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Mount Reporters aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes flagship of the British fleet said British warships pounded Argentine positions along the Falklands coast Earlier long-range Vulcan bombers and Harrier jets bombed the airport at the Falklands capital of Port Stanley and another air base at Goose Green 60 miles to the southeast Argentine jets retaliated by attacking the British fleet engaging Harriers that streaked into the cloud-covered skies to meet them Officers aboard the Hermes reported that two Argentine planes were shot down a Mirage and ironically a British-built Argentine Canberra bomber Argentina said its combat planes attacked and caused damage to a British frigate forcing it to retreat from the 200-mile blockade zone that both sides have declared around the disputed islands British officials had no immediate comment The Argentines also said that three British destroyers attacked a Falkland settlement with gunfire and were repulsed with one de stroyer in fames and calling for helpi Argentina said Argentine planes damaged and possibly downed two British Harriers making an attack on the islands Military analysts said an invasion of the Falklands by British Royal Marines appeared imminent Late Saturday British helicopters attacked Port Darwin on the Falklands damaging an Argentine turbo-prop ground-attack plane military officials in Buenos Aim said No information was given on casualties or on whether Argentine forces offered any resistance In the initial British attack Saturday morning Argentina claimed it repelled the British raiders shot down at least two planes killed one pilot and raptured another It said six Argentine soldiers were wounded after four waves of attacks on the South Atlantic islands it seized a month ago and claimed the airstrips were undamaged -But Britain said it hit Argentine aircraft on the ground and "severely cratered" the main 4000-foot asphalt runway at the capital city of Stanley Britain said its Vulcan bombers carrying 1000-pound bombs and refueled in the air en route from Ascension Island 3500 miles northeast of Stanley flew one raid during the night followed by a predawn attack by earner-based Hamer vertical takeoff jets armed with rockets and cannon Unconfirmed reports said the Vulrans also dropped anti-personnel mines to prevent repairs on the runways The Vulcans apparent mam task was to crater the air- See CRISIS Page A-S British warships and planes pounded Argentine positions on the Falkland Islands Saturday and engaged Argentine Mirage jets in a fierre dogfight as the South Atlantic crisis exploded into full warfare The Argentines claimed that at least two and perhaps four British planes had been shot down and that a British destroyer and a frigate had been severely damaged Argentina admitted the loss of two of its planes Britain acknowledged damage to a ship but denied that it had lost any planes Fctlldcmds Explodes Info Full War Tolls The Knoxville News-Sentin Final HOME Edition Price 75 Cents Copyright 198L The Knoxville News-SenNnH Company Knoxville Tenn 37901 Sunday Morning May 2r 1982 Issue No 30762 523-3131 LLE NEWS-SENTINEL uvenir EDITION pens By CARSON BREWER It's over the first sun-drenched day and laser-lighted night of the 1982 Fair Most said it was good but this opinion was not unanimous President Ronald Reagan came and blessed the fair and damned the Democratic energy and economic policies of former President Jimmy Carter and Democrats in general The President was the only speaker who sounded a partisan note in what had been a mostly non-partisan undertaking Many 72 veheered him when he made such as- sections as: "No Government in history has reduced its size but with help this going But several persons phoned The News-Sentinel to protest partisan speech and actions (He mentioned all the Republican members of Congress from Tennessee and Republican Gov Lamar Alexander but no congressional Democrats from Tennessee and not Knoxville Mayor Randy Tyree or Sea Jim Sasser Democrats) "1 think a said one woman who phoned The News-SentineL "This is supposed to be a nonpartisan Fears of no parking space were groundless There were empty metered parking spots on Ginch Avenue within three blocks of the fair site Parking lots that near were less than foil Lots near the Civic Coliseum were nearly empty But it may be different Monday and other weekdays when the regular downtown work force has to park toa At 3 pia officials at the East Gate Henley Street and Clinch Avenue said 16000 persons had entered there and this probably was the most used of the four regular gates and the River Gate for Fort Loudoun Lake traffic Late Saturday night Fair officials said 87659 visits were made to the fair opening day Jim Drinnon fair general manager said the total was based on turnstile clicks and attendance of 11000 VIPs invited guests and performers who didn't have