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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Wednesday, June 2, 1982 Paga Two FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS British close in on Port Stanley British commandos captured Mount Kent and another key ridge overlooking Stanley Tuesday, putting them within nine miles of Argentine troops and the decisive battle for the Falkland Islands. British press reports said. Argentina had no immediate comment, but said its bombers blasted Mount Kent after detecting British commandos in the area backed by helicopter gunships and artillery. Press Association, Britain's domestic news agency, reported the capture of Mount Kent and said British troops were battling for control of other ridges overlooking Stanley, the Falklands capital. Press Association's correspondents, who are regularly briefed at the Defense Ministry in London, said fewer than 10 British soldiers were wounded and none killed in the Mount Kent, 12 miles west of fighting for 1,535-foo- t Some Argentines were reported killed. Stanley. Britain's Independent Radio News said that British marines paratroopers "almost certainly" have won control of Two Sisters, a 352-foo- t ridge three miles closer to Stanley. British That would put part of the estimated 4,000-ma- n from landed backed force, reportedly by 3,500 infantrymen of nine miles the the liner Quenn Elizabeth 2, within defense perimeter established by some 7,000 Argentine troops. The British Defense Ministry said a Sea Harrier fighter shot down an Argentine 1 30 Hercules transport 50 miles north of the Falklands as it apparently attempted to ferry supplies to the beleagured Argentine garrison at Stanley. It said Argentine planes tried to airlift supplies to Stanley over the weekend, but turned back when they were intercepted by fighters from the British armada's carriers. Press Association quoted British government sources as saying the commander of the British Task Force, Rear Adm. John Woodward, has been given full authority to decide whether to give the Argentines a chance to surrender e assault on Stanley. before launching a The sources said the British did not want to subject Argentina to a humiliating defeat because Britain was concerned about increasing political instability in Latin C-- full-scal- America. Two British forces had been advancing on Stanley-mari- nes and paratroopers moving eastward by helicopter from the San Carlos beachhead, and another paratroop force coming around from the south after capturing Darwin and the Goose Green airstrip Friday. Britain's Defense Ministry said 250 Argentine soldiers were killed in the battle for Darwin-Goos- e Green, and that 1 7 British paratroopers died in the fighting. This raised the death toll to 674 Argentines and 138 Britons since Argentina seized the Falklands from Britain April 2. Argentine communique claim Argentine forces had destroyed 25 British Harrier jets, destroyed or damaged seriously 22 helicpopters and sunk or seriously damaged 1 9 to 20 "enemy" war vessels, including an aircraft carrier, five destroyers, 10 or 11 frigates, two landing boats and a container ship with planes aboard. heads of government since the alliance was founded in 1949, and meetings with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Reagan will also visit the Berlin Wall NATO before returning to Washington June 1 1 . Pope preaches peace, reconciliation GLASGOW, Scotland From a hillside in Scotland, II Paul Pope John preacheda sermon Tuesday of peaceand reconciliation, asking the Protestants and Roman Catholics of this ancient land to make a "pilgrimage together hand in hand." In the shimmering heat of a Scottish afternoon, more than 250,000 people at Glascow's Bellahouston Park gave y British the pontiff the warmest welcome yet on his six-da- visit. They sang, held signs, waved yellow papal flags and interrupted his homily with rhythmic chants of "John Paul, John Paul." The pontiff, who has been preaching and meeting religious leaders for five days, is the first pope ever to visit Britain, which broke with the Vatican in 1534. In this predominantly Presbyterian land where Protestants and Catholics have died for their faiths under Scottish and British monarchs, John Paul concluded his sermon with a plea to "that larger community of believers in Christ who share with my Catholic brothers and sisters the privilege of being Scots, sons and daughters alike of this ancient nation." Outside the rally, about 1 50 militant Protestant followers " of the Rev. Ian Paisley waved bibles and shouted as the pope arrived by helicopter. But unlike a demonstration Monday in Edinburgh, where Paisley's supporters hurled debris and abuse at the papal motorcade, Tuesday's demonstration produced no scuffles or arrests. The pontiff's plea for Christian reconciliation followed a similar message delivered to the head of Scotland's Presbyterian church, the Rt. Rev. John Mclntyre, and other Protestant leaders at a morning meeting in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital. "Our will for unity can be a sign of hope to a divided world' not least in these days in which peace is so sorely imperiled," the pope said. The pope has made Christian unity a major theme of his British tour, starting with his visit last Saturday to Canterbury Cathedral, seat of the Church of England. The pope's visit prompted the biggest security operation in British history. Police in security vans at Bellahouston Park screened the faithful and checked bags and packages. "Anti-Christ!