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Tuesday. March 1. 1988 / University Daily Kansan
NationWorld
Panama strike ineffective
The Associated Press
Stores and offices remain open for business
PANAMA CITY, Panama — A general strike called by opponents of Panama's military regime stumbled yesterday, with transportation and most commerce proceeding uninterrupted.
Intimidation, censorship and an apparent lack of faith in the effectiveness of mass action conspired against the strike's success. The fact that yesterday was payday also hurt the strike.
The strike, called to press for the resignation of strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriage, appeared somewhat effective in industry.
Noriega, commander of the Defense Forces, has been charged in the United States with involvement in
the smuggling of Colombian cocaine and with allowing narcotics traffickers to launder profits in Panamanian banks.
Last week, President Eric Arturo Delvale ordered him to resign. But on Friday, Noriega engineered a vote in the National Assembly, dismissing Delvalle.
Delvalle called for a nationwide strike after his dismissal. He fled from house arrest Saturday and remained in hiding yesterday, defying Noriega's order that he leave Panama.
The strike call was issued Friday by the National Civic Crusade, an alliance of 200 political, labor, professional and business groups that has been campaigning since June for
Noriega's ouster. Opposition leaders say they want the strike to last until Noriega steps down.
Norwegian Stops Some Panamanian banks were closed, but international banks and government offices were open.
Along downtown's Central Avenue yesterday, more than 80 percent of the stores were open. Some businesses kept shutters or security grates pulled down over show windows; but their doors were open, and clients came and went.
Juan B. Sosa, Panama's ambassador to the United States, refused yesterday to relinquish the embassy to an envoy designated by the military-controlled government to replace him. Since Friday, Sosa has maintained that the vote to oust Delvalle was unconstitutional.
News Roundup
IRA HAS SOVIET WEAPONS: The Irish Republican Army in London is equipped with Soviet-made SAM-7 anti-aircraft missiles, Irish and British authorities acknowledged in a TV program broadcast yesterday. The surface-to-air missiles were contained in more than 100 tons of weaponry sent by Libya to Ireland for the IRA in four shiploads in 1985 and 1986, according to the program.
1943, was made available to The Associated Press by the World Jewish Congress and its authenticity was confirmed by Justice Department sources.
the program.
PEACE TALKS INCONCLUSIVE: Secretary of State George Shultz neared the end of a peace mission in Jerusalem yesterday with inconclusive responses from Israel and the Arabs on his plan for negotiations on a Middle East settlement. Final word from Jordan,
the key Arab country, awaited a meeting today with
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OPENS: The Arizona Senate yesterday opened the first impeachment trial of a U.S. governor in six decades, and within hours an attorney for Gov. Evan Mecham lost a plea for dismissal of the charges against the first-term Republican.
King Hussein in London WALDEIM APPROVED DEPORTIONS: A key Nazi document made public yesterday shows that Kurt Waldheim signed a German letter seeking approval for mass deportation of Greek civilians in 1943 in a "cleansing operation." The document, dated Aug. 15,
LAWYER SUBPOENA NORTH: A defense lawyer in a drug trial in Detroit has subpoenaed L.A. Col. Oliver North to testify about an alleged scheme to smuggle marijuana and cocaine into Michigan from South America.
SIMMONS TRIAL SET: A Russellville, Ark., man accused of killing 16 people, including 14 members of his own family, is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled yesterday before setting a May 9 trial date. Circuit Judge John Patterson accepted a state mental hospital finding that R. Gene Simmons was competent
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