to go through turnstiles (The turnstiles might dick twice or more for one visitor who came to the fair left and then returned) Heaviest traffic at the gates was early More than 2000 were jammed outside the East Gate by 8 am When guards raised the gates shortly after 8:30 am guests entered first When the general public got the green light about 15 minutes later crowds poured through like football fans entering Neyland Stadium for the Vol-Alabama football game (Some spoke of the irony of gate attendants having to muscle up the heavy gates at an energy exposition) The West Gate near Cumberland Avenue and Eleventh Street also opened late If more people had been inside the grounds it would have been too crowded Traffic along fairground streets and walks was orderly good humored and not terribly heavy But crowds jammed popular exhibits The only traffic congestion Saturday night was along Neyland Drive Henley Street and Cumberland Avenue all flanking the fair site Most of the congestion along Neyland Drive was caused by drivers slowing down to look at the lighted rides along the FunFair area There was no traffic congestion on 1-40 although a few cars pulled onto the shoulders of the Interstate apparently to view the fireworks the closing extravaganza of the first day of the fair Long wide lines to the US Pavilion bottlenecked at narrow escalators A thick body-to-body mass of people congregated at the Korean exhibit to see the dancing of doll- Wave of Cobred Balloons Rises From Court of Flags Over Site of World's Fair During Opening Ceremonies Reagan Opens Fair With Plea for Peace By RICHARD POWELSON Uw-t1irm WmiinW CmSlUN President Ronald Reagan opened the 1982 World's Fair here Saturday by inviting all foreign participants to work with the United States for world peace and new energy development "Let us pool our knowledge our technologies and our dreams" the President told thousands of spectators in the Court of Flags area during opening ceremonies held under bright sunny skies "Let this spot be the focus of progress not only in the field of energy but for the cause of peace" Despite heavy security in the area with Secret Service and police on all rooftops looking down on the opening ceremonies Reagan spoke from behind a clear bullet-proof enclosure which offered some glare from the sun During a day in which there were several reports of battle between the British and the Argentines in the Falkland Islands Reagan said little publicly about the situation In the parking garage of the Hyatt Regency Hotel after attend- ing a private fund-raising reception for US Rep Robin Beard a Republican candidate for the Senate the President stopped briefly to tell reporters that he had no advance knowledge of the reported British attack on the Falkland Islands When one reporter asked if he could not be better monitoring the crisis in Washington instead of visiting fair in Knoxville he said: keeping as informed here" as in Washington The President said the British bombing of the major airstrip of the Falklands was a "complete surprise" to him He added that he think the bombing would mean all-out war About calling it war Reagan said: "I think so been no -The speech at the Court of Flags which several times criticized former Democratic President Jimmy Carter's energy policies seemed oddly partisan for the forum of the fair which had been organized and developed by Republicans and Democrats In naming Tennessee dignitaries in his speech Reagan listed only Republicans Knoxville Mayor Randy Tyree a Democrat and Democratic Sen Jim Sasser were seated at the far left end of the area where the President spoke Only Democrat Jake Butcher chairman of the board of Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE) developer of the fair was seated prominently next to Reagan on the Presi- 87659 Attend Fair on Its Opening Day Knoxville May 1 1982 87659 Fair Spokane Wash May 4 1974 85151 Hemisfair San Antonio Texas April 6 1968 51385 Fair Seattle Wash April 21 1962 51510 World's Fair figure based on turnstile counts and includes about 11000 VIPs invited guests and performers on site eMWWWVWAAMAMWMMMA left Reagan did not mention Butcher or SH (Bo) Roberts Jr KIEE president who also was seated on the platform Other dignitaries on the speak- ing platform were: First Lady Nan- cy Reagan entertainer Dinah Shore Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige Agriculture Secretary John Block Reps Jimmy Quillen and John Duncan Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker Gov Lamar Alexander Roberts and US Commissioner General-Designate Dortch Oldham During his opening speech Reagan said the theme of the fair "Energy Turns the World" was appro- Mrs Reagan and Sen Baker arrived at the airport about 25 minutes before plane arrived Baker snapped photographs of the Reagans as they embraced and kissed Mrs Reagan had been fat California before arriving in Tennessee to prepare for her visit From