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Panama Canal Still Vital for Trade and Defense Says Editor
J Richard Nokes reports from Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal showing nine ships in one day and detailing traffic trends, capacity, and tolls. He notes the canal’s enduring strategic and economic role, its defenses, and questions about future control.
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J. Richard Nokes
Portland, Ore
Oregonian
Panama
Newhouse
Panama Canal Zone
Pacific
Miraflores
Panama Canal
Germany
United States
Canal
Republic of Panama
Panama Canal Co
Canal Zone
Frank A. Baldwin
Antonio Reynald
The
University of Panama
U.S. Navy
Navy
Baldwin
Suez Canal
Atlantic
Alaska
Gulf
New Jersey
Sol Linowitz
Associated Press Managing Editors
New Orleans
Oregon
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Cuban
Santiago
South America
Attica
General Electric
Gatun
Gatun Lake
Pedro Miguel
Tony Reynald
Boston
Linowitz
State Department
U.S
Liberia
Great Britain
Japan
Greece
Norway