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 Material Information
Title: The Panama Canal spillway = el Canal de Panamá spillway
Portion of title: Spillway
Parallel title: Canal de Panamá Spillway
Issues for also have Spanish title: Spillway del Canal de Panamá
Physical Description: 37 v. : ill. ; 43 cm.
Language: English
Creator: Canal Zone
Panama Canal Company
United States -- Panama Canal Commission
United States
Publisher: Panama Canal
Place of Publication: Balboa Hights, C.Z
Creation Date: March 30, 1979
Publication Date: 1963-1999
Frequency: biweekly[jan. 6, 1984-1999]
weekly[ former -dec. 23, 1983]
biweekly
regular
 Subjects
Subjects / Keywords: Periodicals -- Canal Zone   ( lcsh )
Periodicals -- Panama Canal (Panama)   ( lcsh )
Genre: federal government publication   ( marcgt )
periodical   ( marcgt )
serial   ( sobekcm )
 Notes
Language: Text in English and Spanish; Spanish text inverted.
Dates or Sequential Designation: Vol. 1, no. 33 (Feb. 1, 1963)-Vol. 37, no. 26 (Dec. 30, 1999).
Issuing Body: Issued by: Government of the Canal Zone <June 24, 1966-June 13 1969>; by the Panama Canal Company, <Aug. 13, 1976>-Sept. 14, 1979; by the Panama Canal Commission, Sept. 20, 1979-Dec. 1999.
General Note: "Official Panama Canal publication."
General Note: Imprint varies: Balboa Hights, <1966-1978>; Miami, Fla., <1979-1982>; Balboa Heights, Pan. <1983>-1999.
General Note: Description based on: Vol. 5, no. 1 (June 24, 1966); title from caption.
General Note: Vols. for 1994-1995 distributed to depository libraries in microfiche.
General Note: Special "80th anniversary supplement" issue published on Aug. 12, 1994.
General Note: Special ed. for 65th anniversary of the Panama Canal issued at end of Oct. 1979, is also a joint issue with: The News: authorized unofficial publication of the U.S. Armed Forces, Quarry Heights, Panama, and includes the text of the Panama Canal Act.
 Record Information
Rights Management: All rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier: oclc - 02582102
lccn - 83642750
issn - 0364-8044
Classification: lcc - HE538 .A37
ddc - 386/.444/05
System ID: UF00094771:01210
 Related Items
Preceded by: Spillway
Succeeded by: Faro (Balboa, Panama)

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Gif of the Panama CanalMuseum
More Than 64 Years of Service to World Commerce


The Panama


Vol. XVII, NO. 3 I


Canal Spillway

Friday, March 30, 1979


The Mail Will


Go Through
Many local residents and orga-
nizations have expressed concern
about what will happen to mail .:
addressed to the Canal Zone that '.
arrives on the Isthmus after Oc-
ber I, when the Canal Zone and the
C.Z. Postal Service will no longer
exist.
There are plans to deal with this
eventuality by authorizing a new
postal assistance unit within the
Administrative Services Division.
For five years from the date of
implementation, the unit will re-
route mail to its proper address in
the military APO system, the Pan-
ama postal system or wherever in
the world the addressee has re-
located. If the addressee cannot
be located, the unit employees will
return the mail to sender.
Patrons of the C.Z. Postal Serv-
ice also needn't worry about out-
standing C.Z. Postal money orders
or pending claims for the loss or
damage of insured and/or regis-
tered mail. After October 1, the unit
will act to reimburse money orders
and to adjudicate pending claims.
The postal assistance unit will
also have the responsibility of han-
dling and distributing official Pan-
ama Canal Commission mail.
Canal. employees will be notified
later this year concerning their op-
tions to transfer their postal address -
to the APO system or to use the
Panama system. Those employees Once
who opt to use the'APO system for and t
the allo, ed five-year period will re- a fairy
ceive change of address cards.well in first I
advance of the transfer. written
invitii
of hit
Zone Buildings Leased tour
Presic
To Panama To Ease

Crowded Colon Schools |
The vacant buildings in the Rain-
bow City high school complex have
been leased to Panama and will be
integrated into the Colon school
system.
The buildings have not been in
use since December 1977 when the
Latin American school system in
the Canal Zone was phased out.
In addition to the three-story
main school, the complex consists
of four buildings including a shop.,
The decision to rent the build-
ings, which are in an area that will
be turned over to Panama on Oc-
tober 1, was made to help ease
crowded conditions in Colon schools.
It is expected that 900 to 1,000
students will begin classes in the
Rainbow City school in about 30
days.