McGhee Tyson Airport the helicopter carrying the President and two other helicopters landed at Hudson Field at UT Reagan traveled to the fair site by motorcade that wound through the UT campus and down 'Cumberland Avenue to a fair gate off Eleventh Street After the radio broadcast and opening speech at the fair Reagan left by motorcade to the Hyatt Regency for the fond reiser for Beard Republican Senate candidate The private event reportedly had about 200 in attendance paying $250 each to hear Reagan speak and to help Beard's Republican senatorial campaign About half an hour later Reagan returned to the fair by motorcade to officially open the UJS Pavilion The President made a few unprepared remarks about how proud he was of the freedom in this country noting there are no fences here as there are in the Soviet Union Then the President Mrs Reagan Baker Gov Alexander and his wife Honey and others left in a motorcade for the landing area at UTS Hudson Field to ride a helicopter to Baker's Huntsville home where the Reagans spent the night in a two-bedroom guest house about 600 yards from the main house on 15 seres Joy Baker the wife and Cissy his daughter and a candidate for Congress in the new Fourth District greeted the helicopter on the front lawn About 20 persons were expected for a dinner party at the Baker home including entertainers Chet Atkins and Dinah Shore On Sunday the Reagans were to join the Bakers at the Presbyterian Church service in Huntsville Throughout the day Saturday Reagan was briefed on develop-r in the priate "as our nation and many of our allies struggle to produce and use energy efficiently to provide for our energy Then he begin criticizing the Carter Administration for creating the Department of Energy for more regulations hiring Federal employees and spending more money "The previous Administration tried to manage a shortage (of energy supplies) by interfering with the market process The results were gas lines bottlenecks and bureaucracy" The President said his contributions to US energy problems included: Increasing the supply of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve stocking it with "more than twice as much oil as was accumulated in the preceding four years" Carter was in office The reserve of oil ensure that our people and our economy are never again held hostage by the whim of any country or he said Oil Imparts in recent months have been reduced more than half compared to 1977 levels Carter was president) Complete decentral of oil' prices in January 1981 and in-' creased exports of coaL He also recommended the decontrol of all energy sources including natural gas but said natural gas probably would not be deregulated this year because of a crowded" legislative agenda Reagan implied that the complete decontrol of oil prices had helped lower gasoline prices but he did not mention how the world oil glut also affected the price In his only mention of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project at Oak Ridge Reagan said the breeder symbolized "our commitment to developing safe nuclear technology to secure energy The day of the presidential visit started Saturday at 11:20 un when Reagan arrived at McGhee-Tyson airport on Air Force One a Boeing 707 converted to a series of private seating sections for the President his aides friends and the news-gathering agenry e- Guide to World's Fair Coverage See ENERGETIC Page A-19 Sunday News-Sentinel is designed as a Souvenir Edition recording the opening of the Fair It is filled with pictures and stories about the opening ceremonies President visit and the reaction of the crowds to the fair Also included are four special sections detailing the history and highlights of the fair a item you will want to preserve ovec the years Extra copies may be obtained at News-Sentinel offices downtown and at West Town Price will be the regular Sunday price of 75 cents Mail orders and postage must be arranged by calling 523-3131 extension 203 Here is an index to more information on the fain Evictions controversy expected te continue Page A-5 Mayer Tyree upset ever failure ef President Reagan ta mention him at npening ceremony Page A-5 Varlotu restaurants at fair win praise bat waiting in line cams barbs Page A-1L President Reagan surrounded by tight security force Page B-L President's radio address Page A-L Smaller than expected crowds at fair Page A-4 There were no traffic problems for those visiting the fair Page A-4 Week nf entertainment scheduled Page B-L The FunFair schedule Page B-L Many entertainers lined up for next six msnths at fair Page B-L Final hours were frantic leading tn fair npener B-l Fair Photos The photographs of the opening day festivities at the 1982 Fair in today's paper are the products of much hard work by News-Sentinel staff photographers David Carter Miles Cary Jack Kirkland Michael Patrick and Barbara Stearns Some photographs were taken by Mike Du Bose Fair i i.