New Panama Canal Treaty Seen Shaping U.S. Policy
After 13 years of talks the United States and Panama reached a principle agreement to transfer canal control to Panama with the U.S. defending canal neutrality indefinitely. The Carter administration faces a tough sell in Congress amid public and legislative ignorance about the issue. The draft envisions Panama running operations from 2000 onward, preserving U.S. transit rights, and may include a future sea level canal. Debates will be heated as the Senate weighs a two thirds ratification.
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Kilpatrick on Panamanian canal treaty debate
James J Kilpatrick argues the Panama Canal issue demands open minds and editor duty as months pass before a yea or nay vote. He questions surrender of sovereignty to a unstable regime and warns about paying Torrijos while maintaining fair use of the canal. He favors prudent, not prideful or generous, approach.
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Suez
Panama
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Mark Russell: budget director in trouble sparks embarrassment
Washington based political satirist Mark Russell notes the budget director’s financial trouble as an embarrassment and likens it to the secretary of agriculture’s plants dying highlighting comical critique of political figures.
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Mark Russell
Truce urged after PCC board clash with Klein
Citizen Editorial Writer notes James B. Klein disrupted PCC board calm with relentless requests for information and confrontations over procedure. The piece argues the open conflict sparked attention to governance flaws, including open meeting law compliance and records access, urging a truce to protect PCC and the community.
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PCC
South Koreas gifts to Congress stir bribery debates
Art Buchwald notes South Korea’s gift giving to U.S. lawmakers amid a bribery scandal, arguing that in their culture gifts are a sign of friendship. He contrasts German and French postwar aid with Seoul’s approach, mentions Tongsun Park, and hints at lobbying ties to a South Korean government account.
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Tongsun Park
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