Isthmian College Club

The Isthmian College Club will
hold its monthly meeting at the Mrs. P
Quarry Heights Officers' Club at a grou
3:30 p.m., April 2. Guesi speaker markil
Jeannine Eggleston will present tips Scouts
on touring the Galapagos Islands. house
Guests are welcome. is the


Board Votes For October 1


Hike in Panama Canal Tolls


upon a time there was a group of boys and girls who visited a p
here met the leader of the country ... Sound like the beginni
y story? No, it was more like a dream come true for Caroline Ke
grade class at Balboa Elementary School. The children
n a letter to the President of the Republic of Panama Aristides I
ng him to visit their classroom and sent pictures they had d
m. The President responded with an invitation to the childr
he presidential palace, where they were given a guided tour an
dent Royo, visiting U.S. Congressmen and the Ambassad
Panama, Ambler H. Moss Jr.


alace
ng of
Illey's
hadr


The Board of Directors of the
Panama Canal Company has voted
to seek an increase in Canal tolls.
Citing the anticipated increase in
the cost of operations of the Canal
after entry into force of the Panama-
Canal treaties on October 1, 1979,
the Board said that a study had
been conducted to evaluate the
adequacy of tolls to cover the costs
of operation of the Canal over a
three-year period starting with fiscal
year 1980.
Conclusions of the study were-
.. In fiscal years 1980, 1981, and
19"82, revenues will be insufficient to
cover the costs of operation of the
Panama Canal and related facilities,
S. . To recover over a three-year
period the full amount of these rev-
enue deficiencies would require in-
creasing toll rates by 21.8 percent as
of October 1,
S. . An increase in the rates of
tolls of up to 25 percent would have
only a negligible effect on cargo
shipped through the Canal.and on
the amount of additional revenues
derived from the rate increase,
S. . An increase in the rates of
tolls in the amounts recommended
would not have a significant impact
on the quality of the human en-
vironment within the meaning of
the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969.
Increases called for in the pro-
posal would bring the rate per Pan-
ama Canal ton (equivalent to 100


cubic feet of revenue cargo or pas-
senger capacity) from $1.29 to
$1.57. Ships in ballast would pay
at the rate of $1.25 a Panama Canal
ton instead of the former $1.03.
The tolls for vessels such as war-
ships and hospital ships, which pay
on a displacement ton, would be
increased from the present 72 cents
to 88 cents.
The study was based on current
law (which requires interest pay-
ments to the U.S. Treasury) as
modified by the Panama Canal
Treaty of 1977.
After considering the study, the
Board voted and passed a resolu-
tion to announce the increase in
rates, subject to the approval of
the President of the United States.
It is noted that differing ver-
sions of Treaty implementation leg-
islation now under consideration by
Congress would impose differing
definitions of costs. Depending on
the form of the legislation which
would supersede current law, the
required level of toils could be dif-
ferent from those mentioned above.
The proposal must now be pub-
lished in the Federal Register, invit-
ing all interested parties to submit
comments or arguments at public
hearings.
After the hearings, the proposal
must again be reviewed and, if ap-
propriate, revised before submis-
sion to the President, who must
approve the increase before it is
implemented.


Roo Congressional Delegation Reaches
en to
r ot Accord With Panamanian Authorities
or to
On Interpretation of 3 Key Issues
gB


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Patricia Parfitt, wife of the Governor of the Canal Zone, welcomes
p of C.Z. Girl Scouts to her home during a two-day open house
ng the ending of this year's Girl Scout Week. About 900 Girl
s representing 51 troops attended.,They were given a tour of the
and garden and had refreshments on the patio. Mrs. Parfitt
honorary president of the Canal Zone Girl Scout Council.


The United States International
Communications Agency issued this
press release on Saturday, March 24,
following a meeting of a delegation
from the House Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Subcommittee with
Panamanian President Aristides
Royo and Panama Canal Authority
Director General Gabriel Lewis
Galindo.
Members of the U.S. Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Committee
Congressional delegation met with
President Aristides Royo and of-
ficials of the Panama Canal Au-
thority today and have clarified
several issues which have been of
concern to committee members
during consideration of Panama
Canal Treaty enabling legislation.
"I am very pleased that we have
arrived at agreement in our under-
standing of a number of key issues
which we felt ought to be resolved
before proceeding with our legisla-
tion. We are pleased that President
Royo and Ambassador Gabriel Lewis
Galindo have been willing to sit
down with us in a spirit of
genuine cooperation and arrive at
an understanding which will be of
benefit to both our nations," Con-


