Word: panamanians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most protracted and politically sensitive diplomatic disputes in American history is rapidly reaching a turning point. U.S. and Panamanian negotiators in Washington hope to initial the draft of the first major agreements on the Canal Zone since the U.S. extracted jurisdiction over the area in a treaty forced upon the fledgling Republic of Panama in 1903. Very soon, perhaps within the next two weeks, a new deal can be struck-if one final, formidable obstacle can be overcome. That issue is how much money the U.S. should pay Panama before relinquishing the last remnants of control over the canal...
...then turn it over to Panama. Some 3,500 Americans working for the Panama Canal Co., which is entirely owned by the U.S. Government, would lose such perks as subsidized housing and bargain shopping at official stores; they would simply live as foreigners subject to Panamanian laws and customs as soon as Panama began governing the zone...
...topics of defense and "neutrality" of the zone that American negotiators have scored their most notable breakthrough. Despite cries of Panamanian radicals for a total American pullout, the treaty calls for a gradual military reduction. The number of U.S. troops, now 9,000, presumably would decline and the 14 U.S. military bases would be reduced to four or five by the year 2000. At that time, the U.S. would have to pull out the last of its troops-or negotiate yet another treaty...
...continuing attachment to his Latin background. Although he has now lived in the U.S. longer than in Panama, he has not sought American citizenship. Asked by a reporter what it would be like to be an American folk hero, he replied with some astonishment: "I'm a Panamanian citizen. How can I be an American folk hero?" He explains: "I've kept my citizenship because to most kids down there I'm a national hero, someone they look up to. I think if I become a U.S. citizen they would think that I let them down...
...racism of the fans inhibit their lives, and, characteristically, they did not complain about the insults to Twins officials and teammates. (Carew had long before learned to live with prejudice. Even today, he sometimes hears a fan shouting racial slurs from the safety of the stands.) The Panamanian was swept into Marilynn's family-her mother has lived with them for four years. Marriage and children-Charryse, 3½, and Stephanie, 2-have stabilized Carew's life. Although he remains an Episcopalian, he studies his wife's religion and observes Jewish traditions and holidays. His only jewelry...