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I Her gown flew away MISS IOWA (3) Whooo's the chick? THE BACK PAGE Advice Page 29 Movies 11 1 Business Page 22 Sports Page 17 Classified 23 TV Page 15 Comics 14 Obituaries 23 Editorial Page 16 The Record 19 WEATHER This is the weekend you have been waiting for. Clear tonight, low in upper 40s. Sunny and warm Saturday, high in mid-70s. (DETAILS: Page 19.) i Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, April 30, 1982 Two Sections Price 25 Cents Amenthia. is hit sasnctiomis by.UoSo British raid on islands' airport seen .1 i mm "IS it i i i HHm I I i i I Iw 1 i Arms sales, loan deals suspended WASHINGTON, D.C.

(AP) The United States today offered military supplies to Britain in the Falkland Islands crisis, while suspending arms sales and loan guarantees to Argentina. With those steps, Secretary of State Alexander Haig ended three weeks of neutrality and put the United States on the side of Britain. He ruled out any "direct U.S. military involvement" in the heightening crisis. Haig said President Reagan ordered the sanctions against Argentina because the Buenos Aires government had refused to compromise in the dispute over control of the South Atlantic islands.

He said the Falklands crisis "is about to enter a new and dangerous phase in which large-scale military action is likely." The tilt toward Britain had been expected, but the American stance was toughened with Haig's announcement that the United States "will respond positively to requests for materiel support for British forces." He did not say what kind of supplies would be involved. In London, the British Foreign Office labeled the U.S. actions "most welcome." Haig spoke as both Britain and Argentina set up war zones around the disputed islands. The British had imposed a full blockade of the region at 8 a.m. Falklands time (6 a.m.

Iowa time), and Argentina responded by declaring a blockade of its own. Despite Haig's pessimistic assessment of the prospects of war, Reagan was heard to remark that neither side seemed to want to start the shooting. Reagan was overheard making that comment to senators at a White ft "tS-1 AP PHOTO Alexander Haig Briefs reporters House meeting on the budget. "It just seems obvious that no one wants to start the shooting," he said. Haig said while he pressed the effort at mediation, the United States refrained from taking sides in the crisis, and Britain understood that position.

"Now, however, in light of Argentina's failure to accept a compromise, we must take concrete steps to underscore that the United States cannot and will not condone the use of unlawful force to resolve disputes," he said. Argentina invaded the British-held islands on April 2. Even as he announced American support for Britain, "our closest ally," Haig said that in the end there will have to be a negotiated settlement of the territorial dispute over the sparsely populated islands 250 miles off the Argentina coast. "Otherwise, we will all face unending hostility and insecurity in the South Atlantic," Haig said. He reviewed what he called an Please turn to Page Six Livestock brightens TRIBUNE PHOTO BY WARREN TAYLOR Carol Huisman with sons Aaron, 10; Nathan, 11 and Ethan, 7.

Nuclear fears hit home-Pella Fatal tavern shooting Teen-ager slain by lounge owner By Tom Alex A burglary suspect died this morning after being shot in the head by a tavern owner who was sleeping inside his lounge because of recent break-ins. The intruder, a 16-year-old boy, died at Broadlawns Medical Center at 9:15 a.m., more than six hours after being shot by John P. Deveny, 32, owner of the Greenwood Lounge at 3707 Ingersoll Ave. Shortly after 1 p.m. detectives identified the shooting victim as David Calvin Sydnes of Prairie City.

Detective Larry Harris said the victim had a tattoo of a marijuana leaf on his left forearm, a cross and hash marks on his upper left arm, and a small rectangular box with a cross inside and the numeral "80s" written beneath it on his right forearm. Detective Sgt. William Fitzgerald said today's break-in was the fourth at the tavern since Deveny bought it a year ago. One burglary occurred earlier this month, and another occurred in March. Deveny reportedly had been sleeping in the tavern "off and on" since the latest burglary.

Richard Rexroat, the first police officer to arrive after the shooting, said he found the intruder lying face down and bleeding on the sidewalk, his feet still inside the doorway. The victim appeared to be about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 165 pounds with "fuzzy" brown hair. He was wearing a blue-jean jacket, blue jeans and brown gloves. Fire medics said he had a screwdriver in his back pocket. The door to the lounge looked like a beaver had been working on it, but police said some of the damage to the door had occurred in previous break-ins.

