European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 and stripes August 1977 Washington a president Carter formally endorsed the new Panama canal agreement Friday and stepped up his Campaign to sell to Congress and the nation by calling it important to american interests and vital for a new Day in hemispheric the president pledged to join Panama in studies to determine whether an entirety new canal is needed at sea level across Central America and to cooperate with the panamanian government on improvements to the existing under the canal treaty that will now be Carter we will have operating control and the right to protect and defend the Panama canal our military forces until the end of this Cen Tury a separate we will Haw the right to ensure the maintenance of the permanent neutrality of the canal As we May determine Trie resident our warships Are guaranteed the permanent right to expedit Blaze turns into a by Robert United Portis International fanned by rising californian Marble Cone Eire in the big sur country jumped three creeks Friday to expand the area of devastation to fire fighters were winning the Battle against the Stales other two major this is ugly said Jim a fire Captain on the Marble Cone now the a valour has taken a bad turn and has made this fire a High Low humidity and winds of up to 20 Miles an hour combined to help the Uda Yold in the last 34 hours it has gobbled up an additional As the fire Hotshot Crews set backfires along 12 Miles of mostly in the North where fire fighters were concentrated in an Effort to protect the Carmel River they have constructed 60 mites of line and to create another 32 Miles in order to encircle the 1ondusa situation in northeastern the acre Mondosa fire raged out of but fire fighters hoped to contain it at the scar face just two Miles was contained wednesday those two blazes caused an estimated million in mostly by destroying commercial Long Range weather f9recasis anticipated the return of californian wave of major fires this month was caused by lightning Early last four each of about 30 were ignited by lightning wednesday night in the Kunath National because of their it was expected they would Burn themselves in the deep Creek tire flared up during the night and because of All the fire fighters were Uncer Tain As to its new in Utah the Lydias Canyon fire was contained at boo rain dampened most of Alaska where million acres of Tundra has with the help of alaskan Bear Creek lire made a Large run threatening the Village of population Tibet passage without regard to propulsion or carte gave his endorsement in a pre pared statement that he read with his two lop Panama canal treaty ambassadors Ellsworth Bunker and sol Lino All at its believe that these agreements Are Good Carter and that the implementation of the treaties incorporating these agreements Are important to our Long term National interests the trea ties will be foundation for new co opera live Era in our relations with All of latin we will work with Panama to assess need for a Sealevel canal and will also cooperate on possible improvements to the existing Carter said 1 believe these treaties will help la usher in a new Day in hemispheric Carter also Haa talked about the pact with former president Gerald font and former Secretary of state Henry Kissin its Safe to assume the president would like to have the support of others who have been involved in this White House press Secretary Jody Powell in revealing Friday the Carter talks with Ford and Powell said the two were among previous leaders who sought a new canal Powell said Carter spoke with Ford and Kissinger by Telephone from where he spent a five Day vacation begin Ning last Powell said Carter talked to others about the agreement As including Powell refused to reveal precisely what was said in the administration officials and Senate democratic leaders said thursday Carter has a Tough fight ahead in Congress to win approval of a new Panama Senate democratic Leader Robert Byril of West Virginia who in the past bos aided with those who oppose giving up control of the said he has an open mind on the new but he warned the treaty Haa an Uphill Road to travel in the which must ratify the pact before it takes one administration tally showed the White House so far can count on Only 50 of the 67 votes it needs for and officials said they expect a Tough Battle for the additional 17 one Way to Ketchup with traffic even motorists in a hurry screech to halt at this Stop the Eye Catcher if a thriving Tomato Plant tied to us us who shown up with us watering can every is 6yearold Cost Antone Ion of and John of new a says Kearney obeyed Hoover orders sex Fri aide backs indicted agent a the former 3 Man in the Fri said Friday an agent now facing charges of illegal mail opening and conspiracy is William a former assistant to Edgar said in an interview from his Home at sugar that he is willing to testify on behalf of agent John who headed a squad of Fri men tracking violent extremists in the Early Kearney has been indicted on two counts of two counts of obstructing correspondence and one count of unlawful Kearney Case has been a rallying Point far other Fri As Oats who claim any improper activities that May have been undertaken by agents during the height of the ant Vietnam War movement were done under orders from Sullivan said he recalled relaying a statement from Hoover to Kearney con a erring the Pursuit and arrest of members of the Radical weathermen there was no question about the mean ing of Hoover s Sullivan As a result of a conversation Rele vant to the contents of that statement i gave to it is my feeling that Kearney certainly is innocent of the charge levelled against him and that it is unjust and unwarranted that he has been Sullivan said hoovers statement relayed to Kearney was very dear in its meaning of what could be Sullivan quoted the statement m saying any Means necessary could be used in the location and arrest of the f he said the statement did not go into the specifics of the techniques that could be the order made no specific reference to or letter but As a result of the state would know that be was operating with Headquarters Sullivan said he said he is willing to testify in Kear Neys behalf and declined More specific an at that time in court i will disclose my Complete in not going to disclose it before he declined to discus any testimony he gave before a grand jury in Washington july that panel is interviewing present and former members of the Fri on the Issue served in the Fri for 30 he was assistant director in charge of the intelligence division for 10 Yean before becoming hoovers assistant he retired in
