Carter's Panama Con Game and the Treaty Costs Debate
The Daily Oklahoman argues President Carter exaggerates benefits of Panama Canal treaties while hiding costs. It cites Heritage Foundation estimates of over 3 billion dollars in indirect tolls lost revenues and new appropriations over 22 years, plus taxpayer-funded subsidies.
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Panama Canal
Senate
Canal Zone
Panama
U.S
Heritage Foundation
United States
Alaska
Asia
U.S. Treasury
Congress
Torrijos
Foundation
Roger W. Fontaine
Georgetown University
Center For Strategic and Internatioal Studies
Fontaine
Baltimore Sun
Bayamo Hydroelectric
Canal
Jimmy Carter
Tongsun Park's Friends and the Rise of Influence Buying
A profile portrays Tongsun Park amid politics money sex and espionage linking congressmen to his lavish parties and alleged influence buying. It compares Park's operations to Watergate noting his ties to the Korean CIA and the hunger for excitement beyond mere money.
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Tongsun Park
Park
CIA
Watergate
White House
Congress
Park’s U.S. travels stir suspicions of Korean intel ties
Max Lerner questions if Park’s U S mission was to curry favors with politicians or a covert Korean CIA operation. Critics note Park’s extensive network of Korean officials, glittering entertainment, and large bribes, while Jaworski pressures Park to testify. Park fears for his life as his finances and mansions buckle under legal scrutiny.
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CIA
Canal Treaty Pressure Builds Across the Continent
A critical view of Carter's push for Panama Canal treaties notes a frantic, pan-continental drive to rally support, arguing the plan offers no real security or economic benefit. It condemns Torrijos as a corrupt ruler allied with communism and warns that neutrality threatens U.S. security and wartime control of the canal.
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Torrijos
Mr. Carter
Panama
Castro
Canal
Krulak on canal, politics, and modernization debate
Krulak argues the canal will stay under U S control amid potential Latin American pressure and Castro risk. He cites Sumner on Latin fear of communism, warns treaties unlikely, and urges immediate canal modernization to boost economy and defense while reassuring Panama and neighbors.
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Latin America
Gordon Sumner
Inter- American Defense Board
Panama
United States
Senate
Sumner
Oklahoma snippets mix politics sports and prices
A satirical look at Oklahoma topics including a new warden at McAlester prison and Sen. Gene Stipe, Congress probes NCAA impacts on Oklahoma sports, Governor Boren and energy disputes, rising college costs, and potential effects on football recruiting amid NCAA probation talk. A stray tale about a man buying an alligator from pet feed adds local color.
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Oklahoma
NCAA
Somoza Pledges to Step Down in 1981 Amid Turmoil
In a candid interview Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza declares he will resign as president and head of the Guardia in 1981. He defends his record as strikes pressure mounts, claims suppression never occurred, but admits fault in being too soft on his government and notes rising unrest among public workers and peasants.
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Carter
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
Guardia
Masaya
Diriamba
Somoza
Sandinista Front
U.S
U.S. State Dept
Carter Administration
Nicaragua
Tropics
Africa
Somozas
Caribbean
Central America
Locaten
San Cops
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