- John Paul, wounded by a Turkish gunman in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square a year ago and target of a assailant last month in Portugal, looked flushed after more than four grueling days of travel. But he seemed uplifted by the reception as he made a knife-wieldin- g 45-minu- te circuit of the park in his white, bulletproof "popemobilei" Court broadens search powers Supreme court gave the nation's police far greater authority Tuesday to seach through automobiles without first obtaining warrants. By a 3 vote, the court said police do not need a warrant to search even closed containers locked in a car's trunk if an officer has reason to believe any part of the vehicle contains contraband. The decision overturned the court's own 1 981 ruling that police needed warrants to search closed parcels in a trunk. But Tuesday's ruling, authorized by Justice John Paul Stevens, promised to give police a "bright line" to follow in balancing their authority and the privacy of individuals. "A search is not unreasonable if based on facts that would justify the issuance of a warrant, even though a warrant has not actually been obtained," Stevens said. WASHINGTON-Th- e 6-- President prepares image for trip A "superbly prepared " President WASHINGTON Reagan embarks Wednesday on his first major overseas trip, ready to tell anxious European allies that U.S. interest rates "will be down quite a bit" by the end of the year. y The tour includes stops in France, Italy, Britain and Germany. Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan said Reagan's first major stop a weekend economic summit conference of the world's major industrial democracies should not be seen as a cure-al- l for global economic problems. 10-da- "In 2V2 days you're not goingtobeabletoreconstructthe world," Reagan told reporters during a break in the meetings in preparation for the president's day-lon- g economic summit in Versailles and a rare North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, in Bonn. Administration officials have put nearly as much emphasis on the impact the trip could have in winning popular support for Reagan in Europe as it could have in dealing with substantive issues. Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. acknowledged that administration officials anticipate demonstrations in Europe to protest Reagan's efforts to build up U.S. defense. suggested that recent strategic arms reduction made by Reaganand hisstated intentiontoabide proposals SALT II treaty as long as the Soviet Union unratified the by does likewise has relieved concern among European leaders. "The speeches made by the president have put to rest a number of understandable concerns with respect to overall direction of policies of the administration" with regard to arms control, Haig said. Reagan flies to Paris Wednesday morning, and will spend Thursday and Friday morning there before going to Versailles, the royal resort outside Paris, for the weekend meeting. Next Monday, he flies to Rome, for meetings with Italian leaders and Pope John Paul II and then to London, for visits with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The final stops will be in Bonn, for the sixth summit of But Haig Ruled that companies winning unfair labor practice lawsuits against unions are not entitled to have the union pay the companies lawyer fees. Left intact a ruling that a United Air Lines policy of not hiring pilot trainees over age 35 is illegal. He warned police that there are limits to that power, however. "Just as probable cause to believe that a stolen lawnmower may be found in a garage will not support a warrant to search an upstairs bedroom, probable cause to believe that undocumented aliens are being transported in a van will not justify an unwarranted search of a suitcase," Stevens said. Joining him were Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Justices Lewis F. Powell Jr., William H. Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor. Justices Thurgood Marshall, William J. Brennan and Byron R. White dissented. In a biting opinion for Brennan and himself, Marshall accused the court's majority of showing contempt for the Constitution. "The majority today not only repeals all realistic limits on warrantless automobile searches, it repeals the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement itself," he said. In other matters, the court took these actions: Suspended former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst from practicing before it. Kleindienst previously had oeen suspended from practicing law in his home state of Arizona for lying under oath during an Arizona State Bar investigation. Upheld in splintered voting the Public Utility regulatory Policies Act of 1978, a comprehensive federal program designed to spur conservation-orienteregulation of and natural states. the various gas by electricity Ruled unanimously that the makers of low-cos- t generic drugs are not guilty of trademark infringement for , using drug capsules that resemble those of higher-pricedd brand-nam- e pioducts. ERA forces attack 'silent lobby' WASHINGTON With 30 days left in the drive for ratification, proponents of the Equal Rights Amendment singled out the insurance industry Tuesday as a "silent lobby" that has blocked ERA's approval. dies on June 30, women's groups will go directly after businesses that benefit from sex discrimination, Eleanor Smeal, president of the National Organization for Women, told a news conference. "If we have to take them on case by case, court by court, state by state, we'll do that," she said. She said the insurance industry opposes ERA because it profits from discriminatory rate structures. If In ERA response, T. Lawrence Jones, president of the American Insurance Association, said he knows of no insurance industry lobbying against ERA. He also said automobile rate systems "generally tend to favor the female driver, resulting in lower rates for women." The Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit sexual discrimination, has been approved by 35 state legislatures, most recently in 1 977. To become part of the Constitution, three more states must approve ERA by the June 30 deadline fixed by Congress. Smeal has declined to say whether she thinks the campaign can succeed, usually deflecting questions with such comments as "I've always said it was an uphill battle." NOW and other groups are conducting an intense campaign to win approval in the legislatures of Illinois, Florida and North Carolina, the three states it believes most likely to ratify. But in each of those states, the amendment faces long odds, and most observers believe it will fail. In addition, five state legislatures have voted to rescind their approval, and the Supreme Court will have to rule on whether those rescinsions were constitutional. Smeal said it is no coincidence that the insurance industry is a major factor in the economies of Illinois and Florida or that the North Carolina textile industry benefits from low wages paid women. In an ac(yertisement running in majornewspapers, NOW said insurance co.mpanies,"oyercbarge women.on premiums and shbrtehange'triem on benefits," and added: "That's why insurance companies may feel they have a vested interest in fighting to defeat the ERA. That's why they have been working hard to block other attempts to prohibit sex discrimination that would affect insurance." While it is true that teen-ag- e girls are charged lower teen-ag- e for than automobile insurance, premiums boys Smeal said, women who are safer drivers, are not charged less than men. She argued that rates should be based on factors other than "accident of birth." Basing insurance rates on sex "works against women in most cases, against men in some cases, but for the benefit of the industry in all cases," she said. Mother charged in biting death NEW YORK The body of a 1 year-old girl was found Tuesday with fresh human bite wounds and a bag over her head in a closet, where the mother had taken the child and two others to protect them from "demons," police said. -- Authorities said they believed the mother had bitten the infant on the face and neck and also previously had bitten the girl's older brother and sister. We have evidence of child abuse of all three and we're holding the mother," said Deputy Inspector Roy Richter. He described the mother, Jeanette Hernandez, 27, of Forest Hills, Queens, as apparently "a very good woman, a regular church-goer.- " The infant, Melinda, was pronounced dead at Booth Memorial Hospital. A source close to the inquiry, who asked not to be identified, said the woman feared demons and thought "the Holy Spirit told her to do it, to bite the children and put a cleaning bag over the girl's head." Her brother, Samuel, 7, and an older sister by another marriage. Bernadette Reyes, 10, were admitted to the hospital for treatment of bite wounds on the face and neck. Nancy Simington, hospital spokeswoman, saidthe infant had bite wounds on the forehead and cheek and sutures that were still in an earlier head wound. The two other children were in fair condition, she said. "The investigation showed that at about 4:30 a.m. the mother took all three children into a closet to protect them from demons," Richter said. "She left the closet about 6:30 a.m. and ran to her five minutes away. Her father, Pedro Hernandez, was there. They all returned to the apartment and sister-in-law'- s, summoned police." The baby's body was still warm and an ambulance was called, he said. "All three children were suffering from bite wounds," Richter said. "The wounds on the baby appeared to be fresh as opposed to the others." |