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Newspaper Page Text— Griffin Daily News Thursday, Septembers, 1977 Page 6 Latin America backs Panama Canal treaty WASHINGTON (AP) - The Carter administration has Latin American backing for the new Panama Canal treaty, but the support of the American people and Congress is still in doubt. After the colorful treaty-sign ing ceremony, attended by 27 visiting leaders, the spotlight is focusing on opponents of the pact. xI J ' ißw®! n I' iH Jnr ffflwl! t L 1 ■ KI 11 >vW i r I B | This was the scene at the Pan American Union Wednesday for the signing of the historic Panama Canal treaty. From left are: President Carter; Alejandro Orfila, secretary general, Organization of American States; Panama head of government Omar Torrijos; Bahamas Prime Minister Lynden Pindley; Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau; and Costa Rica President Daniel Oduber. (AP) Summary of treaty terms WASHINGTON (AP) — Here is a summary of major principles of the two Panama Canal treaties signed by President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos: —CONTROL: The United States and Panama would ad* minister the canal jointly until the expiration of the new treaty on Dec. 31,1999, turning control, management and maintenance of the canal at that time over to the Panamanian government. The old treaty, signed in 1903, gave the United States perpetual control over the canal and adjacent Canal Zone. —DEFENSE: For the duration of the treaty the United States has primary responsibility for defense of the canal. A board of U.S. and Panamanian military officers is es tablished to consult on defense matters and every five years review military resources made available by both countries. The United States may decide on its own how and when to reduce its 9,000-man military force in the Canal Zone and schedule the closing of 14 bases there during the life of the treaty. -COMPENSATION: The United States will pay wanna buy /JfWIiFWO a pet? ~~> ' 'b v xvW Looking for something / C cuddly to love? Like ' x 7 ''/''' Jif£,\ ' Z?Wvi a sow-legged friend, or ° ne fevered / z z/fll b / pal? Or a purr-feet I z ' playmate for the kids? I I Z'/ft x ' You'll find your • 'Yi, special pet listed ‘ • * ° °Wf in our classifieds! o * , ® “. °UT Frorn p°P ular e ® ii i'° ' l pedigrees to the u/tTI o f<. unusual and exotic! / C> //^^/f '1 l/jlf ’’ 1/ i^'/ • - Z<Z : Find'em here! X 1 9 GRIFFIN GAI GVW'NEWS LOOK CLASSIFIEDS... Two long-time foes of relin quishing control of the water way planned to argue their case today before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on sep aration of powers: former Cali fornia Gov. Ronald Reagan and Rep. Daniel Flood, D-Pa. With public opinion polls showing only minority support for the treaty, Carter faces an uphill fight in his bid to convince two-thirds of the Senate that the accord is in the national in terest. American officials say the President is expected to use three main arguments in his campaign for the treaty. He is expected to stress the international support the treaty enjoys, a point amply demon- Panama SSO million to S6O million annually from canal revenue and an additional $lO million a year for the canal’s operation. Panama also will receive SSO million in military assistance over the next 10 years. —LANDS AND WATERS: About 70 per cent of the 500- square-mile Canal Zone reverts to Panama as soon as the treaty is ratified with the United States retaining tem porary control over the rest, including areas considered vital to running the canal. —JURISDICTION: Within three years of ratification, the 3,500 American civilian employes in the Canal Zone would be subject to Panamanian law instead of American law. Panama after three years would take responsibility for public and social services, including schools, the Canal Zone police force and postal service. —NEUTRALITY: Under a separate treaty, the two countries agree to a guarantee that the canal will remain open to ships of all nations and that the canal’s neutrality will be respected “in times of war as in times of peace.” American and Panamanian warships and other vessels are given priority to use the canal. strated Wednesday night. The 27 foreign leaders were at the Organization of American States headquarters to watch Carter and Panamanian head of government Omar Torrijos mark the formal end of 13 years of negotiation with the signing. The officials said Carter will also seek support by campaign ing against the present treaty, which dates from the turn of the century. He told the OAS gathering, “That treaty, drafted in a world so different from ours, has become an obstacle to better relations with Latin America.” At a White House dinner for the visiting hemispheric digni taries after the OAS ceremony, Carter noted that no Pan amanian