Page 4-Thursday, May 27,982-The Michiga Daily Britain poises for attack on Falkand capital By The Associated Press Britain declared yesterday that despite the loss of two more ships and 24 men-its heaviest toll in a single day- ground forces were poised to break out of the beachhead on the Falklands and attack the capital of Stanley. Argentina said it pounded the beachhead near San Carlos and downed a British jet that rocketed an Argentine ship. It also said an undetermined number of Harrier jets sank on one of the British ships Tuesday, which Britain denied. BRITISH commandos and paratroops landed Friday 50 miles from Stanley to establish the beachhead in the first major assault to recapture the Falklands. Meanwhile, Pope John Paul II scheduled a visit to Argentina June 11- 12 as a followup to his tour of Britain beginning Friday, and the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution giving Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar seven days to work out a truce. Perez de Cuellar said it was a "very difficult mission." Argentine Foreign Minister Nicanor Costa Mendez said in New York before the vote that although his government did not endorse the resolution outright, "the war is beginning to be so cruel and the numbers of lives lost so high that I think public opinion will push gover- nments and will push the United Nations to peace." THE ARGENTINE Joint Chiefs of Staff said army units and the army air corps were attacking British forces near San Carlos in an effort to "control the enemy and limit his deployment." Intermittent rain was reported in the area, where winter has set in. The Joint Chiefs also said the coast guard vessel Rio Iguazu had been at- tacked by two Sea Harriers in the Falklands area and one Harier had been downed by anti-aircraft fire. Argentine forces suffered one dead and two wounded, the Joint Chiefs said. There was no immediate reaction. from Britain, but Defense Secretary John Nott told Parliament that the British destroyer Coventry was sunk with 20 men dead and the requisitioned container ship Atlantic Conveyor was abandoned with four dead after a mass Argentine air attack off the Falklands Tuesday. "DESPITE THESE grievous losses, neither our resolve nor our confidence is weakened," Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said, and Nott declared that British forces who landed Friday in San Carlos "are poised to begin their thrust" on Stanley, 50 miles to the east. He told the House of Com- mons 20 sailors were killed and about 20 wounded when the Coventry was hit by several bombs as the warship stood off the northern tip of the Falklands on radar picket duty. The remaining 240 officers and crew were rescued, he said. He said four seamen were killed and a small number wounded when two Exocet missiles from two French-built Super Etendard fighter-bombers hit the Atlantic Conveyor, steaming toward Falkland Sound to unload equipment and supplies at San Carlos. The remainder of the vessel's 170 crew was rescued when the vessel was aban- doned, Nott said. A high Defense Ministry source said See BRITAIN, Page 9 In Brief Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports Hinckicy boyeotts trial WASHINGTON - After weeks of cringing under testimony designed to por- tray him as insane, suicidal and childishly in love, John Hinckley, boycotted his own trial yesterday as a psychiatrist testified teen-age actress Jodie Foster represented a "mother figure' to the defendant. The psychiatrist said Hinckley perceived Foster as a figure who would protect and love him and that President Reagan was an obstacle "denying him access" to her. The psychiatrist, Dr. Thomas Goldman, said the reason for Hinckley's ab- sence from the courtroom was not stated officially, but two sources said Hinckley was not ill andsimply did not want to be in court. The sources, who asked that their names not be used, said Hinckley was so upset yesterday morning that he did not even want to get dressed. There was no indication whether Hinckley had advance knowledge of what Gold- man, a defense witness, would say on the witness stand. In the courtroom, a TV camera was pointed at the witness chair, occupied for the third day by Goldman. Soviets, French to cooperate in space mission MOSCOW - Soviet space officials yesterday said a three-man crew of French and Russian cosmonauts will be launched into orbit next month in the first East-West mission since 1975. French Air Force Lot. Col. Jean-loup Chretien will be co-pilot of the flight aboard a Soyuz transport capsule June 24. The Russian mission commander is Vladimir Dzhanibekov and the flight engineer is Alexander Ivanchevkov. French spokesman said they were surprised by the early announcement of the flight date. Normal Soviet practice is to keep all manned space missions secret until the cosmonauts are safely in orbit. The French-Soviet crew will link up in orbit with the Salyut 7 laboratory, a semi-permanent station about200 miles above