O’Connor hearings impressed readers

The perfonnance of Supreme Court nominee Sandra O’Connor during Congressional hearings on her nomination clearlr w~ convincing to Tribune readers who responded to last week s Opinion Poll. O’Connor an Arizona appellate court justice and former state legislator, ~cored a 76 percent favorable rating to.~ ques~on which asked if she had effectively answered her cntics durmg the hearings. Only 12 percent of those responding to the poll sa!d. she had not been effective while another 12 percent had no opmion. Majorities also voiced a perference for staying out of problems in other countries judged by their answers to two other questions. Fifty three percent of those responding wer~ opposed to off~ring aid to Poland if that country should be invaded by Soviet troops while 76 percent said the United States shouldn’t ~upport rebels fighting the government in Iran. “We should mmd our own business,” one respondent wrote. However, Poland had some supporters with 47 percent saying the U.S. should provide help if that country is invade~. Readers also cast a skeptical eye on spending for high school sports and Kirlian photography. . . Fifty-three percent said too much mone~ s~nt ?n. high school sports compared to 41 percen_t ~ho dido t think it is excessive and 6 percent who had no opmion. . Only 24 percent said Kirlian photography, bi~ed as war to determine a person’s bio-energy field or aura, is a valid scientific field of study compared to 47 percent who said no and 29 percent who had no