gressman David Bowen (D-Miss.),
chairman of the delegation, stated
today.
"President Royo and Ambassador
Lewis yesterday confirmed that the
Republic of Panama will not collect
retroactive taxes or other charges
or impose sanctions on U.S. busi-
nesses or organizations operating
in the Canal Zone for their ac-
tivities prior to October 1, 1979.
Also, Canal toll rates, which are
established by the United States,
need not be set at levels designed
to produce revenues to cover the
$10 million annual contingency
payment due to Panama under the
treaties."
"On the issue of refurbishing old
or abandoned buildings, such as
those at the Coco Solo Naval Base,
Panamanian officials made it clear
to us that it was not a treaty obliga-
tion to upgrade these facilities,"
Bowen explained. "On the other
hand," he noted, "the active facil-
ities which will be turned over to
Panama will be in a fully oper-
ational and maintained condition."
"On the subject of movable prop-
erty, we are confident that the very
(Continued on p. 4)


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THE PANAMA CANAL SPILLWAY


(Schedule subject to change without notice. *Indicates black and white program.)
Weekend program schedules are subject to change should a live sports event become a available.


FRIDAY, MARCH 30
S2:55-Sign-On News
3:00-Sesame Street
4:00-Space Angel
4:25-The Melting Pot:
Soul Food
4:45-General Hospital (Adult)
5:30- -Qu Pasa?
5:35-Hollywood Squares
6:00-Evening Report
6:30-WKRP Cincinnati
6:55-Barney Miller: Kidnapping
(Preempts Julia and
Bob Newhart)
7:50-James at 15:
"Fast and Loose"
8:40-Betty White: "We're Not
Divorced" (Part I of II)
9:05-Man in a Suitcase:
"The Revolutionaries"
10:00-Focus on Today
10:15-The Detectives*
10:45-Movie: "Cauldron of
Blood" (Adult)
12:20-Late News Headlines
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
10:20-Sign-On News


10:25-Bozo
11:05-Scooby Doo
11:30-Rickki-Tikki-Tavi (Preempts
Young People Specials)
11:55-Kid Stuff:
"On Snow White"
12:40-Primus
1:05-Laramie*
1:50-Pro-Bowlers Tour
3:05-NCAA Basketball: Indiana
State vs. New Mexico State
4:40-Wide World of Sports
5:35-Washington Week in Review
6:00-Weekend Report
6:15-Soap Factory
6:40-Rhoda
7:05-Laredo
7:55-Carter Country: "Chicks and
Turkeys"
8:20-That's Hollywood
(Series starts)
8:45-Treasure Unlimited
9:15-Double Feature:
"The Daring Dobermans" and
"Escape in the Sun" (Adult)
12:30-Late News Headlines
SUNDAY, APRIL 1
11:20-Sign-On News


11:25-Christopher Close-Up:
"The Wonderful Crisis of
Middle-age"
11:50-700 Club
12:50-Wild Kingdom: "Under
the Northern Ice"
1:15-Secrets of the Deep:
"2,000 Years Under the Sea"
1:35-NBA Basketball:
Portland vs. Kansas City
3:30-Jackie Gleason Inverrary
Clasic Golf Tournament
5:10-Twenty-Twenty: "Report
on Howard Hughes Death"
(Preempts regular programing)
6:00-Weekend Report
6:15-The Muppets
6:40-Soldier's Diary:
"Kamikaze: Flower of Death"
7:05-On Our Own: "Battling Boninos"
7:30-Bob Hope's American Youth
Awards (Preempts The Avengers)
8:20-M*A*S*H
8:45-Gunsmoke
9:35-Jericho: "Wall to Wall-Kaput"
10:30-Movie: "Mask of Alexander
Cross" (Adult)
11:40-Late News Headlines
MONDAY, APRIL 2
2:55-Sign-On News
3:00-Sesame Street
4:00-My Favorite Martian*
4:25-Body Buddies
4:45-General Hospital (Adult)
5:30-iQuB Pasa?
5:35-Hollywood Squares
6:00-Evening Report
6:30-What Will They Think of Next?
6:55-Can You Top This?


