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r 37C0PY ? : DOT DOT PHOTO & COPY : 247 E 6th St. Eugene : • BEHIND 5TH St PUBLIC * : MARKET * ^ HOURS: 11-5 Mon - Sat ^ catch the ode! British launch assault on Stanley —■ > * 1 m M tk a A rn Anti EAST FALKLAND ISLAND (AP) — British and Argentine troops opened the battle for the Falklands capital of Stanley on Monday, clashing on the slopes of nearby Mount Kent while British Harrier jets attacked the encircled town's airfield, the British Defense Ministry reported. Britain's domestic news agency, Press Association, said about 4,000 British troop clos ing a pincers movement on heavily defended Stanley were reinforced by 3,500 soldiers brought to the South Atlantic aboard the luxury liner Queen YOU GOING WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH. Hitting the books? Feeling the strain? Take a Vivarin. Vivarin is a medically tested stimulant tablet.Taken as directed, it's safe and effective. Its active ingredient is caffeine. It’s like two cup of coffee squeezed into one little tablet. Whether you’re cram ming, typing, or just hitting the books, take Vivarin. You’ll stay alert for hours. Read label for directions. Elizabeth 2 The ministry did not confirm that account. The ministry said the British were locked in combat with Ar gentine forces on 1,500-foot Mount Kent. 12 miles west of Stanley and considered an an chor of the Argentine defense line. It gave no further details Press Association said there also was fighting at Two Sisters ridge, about three miles west of Stanley and overlooking the capital It said the 3.500 soldiers brought here by the QE2 — three battalions of the Scots and Welsh Guards and Nepalese Gurkhas — were ferried ashore from the liner and joined para troopers forming the northern force of the two-pronged as sault. The Defense Ministry report on the air raids on the airfield 2% miles east of Stanley said "a number” of Argentine light planes on the asphalt runway were "believed to have been damaged." Press Association said war ships from the 100-vessel Bri tish task force shelled Argentine positions around Stanley from two miles out There was no immediate an nouncement from Argentina on the fighting for Stanley Argentina's privately owned DYN news agency quoted mili tary sources in Buenos Aires as 75VSLICE A,® Mia pt +*** 'e% 249 E. 0th ST. EUGENE BEHIND 5th ST. PUBLIC MARKET Lots of real cheese Special spicy sauce TO BECOME YOUR FAVORITE PIZZERIA! t Hour*: 114 and 114 (aumaMi) mjj* SMI ^SWi£w%» New-===^== [Ownership Special Perm #25®° Includes Haircut Reg. ‘40” Haircut *8** Reg. »11“ Carol Hubbard New Owner 20 W. 25th 342-7661 mander on the Falklands, Brig. Qen. Mario Benjamin Menen dez, had fortified the ridges ap proaching Stanley from the west with strong gun emplacements If the British seize the heights, they can train their 10Smm artil lery on the Argentine defenses. The paratroopers had left the British beachhead at San Carlos Thursday and crossed about 40 miles of boggy terrain and rocky ridges to attack Mount Kent. The southern attack force of paratroopers and marines also moved out of San Carlos and in a major land battle Friday seized the settlements of Goose Green and Darwin, 40 miles west of Stanley, taking 1.400 Argentine prisoners according to the of ficial British account. The Defense Ministry said 17 British troops were killed in the attack, but gave no figures for Argentine casualties Military sources, however, have said 100 Argentinians died and 120 were wounded in fierce fighting Argentine newspapers predicted the battle for Stanley would be the decisive en counter in the undeclared war that developed after Argentina seized the British-held South Atlantic islands April 2 Stanley's neat rows of brightly painted frame homes and har bor can easily be seen from the rocky outcroppings of the 500-foot Two Sisters ridge between Mount Kent and the town Britain confirmed, meanwhile, that the 14,694-ton container ship Atlantic Conveyor had sunk The requistioned Cunard Line vessels had been a floating hulk since it was blasted Tues day by an Exocet missile fired by an Argentine Super Etendard fighter-bomber The British stood by their denial of an Argentine claim that the aircraft carrier Invincible had been hit and put out of ac tion by an Exocet missile and bombs during an attack by Ar gentine Etendards and Skyhawks on the war fleet Sun day Britain said eight members of the Atlantic Conveyor s civilian crew perished when it was struck and set ablaze and seven others, including the captain, were missing It was the fourth ship London has reported lost The others were two frigates and two destroyers Argentina's naval losses in cluded the navy's only cruiser, the General Belgrano, tor pedoed by a British submarine May 2; a patrol boat; a freighter; a fishing factory ship, and a submarine scuttled «t South Georgia Island PHOTO SPECIAL! j 4-HOUR PHOTO FINISHING C-41 $1 99,2e B 20 Exp. . . 24 Exp 36 Exp Develop A Print (Ml only 12 Exposure 53.19 $3.99 $5.99 3V* inch size ASA 400 - Add 50c Coupon must accompany order Films in before 10 am Ready by 2 pm OREGON PHOTO LAB •Her expires •/4/C2 i Ml 1231 Alder 2538 WHIamette
