European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes thursday june 11, 1992 majority in poll supports abortion i Quot in it t Tuot Ftp ratty ref Norli Ilsc Fuin new York apr three out of 10 americans want abortion made illegal in their state if the . Supreme court allows that to happen according to an associated press poll. A 57 percent majority would want abortion to remain Legal and an additional 6 percent would want it Legal in some cases. The High court could reverse Roc is. Wade the 1973 decision establishing the right to abortion this summer and free the states to enforce Laws against abortion. The court will Rule on a Pennsylvania Law that requires doctors to Tell women seeking abortions about fetal development and alternatives to abortion and then require those women to wait 24 hours before ending their pregnancies. It also requires doctors to keep detailed records subject to Public disclosure of each abortion performed. With an election Campaign under Way candidates will be watching the polls to see How the Issue resonates with voters. Sixty five percent of registered voters a and the same percentage of All 1,009 adults polled a said they would not vote for or against a candidate on the basis of an abortion stand. Twenty five percent would vote based on the abortion Issue and that rises to 30 per the poll was taken May 29 through june 2 by ice Survey research group of Media a. Considering the margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points the results arc roughly unchanged from a 178v a poll. Just one fifth of those surveyed firmly oppose abortion. And fewer than half those abortion opponents said the Issue would decide How they voted. Three in five republicans and two in three democrats and independents said their vote would not be compelled by abortion. Though abortion Issue voters Are a minority there Are enough of them in both parties to decide a very close election. While Bill Clinton and Ross Perot describe themselves As supporters of abortion rights president Bush opposes abortion except in cases of rape or incest or to save a mothers life. The a poll found that 58 percent of adults think a woman should be allowed to have an abortion As Long As a doctor agrees to perform one. An additional 16 percent would permit abortion in some circumstances. While supporting abortion in general most americans approve of Laws that require notification of parents or husbands waiting periods and doctors making available information about alternatives to abortion. In the poll 14 percent said they would be More Likely to vote for a state legislative candidate who firmly opposes abortion and 32 percent would be less Likely. The rest was unsure or said it  matter much. Twenty seven percent of americans said they would want abortion illegal in their state if the High court allowed states to outlaw abortion. The South is the Only Region where fewer than half want abortion Legal in their state. Support for legalized abortion also drops off in other categories those older than 55, those outside metropolitan areas and those with family incomes below $15,000. Russian officials seek Money from foreign Media.  and snort cd us High ump pin Moscow a a russian defense ministry official offered an american reporter a visit to a strategic missile base for $800. A Kab official asked a mexican correspondent for $300 to tour secret police Headquarters. The British broadcasting corp. Was quoted a Price of $1,000 an hour to film the Kalashnikov gun factory. As Russia moves toward a Market Economy officials of government owned agencies and businesses Are demanding Money for interviews and other time spent with the news Media according to a study released wednesday by the foreign correspondents association of Moscow. Marco Politi president of the association and correspondent for the italian newspaper ii Messaggiero said he had sent the report to russian government leaders and hoped they would instruct officials to end what he called a chec Kook  the report documents an increasing trend among russian officials who often say they need the Money for office supplies. The list ranges from the atomic Energy ministry and russian state statistics committee to the space program and the olympic gymnastics coach. Even the Little known monuments commission told the Washington Post that it would Cost $50 to photograph discarded statues of Lenin and other soviet figures at its warehouse near Moscow. Many Western news organizations have policies against paying for news even if it Means losing an interview. It is not known How Many pay. A spokesman for russians chief prosecutor Valentin Stepankow said last fall that his office charges foreign currency for what he called a creative  by the end of october he said St pan Kov had earned $1,350, which was being deposited in a special account and used to buy stationery and modern equipment for the prosecutors office. An official from the Commonwealth of Independent states armed forces recently offered the associated press a trip to a strategic missile base near Moscow for $800. The Money would pay for the military commander who was a not accustomed to dealing with the press a and for strategic rockets which would be taken off Alert for the visit Valery Myasnikov explained. The a declined the  with friendliness Sis Piggy Davidson Melody Lilli Gold standing left third Grade teacher at Kaiserslautern Germany elementary and her class a a sewed some seeds of friendliness recently. The class was learning How to write Friendly letters and wrote to Arlyn g. Sweeney standing second from right Deputy director of the Germany Region of department of defense dependents schools and invited her to visit. When she did last week Sweeney was presented with a quilt that the class had made. The pupils also wrote to pro wrestler Hulk Hogan to talk show Host Oprah Winfrey and first lady Barbara  files request to retire on june 28 los Angeles a Days after angering City leaders by threatening to stay on police chief Daryl Gates has filed a request for retirement on june 28. Gates 65, filed his request tuesday with the pension department a rubber stamp Agency. After nearly 43 years with the department including 14 As chief he will get an annual pension of $128,525. His salary is $177,000. The chief a who agreed during the juror Over the Rodney King beating last year to retire in april a threatened last week to delay his departure a second time unless some captains eligibility for promotion was extended. On monday however he said he was merely bluffing and wanted to show that the department had been taken Overby a Crummy Little  earlier tuesday the City Council approved a police commission request to hire an outside lawyer just in Case Gates decided to postpone his departure. A we Are caught in a test of wills with chief Gates and someone is going to lose a councilman Michael woo said. The commission needs an outside lawyer because the City attorney s office has a conflict of interest it represents the police department. The Council on tuesday also approved an annual salary of $159,390 for Gates successor former Philadelphia police commissioner Willie Williams. He is scheduled to be sworn in june 30.Brig. Gen. Richard Davis of Usa eur gains 2nd Star Heidelberg Germany Brig. Gen. Richard e. Davis Deputy chief of staff of operations for the . Army Europe was promoted to major general during a ceremony june 1 at Usa eur Headquarters. Before coming to Heidelberg Davis was stationed in Grafe Wohr As commanding general of the 7th army training come