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Thursday, September 8, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Goina up
Construction of two canopies and a redwood deck area in front of the Kansas Union probably will be completed by the end of the month, according to Keith Lawton, director of facilities planning. The $47,000 project is part of a long-range program planned for
five years and begun last fall with construction of a ramp and canopy in front of the Union's north doors and remodeling of most of the main floor. The new canopies and deck mark the last stage in the plan.
U.S., Panama sign treaty
By FRANK CORMIER Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON—President Carter signed the historic and much-debtared Panama Canal treaty last night, hailing it as "a symbol of mutual respect and cooperation."
IN THE AUDIENCE for the colorful ceremony were representatives of 25 nations, former President Gerald Ford, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and William Rogers, and Lady Bird Johnson.
Carter joined Panama's ruling general, Omar Torrijos, in signing the agreement that at the end of this century finally could give Panama control of the waterway carved through its midsection more than 63 years ago.
The signing ceremony climaxed what may have been Washington's biggest diplomatic extravaganza, a three-day affair of talks and social activities attended by leaders of numerous Western Hemisphere nations.
After the ceremony, about 2,000 demonstrators representing a coalition of 30 human rights groups held a chanting march across the street from the White House as President Carter and his guests met for dinner there.
The theme of the rally was not the canal treaty, but repression by military dictators in Latin America, although a few ant-treaty signs were visible. It appeared to be one of the largest appearances at the White House, and the events of the Vietnam war but it remained orderly.
ALTHOUGH THE treaty caps 13 years of
Report says Lance prosecution unnecessary
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Federal banking regulators, in a report deeper into Bert Lance's financial past, disclosed yesterday he used interest-free deposits from his own bank to obtain more than a dozen loans dating back to 1983.
However, the report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency concluded that the so-called "correspondent" transections did not appear to violate any laws and that "we do not believe that the prosecution of any individuals is warranted."
The report, released by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, which is investigating Lance's banking background, was a supplement to one issued by the Bankruptcy Court. The court more recent bank transactions by Lance before he became President Carter's budget
director. The initial report also found no grounds for prosecution.
BUT BOTH REPORTS raised questions about the effectiveness of federal controls over our banking business, and a House committee has holding hearings on that general subject.
Comptroller John Heimman forwarded the additional findings to both the House subcommittee and to the Senate committee, which will have the opportunity to press Heimman for further details when it lances hearings on the Lance affair Thursday.
Lance, in the face of continuing criticism, said he was prepared to answer all allegations against him and is scheduled to testify before the Senate committee Sept. 15.
At the White House, press secretary Jody Powell told reporters the President was very impressed with his leadership.
"has not and does not intend to ask for his resignation."
REFERRING TO THE comprisher's latest report and a Justice Department investigation of Lance's alleged use of a National Bank of Georgia corporate plane for personal and campaign purposes, Powell said. Obviously he is not obviously he (Carter) is not disappointed in his appointment of Mr. Lance."
Heitman's supplemental report disclosed for the first time that Lance and his wife obtained about $800,000 in personal loans from the Fulton National Bank in Atlanta by depositing funds from the First National Bank in Savannah, in an interest-free account with Fulton.
Heimann said his investigation showed that the loans would not have been made had it not been for the "correspondent relationship" between the two banks.
Lance received the loans in more than a dozen transactions beginning in 1983 although the biggest financial obligations were made in the early 1970s, the controller said.
SENATE DEMOCRATIC leader Robert Byrd, talking with reporters Wednesday, disclosed that he met with the President Tuesday but declined to say whether he suggested Lance resign. However, Mr. Byrd said he asked the question that Mr. Lance's effectiveness . . . has been severely impaired and I hope the matter can be fairly and expeditiously resolved."
House Speaker Thomas O'Neill, when asked if he thought Lance should step down, said, "He has asked for his day in court and he should have it. He is a tremendously able person and he has been doing a great job for the country."
The canal treaty has won much more acclaim in Latin America than it has in the U.S. Senate, which could nullify the festivities by failing to ratify the treaty by a required two-thirds vote. That vote is expected to come next year.
negotiation inspired by violence and the threat of violence along the canal that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, over the pact may be permissive.
in his remarks at the signing ceremony, Torrijos addressed the Senate directly, quoting Abraham Lincoln as saying the difference between a statesman and a politician is that "a statesman thinks of the state, a politician only thinks of the next election."
He also reminded his audience that some Panamanians criticize the treaty because it gives the United States too much residual power.
BLT TORRLIOS said that Panama holds
no grudges against the United States and he acknowledged the "technological conquest" that the canal's construction represented. He said that this conquest turned into a colonial conquest but that this will be ended if the new treaty goes into effect.
Officials here believe Senate rejection of the treaty would trigger guerrilla warfare and mob violence in the Canal Zone similar to the riots that erupted there in 1964.
Some problems already have erupted because of the treaty's terms. Panamanian demonstrators who favor immediate secession, had the phased-in control provided by the agreement hurled stones and shouted slogans against the foreign Ministry in City Wednesday.
The President noted the canal would not be under total Panamanian control for 23 years and said that even 'after that, the canal will remain in the counter attack to the canal's neutrality.'
Ethiopia breaks ties with enemy Somalia
NIAHROBI, Kenya (UPI)-Ethiopia broke diplomatic relations with Somalia. Weda Lemay's troops "hawe launched all-out war against the invading enemy" in the Ogaden desert.
Radio Addis Ababa's announcement, which ordered all Somali diplomats out of the country within 48 hours, appeared to be the prelude to a formal declaration of war between the East African neighbors who had supported an隐含ed war all summer.
There was no immediate response from Somalia or the Soviet Union, which has important military interests in both nations.
Radio Addis Ababa said it is "The reactionary Mogadishu regime (that) has been waging a war of invasion against Ethiopia.
progress, Ethiopian regular and militia forces have launched all-out war against the invading enemy in defense of the country's territorial integrity," the broadcast said.
"Using its regular troops and air forces because of this aggression which is still in
Ethiopia and Somalia's battle on the Horn of Africa has raged for more than three months, although war has never been formally declared. Military action in the region has increased sharply in recent weeks, a development that could affect other East African states and pose grave policy problems for the Soviets.
The Soviet Union, which has outfitted large portions of both nations' armed forces, has been trying to maintain links with both warring states. It has at stake highly sophisticated naval and military facilities in Somalia and massive supplies of equipment donated to the Marxist military regime in Addis Ababa.
Suspect held in Winfield
WINFIELD, Kan. (AP)—A man surrendered in Winfield last night in connection with the slaying of an Arkansas teacher on the steps of his church, police said.
The man walked into the Winfield Police
Station and gave himself up, Charles Eggers, a jailer, said.
Poice said the Rev. William M. Dellahoe
46, was called to the doorway of the Pilgrim
Rest Baptist Church by a man who shot him
twice and fled.
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