European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Bush Thatcher Lead americans most admired list president Bush and former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher were the Man and woman most admired by americans in 1990. It marked the second straight year that Bush and Thatcher were no. 1 on Gallup polls most admired list. On the menus list soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev finished in second place for the third consecutive year. Others rounding out the top 10 most admired men included former president Reagan Pope John Paul ii evangelist Billy Graham South africans Nelson Mandela the Rev. Jesse Jackson businessman Donald Trump former president Carter and polish Leader Lech Walesa. A. A a a a a a this is the first time for Mandela on the list. Lee Iacocca and Bill Cosby were among the top 10 last year but not in 1990. Among the women first lady Barbara Bush moved from third place on last years list to second. Mother Teresa second last year is now third. Other women in the top 10 included former first lady Nancy Reagan talk show Host Oprah Gallup polls Winfrey actress Elizabeth Taylor actress and Singer Cher former Secretary of labor Elizabeth Dole former first lady Jacquelin Onassis Philippines president Corazon Aquino former first lady Betty Ford and former ambassador to the United nations Jeane Kirkpatrick. The changes from last year Cher and Taylor replaced Britain a Princess Diana and supreme court Justice Sandra Day of Connor. Bush a position at the top of the list is not in. Usual. There have been Only six years since 1948 during which the . President was not most admired 1951, when Gen. Douglas Macarthur beat out president Truman 1967 and 1968 when former president Eisenhower was More admired than president Johnson 1973 and 1974 when Henry Kissinger came in ahead of president Nixon and 1980 when Pope John Paul ii was for second straight year president Bush and Margaret Thatcher were most admired. Ahead of than president Carter. Evangelist Graham has been the biggest con slant on the list. He has been mentioned 33 times since first appearing in 1955. The Hardy perennials for women have been former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt who was no. 1 every year from 1948 when Gallup initiated separate lists for women until her death in 1962, and former first lady Kennedy who has appeared 26 times since her first mention in i960. A other men receiving significant votes included sports stars Michael Jordan Larry Bird to Jackson and Muhammad a entertainment figures Bill Cosby Marlon Brando Kenny Rogers. Billy Dee Williams and Sylvester Stallone and political leaders vice president Dan Quayle Henry Kissinger Jack Kemp Louis Farrakhan and James a. Baker Iii. A the other mentions for women tended to be much More entered in the entertainment and news industries. They included Jane Fonda Katharine Hepburn Heather Locklear Jessica Lange Jane Pauley Maria Shriver Dolly Parton Bernadette Peters Madonna and Diana Ross. Also among leading female vote getters were former Pakistan president Binazir Bhutto Britain a Queen Elizabeth and Princess i of Connor and Mikhail Gorbachev runner up again a the woman who started Madd mothers against drunk driving a a the results Are based on Telephone interviews with a randomly selected National Sample of 1,007 adults conducted last month. Los Angeles times gun control nationwide support for gun control is now at the highest Levels recorded by the Gallup poll since the Early 1970s. But while americans very strongly favor stricter controls on guns including registration and seven Day waiting periods a majority of them opposes a total ban on handgun ownership. Here Are some of the findings of a poll a the most dramatic change the percentage of the american population who want a More strict Laws covering the Sale of firearms is now 78 percent compared with 60 percent in 1986 when Gallup last asked the question a More than eight out of 10 americans now support registration of handguns a up 11 percentage Points since 1985. Eight out of 10 also support the idea that those carrying a gun should have a License. And there is near Universal support 95 percent for a seven Day waiting period before a handgun can be purchased. A less than half of americans want a total ban on handguns. One seemingly conflicting note when handguns Are described As a cheap handguns known As a saturday night specials a a the percentage favouring a total ban jumps to 68. A seventy five per cent of those polled wanted a total ban on plastic guns which Are invisible to Metal detectors. Seventy two percent favored a ban on semiautomatic assault weapons. A. There is at least one gun in about half of All households a essentially the same that the poll has found since 1959. In the East 29 percent of the households have a gun compared with 57 percent in the South fear of crime is one reason Given for owning a handgun and the majority of those polled said crime was increasing rather than decreasing in their neighbourhood. No Ilos Angeles times Syndicate january 13,1991 sunday to plus c