had read the 1903 treaty before it was signed. The third point Carter will use in the coming weeks focuses on the provision in the treaty guaranteeing the United States the right to ensure canal neutrality even after Panama assumes control of the water way at the end of this century. Carter said the treaty marks “the commitment of the United States to the belief that fairness, not force, should lie at the heart of dealings with the nations of the world.” Torrijos said that while the old treaty was a “technical conquest,” it also was a “colo nial conquest.” “To be strong carries with it an obligation to be just,” he said. At the end of the 30-minute ceremony, Carter and Torrijos embraced warmly. There were some dissenting voices to the signing. In Pan ama, demonstrators advocating an immediate takeover of the canal hurled stones and shouted slogans at the Foreign Ministry. In Washington, some 2,000 demonstrators marched near the White House. Their target, however, was not the treaty but the presence of 11 military leaders from Latin America. They carried placards saying, “Carter’s Human Rights Policy — Dinner with Fascists.” ‘4ll I I i -MG omjos .4 Q ' *?*• ■Ka //? i * Supporters of the Emergency Coalition to Save the Panama Canal hold a protest rally on the steps of the Reaction to treaty signing PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — Church bells rang, car horns blared and hundred of Panamanians paraded through the streets Wednesday night to celebrate the signing of the new Panama Canal treaties. American opponents of the pact marched in black through the Canal Zone, and Pan amanian opponents clashed with police Wednesday after noon outside the Foreign Minis try. Those Panamanians oppose the treaty because it does not call for immediate U.S. with drawal. They threw stones and shouted slogans, then battled riot police who moved in to dis perse them. Dozens of protest ors were injured, and at least 30 were arrested. The crowds in Panama City during the evening turned out in response to a call from the government-line newspaper Critica for “massive jubila tion.” Their cheers mingled with the blare of horns, fire si rens and bells as National Guardsmen set off fireworks over the city. Officials said police and fire Ahiaaxld H Spalding Square What a Way C to g 0!... to the game or \3r back to school. OUR Experts to assist you: Kim McKinley Cindy Banks Pat Banks Clara Clark Dena Bates > WE CARE ABOUT YOU 1- departments and church groups organized similar celebrations in other towns. A bigger celebration is planned for Friday, when the head of the government, Gen. Omar Torrijos, returns from Washington, where he and President Carter signed the Carter’s heartiest greeting was for boxing champion WASHINGTON (AP) - Standing in the receiving line at the White House after the historic signing of the Panama Canal treaty as 27 hemispheric leaders and 140 guests filed by, President Carter saved his heartiest greetings for boxer Muhammad Ali. “How are you doin’?” Carter said, slapping Ali on the back. Being invited to the White House for dinner was “the big gest honor ever bestowed me,” Ali said later in the company of guests that included former President Gerald R. Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, Henry A. Capitol Wednesday. President Carter signed the treaty in a ceremony at the Organization of American States. (AP) treaties. In Balboa, the largest city in the U.S. Canal Zone, 1,000 American residents fiercely op posed to giving up the canal staged a 20-minute “march of mourning,” singing songs with anti-Carter lyrics. Balboa, with Kissinger and Vice President Walter F. Mondale. Ali presented Carter with two tickets to his next fight. But the big contest on Car ter’s mind these days is getting Senate ratification of the treaty as he expressed the hope that Americans would be “big enough, strong enough, cou rageous enough and under standing enough ... to be proud of what has been accom plished.” Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez reminded Carter of the debate ahead when he teased Carter that “now the its neat American ranch homes and supermarkets, is adjacent to the poverty-scarred Pan amanian capital. The major theme in speeches by the Zonians was that Carter had sold out to Torrijos, whom they regard as a leftist dictator. senators are more important than President Carter.” While waiting for guests to file by in the White House en trance hall, Carter told report ers that General Omar Torrijos, the Panamanian strongman, was "almost emotional” in their private conversations about how much the treaty meant to Panama. “I liked that,” Carter said. Ford chatted easily with re porters too, commenting that he and Mrs. Johnson were color coordinated — he in a natty three-piece brown suit and Mrs. Johnson in brown chiffon.