European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday december 27,1988 poll approves of Reagan despite flaws new York at americans be Sieve president Reagan has helped the Rich and Hurt inc poor but a wide majority in Nimchek h. Approve of i work in the while mouse according to a National poll. Majorities in inc Media general associated press Survey gave negative grades to Reagan s social policies and ethics enforcement rated his judgment unfavourably and said they would not have sup ported him for it third term. At the same Lime an overwhelming two thirds approved of the Way Reagan has done his Job Overall and said history will View him positively and 55 percent said he has bettered the nation. The Telephone Survey was conducted among a random Sample of 1,084 adults shortly after Ian month s election. Rea Gan leaves office Jan. 20. The poll found two factors at the heart of Reagan s popularity wide belief thai his economic policies have helped the nation and High regard for his leadership. He also scored Wen on defense and . Soviet relations. Reagan s ratings flagged elsewhere. While nearly two thirds said his economic policies have been Good for the nation for example a might so percent rated his handling Floc budget deficit negatively. Moreover 54 percent said the poor Are worse off economically As a result of Reagan s policies and 72 percent said wealthy americans Are better off. Opin Ion was More divided on the Middle class one third called it worse off a Quarter said belter off and the rest saw Little change. A third of respondents said they an their families were better off As a result of Reagan s efforts and 18 percent said worse off. Bui they split evenly when asked to score Reagan s handling of the Economy and More than twice As Many picked the worst rating As chose the Best. The poll gave excellent or Good As positive choices Only fair or poor As negatives. Reagan received negative ratings for his handling of every social Issue posed civil rights. 51 percent negative Educa Tion 54 percent negative housing 65 percent negative and welfare 67 percent negative. Six in 10 rated him negative Lyon his handling of ethics in government. In All these gauges Reagan fared worst among democrats but also was rated negatively by most independents majorities of republicans endorsed him inmost issues but not on the deficit Wel fare or housing. On two other issues he scored extraordinarily Well seven in id rated him favourably for defense policies and eight in 10 rated him positively on handling relations with the soviets. Six to 10 viewed Reagan s other foreign policies favourably. The poll was done be fore he opened Contact with the Palestine liberation organization this month even with his mixed policy ratings six to 10 respondents ranked Reagan positively for his accomplishments in Aiice Overall and. Two thirds rated his leadership ability As excellent or Good. A full three quarters favourably rated his Charisma and ability to communicate. On his judgment As president 53 per acid him negatively. Bui he ascent rate seen As effective Kin in 10 said lie has accomplished nit of what he set out to  his effectiveness As in Many other issues Reagan did Best with he youngest adults age 18-29, and worst with the old est 65 and Over. He also did consider ably better with men than with women. Fifty two percent said they would not have voted Reagan for a third term if he were legally allowed to seek one Dow from 64 percent when inc Media Oenar Al a poll asked the question last  the men polled but just 37 percent of the women favored a third Reagan term.-.--. The Survey conducted nov. 10-20,has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage  general inc., a communications company based in Richmond va.,publishes inc Richmond times Dis Patch the Richmond news Leader the Tampa Fla Tribune and the Winston Salem . Journal and operates to stations Weflin Tampa a cd in Charleston s.c., and woks in Jackson Ville Fla. $ 1 or Day touted As keeping teen pregnancy away Denver a a controversial Denver program thai pays teen age girls a a Day not to get pregnant is proving one of the most successful methods of curbing the teen pregnancy rate supporters say. The program introduced at la Mariposa healt Slation three years ago prompted criticism even from Many supporters of family planning who saw it As paternal and coercive. The program s supporters Don t claim to have found the ultimate solution to icon age pregnancy but they say it works on a Small scale and costs less in the Long run. From 30 percent to 50 percent of teen agers who become pregnant once Are Likely o become pregnant again before they re is. Bui of in original participants in the Denver program Only 17 percent had a repeat pregnancy. Gov. Roy Romer s initiative on teen pregnancy reported that Colorado spends More than �200 million annually in Aid to families with dependent children food Stamps medicaid and Oiler Public assistance for families headed by women who began heir could car ing As teens to earn their Money the Icen Agurs must simply show up once a week at the West Side clinic Tor a group  Mariposa Counselor Diane Medina presides Over a stack of Dollar Bills and a smorgasbord of snacks. She just listens to the conversation and makes no  a dozen teen agers Are regulars others come occasionally or drop by to pick up lhcir$7 and  Are no hard and fast rules said medical i rec Tor or. Peggy Latour Retlic. They can talk about anything they want to. This is the Only group the one place.,. They can come in and nobody s telling item what to do no body s giving them rules and  officials at Rocky Mountain planned parenthood have had their hands slapped by their National head quarters for funding the program but Juicy Hope to prop it up for another year. The program lacks funding for i9s9.supporters say anyone with $1 a Day to contribute to the project can sponsor a teen Ager significantly de creasing the Odds that she will give birth before age 18. Desire Ramos 16, has earned $462 through the program. She had an abortion at 13 and still would like children but i want to wait until i m 20, maybe 21,""1 want 10 have enough to buy him what Fie wants she said of her future child. "1 Don t want him  Don t want us living in the  Auto employees suspected of helping out drug dealers by the Washington Post. Washington Law enforce men authorities Are becoming increasingly concerned about the involvement of same Washington area automobile salespeople with. Drug Money and drugs. Their primary focus is the failure of Many dealerships and salespeople to report to the internal Revenue service a Large number of Cash purchases of expensive cars often by youths with no apparent legitimate income. Failure to report Cash transactions of $10,000 or More is a felony. Same salespeople have attempted to skirt the Law by allowing and some times instructing customers to put no More than $9,999 Down on any Given Day according to irs agents Jim May and Carl Jaworski and several salespeople interviewed by the washing ton Posi. The irs said instalments for one Purchase totalling more1 than 510,000 must be reported. The reporting regulations were adopted to help identify suspected drug dealers by documenting their passport and social Security number their Pur ported income and jobs then can be com pared to what they arc spending. In addition to accepting drug profits a growing number of salespeople Are sell ing and using cocaine said several police officials who met recently in a closed meeting in Beth Coda md., with representatives of Washington area dealer ships to discuss their concerns. Card airships arc difficult places for police to pick up irregular activity in. Any place there is a Good number or peo ple it s easy to do a Little business on the Side said la. Clark Price commander of the Prince George county md., narcotics unit. The automotive Trade association National capital area which represents Washington area car dealers convened the meeting in response to police criticism that some Auto dealerships have been cooperating with drug paddlers. After inc meeting Gerard n. Murphy president of the Trade group said the dealerships arc willing to help fight the War on drugs perhaps establishing a confidential hot line that salespeople could use to lip off police to suspected drug dealers. Murphy said there has been confusion about the Cash reporting requirement. But salespeople increasingly arc realizing thai there is an enlightened self inter esl in distancing themselves from drug Money he said they understand you Don t mess with the irs there Are some drug users and Sellers in the Auto Industry Murphy said but no More than in any other Large business. Billy Youl supervisory agent for the drug enforcement administration s Washington Field office said officers have not received much cooperation from car salespeople who could help identify drug dealers and thwart the spending of ill gained Rooney. They Don t want to give up their meal ticket he said. Instead of looking at a  Cash and saying there is something strange Here they say. Of yeah he must have made it Selling Avo Cados " fancy footwork if you Are a Well heeled woman who s just wild about George Rush s  the presidency Nelman Marcus hav the perfect shoes for you. 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