Canal treaties calm fears as Panamanian transition nears
Washington reports the Panama Canal is stable and thriving under treaty terms. Reagan era opposition faded after 1977 accords, with ongoing friction handled through diplomacy. The canal commission remains U S led with five American and four Panamanian members, and Panama takes control in 2000. Senators pressed White House for appraisal. State Dept official says the situation is fine.
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Congress
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Alexander M. Haig Jr
Richard Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Prairie roads shape politics on the Great Plains
The vast prairie from the Missouri river to the Rockies makes road building a dominant political lever. A governor candidate's bid hinges on highway decisions, as contractors seek access and funding across isolated towns on the plains.
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Great American Prairie
Missouri-Mississippi River
Rockies
Texas
Montana
Nebraska
Oklahoma reformer Edmondson and road contracts reform
A Washington writer reflects on J Howard Edmondson, Oklahoma reformer who failed to curb highway contract corruption in the 1960s. The piece cites a 1950s campaign wisdom about campaign finance and timing, linking past failures to today’s county- run road programs and growing federal prosecutions.
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Oklahoma
Daily
Oklahoman
U.S
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Congress
Court House
Edmundson
Prairie States
Edmondson
Camp Peary spy U reveals hush hush CIA training grounds
In Williamsburg Virginia locals know Camp Peary as Spy U the CIA training base. The Farm is a cloaked campus with armed guards watchtowers and strict secrecy where students learn lock picking phone tapping spycraft and paramilitary skills while memory notes are burned and trash inspected.
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Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Jamestown
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Virginia
War Department
Defense Department
Victor Marchetti
West Point
Spy U
Intelligence
Good Old Spy U
Love Boat rituals aboard Statendam cruise ship
On the SS Statendam off Alaska seasoned cruisers claim the deck chair throne and early seating tactics. Observers note maritime territorial behavior from widowed veterans, handbag holds for prime lounge seats, and piracy fears amid a gala welcome and captain farewell events.
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Statendam
Alaska
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First Lady Nancy Reagan Surprise Over White House Looks
Lillian Carter comments on Nancy Reagan's reaction to the White House interior. The piece cites college football coach remarks on travel costs and new trends in limiting trips to save money.
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Ce Corse
Indians University
Coral Castle builder Edward Leedskalnin story
Edward Leedskalnin, a frail Latvian immigrant, moved to South Florida in 1919 and spent 25 years building Coral Castle from coral bedrock to honor a former fiancée. Known as Crazy Ed to neighbors, he moved and carved more than 1100 tons by hand and died in 1951, leaving engineering legends about his solitary monument.
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