European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 23, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 southerners favor less spending on nato by Cox news service Atlanta in line with a growing sentiment for reduced military spending 53 percent of southerners questioned in the Atlanta journal Constitution Southern poll say the United states should Cut spend ing for nato and other defense commitments an encourage its allies to build up their own military forces. More than three fourths of those questioned say presi Dent Bush should negotiate More nuclear weapons reduction agreements with the soviet Union and about the same percentage say they think he will do so. The Survey indicates that southerners Are sceptical that either Israel or the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion Plo is willing to Deal fairly with the other an they Are divided Over whether the United states should negotiate with the Plo. The questions about foreign relations were part of Survey of 1,806 people in 12 Southern and Border states. The responses to questions about military spending and arms negotiations indicate a dramatic shift of opinion in the Region during the eight years of Ronald Reagan s presidency an Era marked by increased military spending and the evolution of a less threatening relationship wit Moscow. When southerners were surveyed in january 1981,As part of a new York times lbs news National poll 63 percent said Federal spending on the military should be increased while 6 percent said it should be de creased. Asked the same question in the current poll,28 percent say military spending should be increased 31 percent say it should be reduced. In a similar vein Public Confidence that the unite states and soviet Jumon can negotiate nuclear weapons reductions has increased tremendously. In 1981, Only 35percent of southerners thought Reagan would be Able to negotiate a nuclear arms treaty with the soviets while 47percent thought he would not. This year after the Success Ful conclusion of a treaty limiting medium Range nuclear missiles 77 percent of southerners think Bush will negotiate More reductions while Only 10 percent believe Hewill not. This increased optimism prevails despite continuing doubts about the trustworthiness of the soviets. Forty five percent of southerners say they do not think the soviet Union will live up to its part of the medium Range missile agreement while 40 percent think it will. The greatest change in attitude Over the eight years has come among men and Whites two groups that traditionally have been More in favor of increased military spending endless in favor of negotiating with the soviets than their female and Black counterparts. In 1981, 67 percent of men surveyed nationwide favored increased military spending compared with 55 percent of women. In the Southern poll this year,27 percent of men favor an increase compared with 29 percent of women. On the same question 64 percent of White people polled in 1981 favored an increase compared with 36 percent of Blacks. The figure for Southern Whites this years 28 percent compared with 26 percent of Southern Blacks. In an inversion of historical polling patterns me were More Likely than women to say they thought the soviets could be trusted to live up to the treaty by margin of 44 percent to 37 percent. White supremacists1 March draws angry response Atlanta a six White supremacists marched through downtown sat urday surrounded by National guard troops in riot gear As hundreds of angry counter demonstrators hurled bricks rocks and insults at them. Six Law enforcement officers were injured As violence broke out along the route and in spots throughout the Down town area after the March. Police reported 42 arrests. Two thousand police officers and National guardsmen surrounded the Capitol and lined the mile Long March route trying to keep about 1,000 counter demonstrators away from the White supremacists. John Bankhead a spokesman for the Georgia Bureau of investigation said the counter demonstrators overwhelmed these purity forces at some Points. The White supremacists said they completed their March battered from being hit with debris but without serious injuries. I would t Call it a riot said Public safety commissioner George Napper who was quickly surrounded by an angry crowd of about 50 people when he appeared hundreds of helmeted riot stick carrying police and National guardsmen protect White supremacists marching in Atlanta. Downtown after the March. It s an unusual situation that we re going to  he told the crowd the White supremacists had a right to March adding they re entitled to Protection it s no always  the six marchers were among 10white supremacists who had rallied at the state Capitol marking the second anniversary of clashes Between civil rights marchers and White onlookers in neigh Boring Forsyth county. Rally organizer Richard Barrett Mississippi lawyer and Leader of the White supremacist nationalist move ment had predicted 1,000 supporters would attend his rally and March which also was a protest of last week s Obser Vances honouring the Rev. Martin Luther King or. People ask me where Are your num Bers " Barrett told the nine supporters at the Capitol. How Many people were a Kitty Hawk where the Wright Brothers made their historic flight ? 1 Don t know but it changed the course of history. I have the spirit of Kitty Hawk in my  As Barrett s group walked from the Capitol to near the Omni sports Arena they were surrounded by riot helmeted guardsmen massed shoulder to Shoul Der who covered almost a full City Block. The guardsmen were led by a Convoy that included 12 motorcycle officers four police cars two dozen officers on foot two police buses and two vans. At the end of the route the marchers were met by dozens of youths throwing bottles bricks and other objects. The violence scattered dozens of curious bystanders including conventioneers in town for a Home builders Trade show. When the Convoy turned around an marched Back to the Capitol the Melee continued with More rocks and bottle tossed at the group. . Weather satellite Dies ending to shots of West Washington a a satellite that provides those Clever mov ing Cloud pictures for television weather forecasts failed saturday depriving customers of views of the Western United states officials said. The failure occurred Aboardgoes-6, a National oceanographic and atmospheric administration satellite that was launched in april 1983, said Milton Mortman a shift supervisor at the Agency s satellite operations control Center. It s just old age Mortman said. National weather service meteorologist Ai Brown said weather map making would be Little affected not ing that forecasters rely mostly on conventional ground  said partial pictures can be provided from a companion satellite,goes-7, that covers the Eastern United  la be getting pictures from the Eastern satellite. Eventually we will move the Eastern satellite Over so it can cover the entire country brow said. Mortman said the process of mov ing goes-7, using Small rockets mounted to the satellite would be completed by approximately feb. 21. Scoreboard in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 23, 1949 american officials announced agents had been placed along the Borders of the . Zone in Germany to catch smugglers taking German products into France Italy and Switzerland. 30 years ago today. Jan. 23, 1959 a spy chief who defected from East Germany told officials inborn West Germany that he had brought enough material with him to inflict major damage on the communist spy network in the West. 20 years ago today. Jan. 23, 1969 gov. Ronald Reagan declared a state of emergency in Californi after the state was hit by the fourth torrential rainstorm in four Days. 10 years ago today. Jan. 23, 1979 president Carter presented a record $122.7 billion defens budget to Congress including $935 million for the development of a Mobile Long Range missile capable of being deployed in submarines aircraft or land bases