Deveny, of 2917 Grand was standing in the doorway, holding the door open for police when they arrived. They asked him if he knew Shooting Please turn to Page 11 DM. men win nod for TV station By David Elbert Three Des Moines men have been given the initial nod to operate the first new commercial television channel in central Iowa since the 1930s, Raymond Gazzo today. If all goes well, Channel 17, an independent station, will go on the air late Xhis year or early next year, said Gazzo, a lawyer and one of three, owners of Independence Broadcast- Gazzo said his firm was chosen April 19 by a federal administative law judge from among four outfits that were interested in capturing the Channel 17 frequency. The judge, Joseph Chachkin, recommended that the' Federal Com-' munications Commission (FCC) grant Independence Broadcasting a permit to build a broadcasting tower near Alleman, Gazzo said.

He said the FCC has 40 days to act on Chachkin's recommendation, but said approval is expected because the other three competing groups agreed March 9 to drop their bids for the Channel 17 license in exchange for Independence Broadcasting paying each group $25,000 to cover their legal fees. Gazzo estimated it would cost more than $750,000 to erect the tower and said Indepenence Broadcasting plans to spend about $2.2 million to set up the entire Channel 17 operation. In addition to Gazzo, the other partners are William Trout, who is a law partner of Gazzo, and Carl Golds-berry, a salesman for the Yellow Pages of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. Gazzo said he understands the reason for Chachkin's decision is that his group was the only one of the four that was both locally owned and did not have other television interests. He said call letters for the station have not been determined.

He said programming will of a "general, family" nature. "It will be traditional independent TV fare with a strong TV- Please turn to Page 11 By the Associated Press There was speculation in London that British carrier planes wonlti attack the Falkland Islands' airfield later today in an attempt to cut Argentina's lifeline to its estimated 9,000 troops in the contested territory. Some observers predicted the attack on the airport at Stanley, the Falklands' capital, would be followed by an amphibious landing, but British naval sources have been saying a mass landing would await the arrival of reinforcements in about two weeks. Britain's total air and sea blockade of the Falklands went into effect today and Argentine forces were reported on "red alert" as the United States abandoned its peace efforts and sided with Britain in the conflict. There were no immediate reports of clashes in the war zone around the Falklands.

A Defense Ministry spokesman in London said "there is no sign of the Argentine fleet moving into our operational area." He refused to disclose the whereabouts of the British armada, but when asked if British warships were ready to block any attempts by Argentina to penetrate the war zone, he replied: "I won't disagree with that." With Argentina's ruling military junta refusing to pull back from the islands its forces seized April ,2, Britain set the countdown clock running Wednesday with the announcement that it was expanding its 200-mile maritime blockade around the Falklands to the skies over the Falklands Please turn to Page Six upswing farmers out to slaughter weights, the profit in March was nearly $63. ISU agricultural economist Gene Futrell of Ames expects cattle prices to remain steady now after the fairly sharp rise in prices so far this In fact, he said that some price decline for fed cattle is likely, adding that a major price slump is not likely. As for pork, there was a $12.47 profit per-hog in Iowa last March Farmers Please turn to Page 12 TRIBUNE PHOTO BY BOS NANOELL Eldoa Wisecip, of raral West Des Molnei, kicks tp dut as he discs over field to be planted to soybeans. -v By Bob Greene 198? Chicago Tribune PELLA, IA. Dinner was almost over.

Duane Huisman dished more potatoes onto the plates of his wife, Carol, and their three sons. They still were talking, and the tone of the conversation 0 Miltl 100 was the same it had been throughout the meal. "That's the part that scares me the most about it," Huisman said. "Thinking about the boys. They're just beginning their lives." Mrs.

Huisman glanced at the faces of her sons. Aaron, 10; Ethan, 7, and Nathan, 11, were listening intently to the dinner-table talk. "We've talked about it," Mrs. Huisman said. "All the facts.

I read one story about nuclear warfare, and it really hit home. The scenario was about a woman whose husband traveled, and who was home with her children alone. Duane's a salesman, and he's on (des MOINESp111 Trustee: Broker got $100,000 at D.M. bank No boat ban at marina for now By Dick Brown Polk County District Judge Luther Glanton declined this afternoon to sign a temporary restraining order that would have barred boaters from using the docks at the Saylorville Marina until repairs could be made. Glanton scheduled a hearing or the order for Monday.

