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e. Honolulu 'IMP'1" I I LIJIM.UI ILJ -J I Hlip.i...i. Today is Saturday, May 1, 1982 BOO 1 ntisii JUL Jm bo-Jr JLm mUm St It CSlCiC airfield Hawaii A woman in a wheelchair who last year said she was raped by a "good Samaritan who helped her home, tells police she was raped again by two men who offered her Page A-5 A Circuit Court iury beqins delibera tions in the trial of four prisoners accused of murdering a fellow in mate ana severely beating anotner at ine state prison in iaou Page A-9 Combined Sew Service British warplanes attacked the air strip on the Falkland Islands under cover of darkness today in the first military action against the heart of Argentina's army on the disputed archipelago. Argentina said it repulsed the attack with anti-aircraft fire. Telam, the Argentine government news agency, said warplanes from the southern city of Rio Gallegos scrambled to pursue the British planes.

In London, the Defense Ministry said the British jets struck the airport at Port Stanley before dawn to enforce its air-and-sea blockade of the Falklands. Damages and casualties in the air raid were not immediately known, but Argentina was reported to have a fleet of French-built Mirage jets on the Falklands. The British Defense Ministry did not say how many planes took part in the mission or which aircraft carrier in the British war fleet was used. Argentina seized the Falklands April 2. About 9.000 troops have been entrenched on the islands the last four weeks.

Commandos from an advance convoy of the war fleet recaptured the Falkland dependency of South Georgia last Sunday. The island was lightly guarded by Argentine troops. Meanwhile, President Reagan put the United States firmly behind Britain in the Falkland Islands crisis yesterday with an open-ended offer to provide supplies to British military forces on request. Secretary of State Alexander Haig announced the decision and disclosed that sanctions would be imposed against Argentina, including suspension of arms sales and various types of loan guarantees. In making the announcements at the State Department, Haig said: "There will, of course, be no direct U.S.

military involvement." In London, jubilant British officials said thanks. "Yanks A Million!" blared the headline in the London Sun. In Buenos Aires, the military junta labeled the U.S. decision "unjustified and intemperate" and vowed to defend itself against a British attack with all "available re- (6) a negotiating framework for a final settlement, taking into account both Argentine and British interests, as well as the interests of the 1,800 island residents. Britain was prepared to accept this compromise program, Haig said, but Argentina firmly rejected it Thursday, continuing to demand eventual sovereignty.

At the United Nations. Argentine Foreign Minister Nicanor Costa Mendez said his country had not rejected Haig's plan and accepts a Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of its troops from the Falklands. However, Costa Mendez said Britain in turn must accept Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the islands a demand diplomats said was certain to be unacceptable to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Foreign Secretary Francis Pym personally broadcast the news of the American support to the 1,800 English-speaking residents of the Falklands, sealed off since 7 a.m. yesterday by a British sea and air blockade.

Argentina announced a similar blockade. Each side vowed to shoot at the other on sight but no immediate confrontations were reported. "Everyone in Britain is thinking of you," Pym said in a BBC broadcast to the islands 8.000 miles away. "Now, with the U.S. backing, we shall prevail." Argentine officials summoned the Soviet ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations.

President Reagan blamed the crisis squarely on Argentina but said. "We're still hoping" for a diplomatic settlement. "We must remember the aggression was on the part of Argentina in this dispute over the sovereignty over that little ice-cold bunch of land down there," he said. "And they finally just resorted to armed aggression, and there was bloodshed, and I think the principle that all of us must abide by is that armed aggression of that kind must not be allowed to succeed." Both Defense and State Department officials have said in recent days that the greatest British needs See U.S. on Page A-4 on the inside: America remains opposed to naked aggression and that's a principle the Argentine generals should not have forgotten.

See editorial on Page A-10, sources." It added that the U.S. measures appeared to have been coordinated with the arrival in the South Atlantic of the British fleet, now enforcing a blockade within a 200-mile radius of the disputed islands. Haig for the first time disclosed the outlines of the compromise plan the United States developed to try to solve the dispute. Its principal elements: (1) cessation of hostilities; (2) withdrawal of both Argentine and British forces from the Falklands area; (3) termination of sanctions, and establishment of a three-country (U.S., British, Argentine) "authority" to supervise an agreement; (4) continuation of the British administration of the islands, but with some Argentine participation; (5) a development program for the islands; and The Nation Hammering and painting expected to go to the wire for today's open ing of the World Fair page c-i Washington Reagan denounces O'Neill for failure to strike a deal on the budget and an 0 Neill aide returns the com pliments Page B-1 FBI failed until two weeks ago to inform anyone in the Senate of certain incriminating allegations about Secretary of Labor Donovan obtain ed more than a year aqo Page C-1 World Kilauea explodes at suninii At least 10 hostages reportedly brave bursts of gunfire in a dash to freedom from a hijacked Honduran plane Page C-1 Editorials A credible investigation of alleged brutality during the prison shake' down must be ordered, carried out, and the results made public as soon as possible Page A-10 4 Religion The successor to Cardinal John Cody will inherit the largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in the United States and problems to match Page A-8 4 Entertainment Dixie Whatley, co-anchor of TV's Tonight, tells Wayne Marada that even stars watch the syndicated show daily Page B-6 Money Amfac aarees to a ioint venture with the Bass Brothers interests and part of the deal is the sale of the 'if large chunk of Amfac stock amass ed bv the Texas firm Page B-3 By Hugh Clark Advertiser Big Island Bureau VOLCANO Madame Pele. Hawaii's fire goddess, ended a 30-month vacation yesterday by staging a summit eruption in Kilauea Volcano's caldera.

