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...knows how many unexploded bombs and shells lie beneath the azure waters of the Suez Canal to threaten dredging operations-even if the Egyptians and Israelis should come to terms on reopening the waterway. The known obstacles, however, are relatively few: the sister passenger steamers Mecca and Ismailia, scuttled on orders of Egypt's late President Nasser at the start of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war; part of a pontoon bridge; two small tugs sunk downstream from the city of Ismailia; and the wreckage of a barge twelve miles north of Suez. The Egyptians calculate that they could reopen...
Despite the advent of supertankers, nearly 90% of the world's ships could use the canal if it were to reopen. Even at the prewar depth of 38 ft., vessels of up to 125,000 tons can traverse the waterway in ballast, cutting off twelve days on the round trip between Europe and the Persian Gulf...
Arabs' Praise. In view of Egypt's obvious interest in Suez Canal negotiations, the surprising note in Benghazi was the saber-rattling declaration that the three members of the Union of Arab Republics would continue the war against Israel and even reopen the long-quiet eastern front. Visiting Cairo last week, TIME Senior Editor Ron Kriss received an explanation from Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Salah Gohar of what such declarations mean. "When Arabs argue," said Gohar, one of the main architects of Egypt's diplomatic strategy, "they start on opposite sidewalks and shout at one another...
Yesterday Roger Rosenblatt, assistant professor of English and Commission chairman, spoke to a Law School student who said he had attended the meeting of demonstrators and found the report incomplete. Rosenblatt said he would investigate and, if necessary, reopen the case...
...Haven Hungry Charley's will reopen "after things have time to cool off," Schweitzer added...