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...discussions focused mainly on procedural matters that could provide the framework of a Geneva Conference. The Israelis favored an agenda to discuss three points: establishment of diplomatic relations, cultural exchanges, and the freedom of the Suez Canal and other waterways. The Egyptians proposed instead to prepare a "declaration of principles" that would form a basis for detailed negotiations at a full-scale conference later...
Frank Rich's review of Frederick Wiseman's PBS film Canal Zone [Oct. 10] does a great injustice to Canal Zone residents. Specifically, I refer to such statements as "Zonians, for all their manic patriotic ardor, are a rootless and unhappy lot; their crime rate and child-abuse rates are well above the mainland rates...
Responding to questions, Young forecasted the passage of the Canal treaty, peace in the Middle East, and a continuing role for U.S. business in South Africa...
Despite the President's good intentions, it soon became evident that, although the administration had listed hospital cost containment as one of its five top legislative priorities, it has taken a back seat to the energy issue and the Panama Canal treaty. The President realized that Congress could deal with only so much legislation at a time. So his letters to key congressmen urging them with his blessing to enact health cost control legislation were in vain. It has since become obvious that the administration's hospital cost control bill will not become law this year...
...perhaps 20 years. An alternative is to place a U.N. force at Sharm el Sheikh and give Israel inspection rights. Most experts agree that Israel's stated strategic concern about the Aqaba Gulf is irrelevant. Whether cargoes get through to Eilat depends on who controls 1) the Suez Canal, which must remain open to Israeli shipping, or 2) the Strait of Bab el Mandeb at the mouth of the Red Sea between Djibouti and South Yemen...