A curtain of lava fountains described by scientists as about 310 yards long entertained throngs of visitors who watched the fiery proceedings from the Halemaumau overlook in front of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. As night fell, visibility worsened because of heavy fog throughout Kilauea's summit. But-National Park rangers said they expected better viewing around midnight when the fog was expected to lift. There was no indication of how long the eruption might continue. Scientists expressed some surprise that in the early hours of the eruption there was very little deflation loss of swelling that usually follows the start of an outbreak.

As the eruption wore on, the lava curtain pumped along at about the same level as it began, with foun-taining averaging between 20 and 30 feet in height and never peaking much beyond 45 feet. Visitors were not allowed to get up close to the curtain of fire that spread within an hour into Halemaumau Fire Rangers closed Crater Rim Drive at two points in case of a sudden outbreak below the summit and because of heavy fuming. The road encircles Kilauea caldera. Scientists and rangers entering the area wore protective masks to filter the heavy sulfur and gases. The public viewed the show from an elevated area about three-quarters of a mile away as the national park had its first "drive-in" erup-' tion in more than a decade.

In many, ways, yesterday's outburst resembled the 1967 Halemaumau eruption that entertained viewers for several weeks without ever causing any damage. Acting scientist in charge Reginald Okamura said the eruption, which had been forecast a week ago, began with a large number of shallow earthquakes at 8:40 a.m. yesterday. The seismic 'activity developed in a "swarm of quakes" Sports I 111 Castle upsets top-seeded lolani, 5-4 and Maui defeats Kauai, 6-2, to gain slots in today's finals of the state high school baseball tournament Page D-1 In the NBA playoffs, Los Angeles defeats Phoenix. 114-106, and San Antonio beats Seattle, 99-97 Page D-! i Family Circus by Bil Keane Advertiser photographer Ron Jett shot this picture of lava spewing out from the caldera.

The crater's rim can be seen faintly in the background. the labor pains went on, some of the officials feared Kilauea might be ready to abort by staging another "intrusion," an event in which the lava is released to a lower region of the mountain by draining off under the surface. Such an event occurred in August, the last time Kilauea was expected to erupt. But at 11:37 a.m. Madame Pele made her debut of the '80s as lava broke through the surface near the vent of a 1954 eruption on the caldera floor.

The birth was watched from the Volcano House and the observatory. that often precedes an eruption By 9:30 a.m., harmonic tremor the rapid movement of large volumes of magma beneath the surface had set in. Scientists and rangers began gearing up for an eruption. But the outbreak took its time. As Within minutes, the curtain of fire was formed.

By 12:05 p.m., the activity moved into Halemaumau, creeping down the steep wall to extend the curtain. Thereafter the lava pumped out See Kilauea on Page A-3 "This is a mommy stringbean! It has little baby beans inside. The Index McGarvey said he did not know how many passengers, if any, Hawaiian was putting on other airlines. This grounding has occurred ori what is a busy weekend for the airline. It also may be chaotic at airports with even more people trying to get on Hilo flights for volcano watching.

Aloha has scheduled extra flights to handle the large numbers of people who want to see the eruption. McDonnell-Douglas designed the DC-9-80 to meet stringent noise regulations and with improved operating costs in mind. There are 74 of the 80s in service now in the fleets of 13 airlines. The airlines include Swiss Air, PSA, Republic and Aeromexico. McDonnell-Douglas had a mishap in May 1980 when a production model of the 80 took an extra-hard landing on a test flight, causing the tail cone to tear and a slight buckle in the fuselage.

'Hairline cracks' ground 4 planes of Hawaiian Air were on the wing spars. Hawaiian said that McDonnell-Douglas had formulated repair procedures, and it would take two to three days to complete them. McDonnell-Douglas also is said to be sending some of its personnel to help with the repairs. The airline has two earlier-model DC-9s and three Dash-7s. Those five planes and two DC-9-80s are in service.

Hawaiian's DC-9-80s seat 170 passengers, the other DC-9s carry 139 and the Dash-7s seat 50 passengers. But the grounding of the four 80s has meant disruptions in Hawaiian's service. Airline spokesman Tom McGarvey said the disruptions were minor and that flights were being consolidated and some planes were being "flag stopped." Flag stopping means that a flight that is normally a Honolulu-Hilo non-stop, for example, would stop on Maui if there were Maui-bound passengers. By Anne Harpham Advertitet Staff Writer Four of Hawaiian Airlines' six DC-9-80s are grounded while the airline repairs "hairline cracks" found in the skin of the aft fuselage section behind the pressurized passenger cabin. The DC-9-80 is the largest and newest of Hawaiian's planes and all are less than a year old.

The six were ordered at a total cost of $130 million. The airline said it discovered a crack on one plane during a routine maintenance inspection this week and then checked its other five DC-9-80s. Three more planes were found to have similar hairline cracks. The other two were all right. Hawaiian has notified the plane's manufacturer, McDonnell-Douglas.

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