soviet Union is committed to a major increase in the amount of electricity generated by nuclear Power plants and there is no equivalent to the Broad Public opposition seen in the West