Gary Pryor, director of the county Physical Planning Department, had said "there's a very definite danger that someone could either fall off or fall through" the docks. He said damage to the docks includes missing flotation devices, missing planks and weakened support structures. Had the restraining order been granted, the docks would have been closed to the. public. But boaters still could have launched their boats on ramps.

Earlier this week, the county told Vernon Eden, manager of the marina, to repair the docks and not to let any boaters use them. But Eden told the Tribune that he had allowed boaters to use the docks last weekend and that "anybody who wants to put a boat in can." Pryor said Eden called him this morning to say that he had made some repairs. But inspectors who looked at the docks weren't satisfied that they have been adequately repaired, Pryor said. "It's an unsafe situation for the Marina Please turn to Page 12 Hoboken hotel burns; 12 killed HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) A fire of suspicious origin raced through a four-story residential hotel before dawn today, killing 12 people and injuring several others who leaped from windows to escape the flames.

One woman at a top floor window tossed her baby into the arms of two men below before she jumped. 'i BOB CREEHE the road a lot, so I could identify with that. "And the story told about the blast, and slow death of the children "All we have decided is that our faith in God will get us through. Even if we die, we'll ill be together in heaven Ethan was staring at me. I was the stranger at the table.

"You've been listening to all this," I said to him. "I know you're only 7, but what do you make of it?" "Well, it scares me, kind of," he said. "If they did drop a bomb on Greene Please turn to Page Two criminal and civil suits for his alleged bank embezzlement and stock-kiting schemes authorities say ran up losses of upwards of $40 million. Donald F. Neiman, Lewellyn's attorney, said he expected to turn over the remaining $265,600 shortly.

"We know where some, but not all of it is," Neiman said Thursday, adding that the "people and institutions" that have it "haven't had a chance to respond to our inquiries." Today, however, Tyler said no more money had been received and he declined to reveal what investigators believe Lewellyn did with the money. But, according to a source close to the investigation, Lewellyn was at United Central Bank in Des Moines that day and had 10 cashier's checks totaling $977,000 drawn. Nine of the cashier's checks were for $100,000 and the tenth was for $77,000. Lewellyn, according to the source, Lewellyn Please turn to Page 11 By Don Muhm Tribune Farm Editor Things are a bit brighter on Iowa farms, thanks to a slow but steady turnaround in livestock prices on top of a slight upturn in grain prices. Beef producers the past couple of months have made money some for the first time in more than two years.

And hogs provided profits as well, which wasn't the case just a year ago when porkers were losing per-hoof about as much as they made last month. Iowa' hog prices moved up to the range this week the highest price in three years. Prices last week averaged $51.35 a hundredweight, compared with $39.18 last spring and only $28.88 in 1980. In the case of cattle, steer prices last week averaged just under $70 a hundredweight, compared with $67.60 a year ago and $64.40 two years ago. One load of cattle sold this week at Sioux City for $72.50.

The about-face does not necessarily signal a price rise at the supermarket, however. Iowa State University extension specialist Marvin Skadberg said that would depend on how long livestock prices remain high and whether retailers hold the line on the current margin between what they pay for meat, especially beef, and what they sell it for. Higher livestock prices are the result of a combination of factors, including a cutback in both slaughter cattle and hogs because of unprofitable prices the past few years. The record price for Iowa slaughter cattle was paid in late April 1979 when the market averaged $76.70 a hundredweight The all-time high price for Iowa hogs came in the fall of 1975 when the weekly average was $62.05 a hundredweight. ISU livestock specialists said that yearling steers had a profit of $67.51 each in March this year, following a February profit of $51.98.

This kind of cattle-feeding operation had lost money for approximately 27 consecutive months. hi the case where calves are fed I 1 By Frank Santiago Gary Lewellyn has turned over a stack of money to authorities, but it's short some $365,000, according to a federal trustee. The missing money includes not only part of the $500,000 Lewellyn received from a Chicago bank March 31 before he vanished, but also $100,000 in cash he withdrew from the United Central Bank in Des Moines the same day before going to Chicago, according to trustee Paul N. Tyler. It was revealed Thursday that Lewellyn's attorneys had surrendered $234,400 in freshly printed $100 bills to Tyler, the Des Moines lawyer charged with liquidating the assets of Lewellyn's Des Moines stock brokerage.

Lewellyn, 33, faces a number of CART LEWELLYN.

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