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By ELTON C. FAY .the Panama Canal in military

WASHINGTON (AP) —- The‘operations during World War Vital importance of a trans-iTwo and the Korean emergency lstzhmus canal linking the At-ii‘emoves all doubt regarding

lantic and Pacific will continue'the future need and potentiali‘memy snbn'arim’s'

undim-inished far into the. future, Iusefulness for meeting the re:

American strategists say. lquirements of the defence

This, it is pointed out. is intorces of this nation in peacel Iddition to the even greater‘and war." the spokesman said. value of the canal to the com-I merce of the Untert States andmilitarily, President Johnson lll announc- for reasons in addition to tasterl ing the proposal for building a‘and easier movement of ship-:

new sea-level \iaterii'ay across pin: sing before a German Panama or adjacent areas to replace the 50-year-old, lock- merited that he believes their

hound Panama Canal. primary militarv I

A U. S. Navy 5 p n k c s m a n building the sea-level canal is 1 agreed that it is true 24 of the not the fact that bigger ships navy‘s attack carriers cannot could use such a waterway bu get through the extsti‘ng canal that it would not have the highl but added that "it, can hardlylv'ulnerabiltty of the presenti be said that the true strategic.canal to sabotage. importance of the canal is less An essential component of the “day than i' has been I“ the Panama Canal is Gatun Lake

85“ which stands between the locks

H9 “0'9‘1 “‘3' mndem m" at the Atlantic and Pacific clear submarines. the new mis- ends That lake, 32 feet above sile cruisers and frigates and sea level, is created by a simple anti-submarine warfare vessels. earthen dam impounding the which include rebuild carriers. “wafers 0f several rivers and can transit the canal. ma“ streams.

A sea-level mum With Wide An ordinary conventional ex- Chamld and "0 Wki ‘VOUIdelosion. not a nuclear blast. is open the trans-isthmus route to a“ mat would be needed k, 53b.

all US naval craft and S‘Ul otaze the whole canal system hours off the time for transtting This defence official said it the canal. would take two years to refill

VALUE PROVEN "The dcmnnsi rated

the lake to navigable level if the value of dam were destroyed.

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The value of a sea-level canal. EDULCI‘ JUSIi“ MmiSI" would multiply thelScholten Saturday cancelled a the world. as emphasized by.benefits of the present systemiprison

.which a JeWish Woman was in mm“ 518.000 to ﬂawv Another defence official com-fcriminal who condemned her to obey will

reason [grit Nearly $6,000.00" was spent on

which former Dutch Nazis t es of buildin totalled mor I threatened the woman. Mrs. R.‘ $2,, 5mm”): e Kolt

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