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1 r1 Statesman-Journal, Salem, Monday, July 4, 1983, 7A bpinion from page 1A 1P 'f T1 1 Americans view other nations Harris Survey ond-rank power, or a minor power in the world today. The only country accorded "great power" status was the Soviet Union, called a powerful nation by 68 percent of those polled. In second place in this assessment was Communist China, given "great power" status by 36 percent, with another 27 percent classifying China as "a leader among second-rank powers." Japan was cited as a great power by 32 percent of those polled, and as a leader among second-rank powers by another 33 percent. Great Britain ranks next, with 27 percent saying it is a great power; 35 percent calling it a leader among second-rank nations, and 24 percent saying it is only an average second-rank power. West Germany ranks next, mentioned as a great power by 15 percent, a leader among second-rank countries by 33 percent, and an average second-rank power by 35 percent.

Canada is next, cited as a great power by 9 percent, a leader of second-rank powers by 30 percent, an average second-rank country by 37 percent, and a minor power by 17 percent. France is cited as a great power by 5 percent, a leader among second-rank powers by 28 percent, an average second-rank power by 43 percent, and a minor power by 16 percent. Italy finishes in eighth place, mentioned by 3 percent as a great isA By LOU HARRIS Chicago Tribune Co. In assessing the United States' allies, Americans say they feel closest to Canada and Great Britain, according to the Harris Survey. A 95-1 percent majority of those polled reacts favorably toward Canada, while a 91-5 percent majority thinks well of Great Britain.

These close ties are further reflected in the positive feelings respondents seem to have for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. A 66-23 percent majority gives Trudeau a positive job rating, and a 76-18 percent majority accords Thatcher a positive rating. Only two other major allies of the United States won high confidence ratings for both the specific country and its current leader, according to the survey, taken by telephone June 7-11 among a national cross section of 1,250 adults. By 82-12 percent, a majority expresses a positive view toward Japan, and Japanese Prime Minis- ter Yasuhiro Nakasone comes up with a 59-23 percent positive rating. By 78-14 percent, those polled "see West Germany as an ally, and by 52-28 percent a majority also gives West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl a positive job rating.

In the case of two other countries, respondents consider the nation itself an ally, but have a negative view of its current leadership: By 80-14 percent, a majority feels friendly toward France, but President Francois Mitterrand is Statesman Journal photo by Gerry Lewin ONE YEAR TODAY Linda and Steve Eyerly with loss, grief and many, many unanswered aues- look back on a tough year a bad dream filled tions. given negative marks of 45-38 percent. By 79-12 percent, those polled view Italy as a solid ally of the United States, but a 43-26 percent plurality gives Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani negative marks. The survey also asked about two leading Communist nations the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China: By 88-7 percent, those polled feel that Russia is either an enemy or an unfriendly power in its relations with the United States. This is the most negative standing ever accorded the Soviets in modern measurements.

However, the new ruler of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, comes up with only a moderately negative rating, 48-33 percent. By 62-31 percent, a 2-to-l majority believes that China is either an unfriendly nation toward the United States or an outright enemy. This is a marked change from the 49-43 percent positive standing accorded China just last November, and is sharply down from the 70-25 percent positive assessment of early 1982. The acknowledged leader of China, Vice Premier Deng, is viewed negatively by a 39-38 precent plurality. Respondents were also asked to classify each country as either a great power, a leader among second-rank nations, an average sec Eyerly Continued from Page 1A.

ward money, followed everv con ceivable lead. But Sherry is still missing, the same questions nag, and the grief is still close, too close. "It's just like yesterday," Linda savs. They do have memories me mories of a bright, inquisitive, outgoing girl. power, 11 percent as a leader among second-rank countries, 45 percent as an average second-rank She graduated from Sprague High School in June 1982 with a near-perfect grade-point average.

power, and 31 percent as a minor She wanted to strike out on her power. own quickly, her parents say. She moved into an apartment with letters her cousin, Cindy Woodard. She supported herself on her paychecks, but often turned up at home around dinner time, her parents say. A lot of other things also nag at Boutwell.

For instance, Eyerly normally worked Friday and Saturday nights but had changed her schedule to work on the night she disappeared, a Sunday. Could Wilson have known about the change from Elkhorn? And there was no sign of a struggle at the scene of Eyerly's disappearance. But a fight would have surely taken place; Eyerly was known as a scrapper. What all this adds up to, Boutwell believes, is a carefully orchestrated crime carried out by more than one person. The person who called Domino's was very specific about the pizza he ordered and gave directions to the fictitious address and waited.

Eyerly must have been flagged down by someone she knew she felt comfortable enough to set the parking brake on the car and open her door. And that person and someone else overpowered Eyerly. "It was a well-executed abduction," Boutwell says. "That's why we're saying it's something more than the normal kidnap." The degree of preparation rules out a passion murder, a rape or a robbery (Domino's drivers carry only about $20 in cash), he says. Boutwell believes someone is going to be charged in the case.

"Somebody out there," he says, "has got a suprise coming." case, that the person and Eyerly knew each other and that Eyerly was kidnapped because she knew too much about something, maybe drugs. "It's one thing to know something and another to prove it," he says. "I intend to prove it and have it prosecuted." It would be easy for Boutwell to turn away from the case. A month after Eyerly disappeared, Darrell J. Wilson, a prime suspect, committed suicide after being questioned by detectives.

Wilson had first denied that he knew Eyerly but later admitted that he did, having met her at a party. He also drove a lime-green pickup that matched the description of one seen near where Eyerly disappeared. After a description was broadcast, Wilson painted his truck brown. He was camping at Elkhorn Lake, 34 miles east of Salem, the night of Eyerly's disappearance. But he was gone from camp between 6:30 p.m.

and 3:30 a.m. during the time a man called Domino's and ordered a pizza delivered to a fictitious address. Investigators, however, have yet to conclusively tie Wilson to the disappearance of Sherry Eyerly. Crime lab technicians have gone over his home and truck with a vacuum cleaner. Not even a microscopic shred of evidence linking him to Eyerly has been found.

Those are traits recognized by about letters Marion County sheriff's detective Jay Boutwell, who has been assigned the case. "We have taken the life of Sherry Eyerly and put it all on paper," he says. "With that kind of info we try to figure out motives for the crime and understand her actions." Boutwell knows he has a mystery on his hands. But he says the investigation has progressed. Detectives have sifted the evi dence and talked with people who The Statesman-Journal welcomes letters from readers.

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