the Earth. Two other Soviet cosmonauts are already in orbit aboard Salyut 7. They were launched May 13 to prepare the space laboratory for the French-Soviet mssion and will remain in space until Chretien and his comrades arrive. Congress vetoes used car rules WASHINGTON - Congress used its first legislative veto against the Fed- eral Trade Commission yesterday to kill rules one member said would have protected used car buyers from the "four-wheel-drive lemons' of the world. The rules proposed by the FTC would require dealers to disclose to prospective buyers the major mechanical defects of which they have knowledge, and also require them to state the extent of any outstanding warranties. Consumer groups said in advance of the vote they would ask a federal court to overturn the decision on constitutional grounds. In addition, the legality of the legislative veto device has been challenged in a case now before the Supreme Court. State drunk driver bill debated LANSING- The Senate debated yesterday a three-bill package suppor- ters said would "begin tightening the noose" around drinking drivers by mandating jail terms and bigger fines. The legislation was placed in position for a final vote, expected later this week. Current state penalties for drunk driving are not commensurate with the crime, said Sen. Stephen Monsma, the Grand Rapids Democrat who has been a key force behind the bills. "It's estimated that of every 500drunk drivers on the road, only one will be apprehended," Monsma said. "If you drive drunk, you have very little chan- ce of getting caught." Monsma said 1,000 Michigan residents die each year and 25,000 suffer in- juries in traffic accidents involving drunken drivers. . Under the bill, Michigan's current law would be toughened to require suspension of a convicted drunken driver's license even for a first offense. S&L authority must be expanded, regulators warn WASHINGTON- Short-term financial aid for the nation's struggling savings institutions must be coupled with expanded operating authority for it to do anything more than delay the industry's ultimate liquidation, federal regulators warned yesterday. Richard Pratt, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, said the capital infusion programs that Congress is considering for the industry "simply buy time." "We are facing the collapse of a major portion of the financial industry, and any program that simply buys time and does not address the fundamen- tal issues is bound to ultimately fail," Pratt told the Senate Banking Com- mittee. The institutions must be given authority to accept "demand" deposits- meaning they may be withdrawn at any time-from commercial as well as individual customers, Comptroller of the Currency Todd Conover said. Conover also asked that they be allowed to invest more heavily in commer- cial and agricultural loans, and to provide unlimited consumer credit. Britain tops $1 billion i alk land expenses LONDON (AP)- With four warships and a requisitioned freighter lost to Argentine forces, the tab for Britain's Falkland Islands expedition has risen to an estimated $1.25 billion, economists and naval sources said yesterday. That figure is expected to rise shar- ply as the British task force continues trying to recapture the Falklands, seized by Argentina on April 2. For now economists believe Britain, slowly recuperating from severe recession, can absorb the price of a long war. THE $1.25 billion reflects the original costs of the ships and aircraft Britain has lost, along with what has been spent on fuel, ship requisitions and charters, and missiles and other equipment. If the two destroyers, two frigates, and 14,946-ton container ship Atlantic Conveyor were replaced at today's prices, the bill in the 54-day-old conflict would top $1.8 billion, said a senior Royal Navy officer who asked not to be identified. That's what British officials originally estimated the entire operation would cost. IF BRITAIN wins back the islands, London may have to spend large sums for a sizeable military force to prevent further Argentine efforts to retake the remote chain. In an ironic twist, British Trade Secretary Lord Cocklefield disclosed that the government will have to pay William and Glyn's Bank the equivalent of $6.84 million as compensation for money owed by Argentina for two missile destroyers built in Britain and sold to the South American nation. Economist Michael Osborne, who recently surveyed defense costs, said Britain can afford the war "for a long period" if necessary. TREASURY officials said Britain's costs are cushioned by a contingency reserve of the equivalent of $4.3 billion, as well as a $3.6 billion overestimate on last year's government borrowing requirements. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said Tuesday that "the economic repercussions of the Falklands crisis have been small so far," but it cautioned that the high rate of spending could affect international confidence in Britain's economy.