7:15-Variety Specials: "Carpenters First
Special"
8:10-The Advocates (Preempts
The Immortal)
9:10-The Paper Chase
10:00-Focus on Today
10:15-Felony Squad*
10:40-Movie: "Blessings" (Adult)
12:10-Late News Headlines
TUESDAY, APRIL 3
2:45-Sign-On News
3:00-Electric Company
3:20-Movie:
"The Monitor"*
4:45-General Hospital (Adult)
5:30-iQue Pasa?
5:35-Consumer Buyline
6:00-Evening Report
6:30-Paul Lynde Show*
6:55-Roll Out
7:25-Call of the West:"
"The Journey"
7:50-Please Stand By
8:15-Hee Haw
9:05-Man Undercover
(Series starts)
10:00-Focus on Today
10:15-N.Y.P.D.
10:40-Movie: "Mr. Jericho"
12:05-Late News Headlines
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
3:00-Sign-On News
3:05-Sesame Street
4:05-Cartoons
4:25-Sew What's New: "Don't Let a
Curve Throw You"
4:50-General Hospital (Adult)
5:35-i-uue Pasa?


5:40-Tic Tac Dough
6:00-Evening Report
6:30-Sha-Na-Na
6:55-Good Times
7:20-Dick Clark Live Wednesday
8:10-The Fugitive*
9:05-Information Special:
"Ahnyung America"
10:00-Focus on Today
10:15-Victory at Sea*
10:40-Movie: "The Pigeon"
(Adult)
11:55-Late News Headlines
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
2:55-Sign-Oh News
3:00-Electric Company
3:30-Partridge Family*
3:55-Thrillseekers
4:20-Wanted Dead or Alive*
4:50-General Hospital (Adult)
5:30-iQuB Pasa?
5:35-Body Buddies (Repeat)
6:00-Evening Report
6:30-Fawlty Towers
(Series ends)
7:00-Family Hour Festival: "My Mom's
Having a Baby"
7:50-What's Happening
8:15-Combat*
9:05-The Jeffersons:
"George's Uncle Buddy"
9:35-The Tony Randall Show:
"Jack's Separation" (Adult)
10:00-Focus on Today
10:15-Soap (Adult)
(Series ends)
10:40-Movie: "Don't Turn the
Other Cheek"
12:20-Late News Headlines


iTTTEM S iOVdI
Beginning Friday, March 30, 1979 ^. -


BALBOA (Air-Conditioned)
Fri., 6:25, 8:05-Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs (G)
Friday Owl Show, 10:00-Noose for a
Gunman (PG)
Sat. Jr. Mat., 10:00 a.m.-,Submarine X-1
(G)
Sun. Jr. Mat., 12:30-Escape To Witch
Mountain (G)
Sat., 2:30-Dracula Prince of Darkness
(PG)
Sat.-Mon., 6:15, 8:15-Sun., 2:30, 6:15,
8:15-The End (R)
Tues., 6:25, 8:05-Silent Movie (PG)
Wed.-Thurs., 6:15, 8:00-Freaky Friday (G)
GAMBOA
Fri.-Apple Dumpling Gang (G)
Friday Owl Show, 9:10-A Rage To Live
(PG)
Sat. Jr. Mat., 6:15-Veracruz (SIT) (PG)
Sat, 8:15-Flipper (G)
Sun.-Run, Cougar, Run (G)
Tues.-Stay Hungry (R)
Wed.-Thunder and Lightning (PG)

PARAISO
Sun.-Thunder and Lightning (PG)
Mon.-Run, Cougar, Run (PG)
Wed.-Stay Hungry (R)
COCO SOLO (Air-Conditioned)
Fri.-One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (G)
Friday Owl Show, 10:00-Hombre (PG)
Sat. Jr. Mat., 2:00-Angels With Dirty
Faces (G)
Sat.-Mon., 7:30-Sun., 2:00, 7:30-
Lawrence of Arabia (SIT) (G)


Tues.-Wed., 7:30-The Hindenburg
(SIT) (PG)
Thurs., 7:30-Irma La Douce (PG)
MARGARITA
Fri.-Digby the Biggest Dog in the World
(SIT) (G)
Friday Owl Show, 9:30-Nun and the
Sergeant (PG)
Sat. Jr. Mat., 2:00-Police Dog Story (G)
Sat.-Julia (PG)
Sun. Jr. Mat., 2:00-The Wizard of Oz (G)
Sun.-Mon.-Gauntlet (SIT) (R)
Tues.-Mother, Jugs and Speed
(SIT) (PG)

RAINBOW CITY (Air-Conditioned)
Sun.-Mon.-The Hindenburg (SIT) (PG)
Tues.-Irma La Douce (SIT) (PG)
Wed.-Thurs.-Lawrence of Arabia (G)
GATUN MINI-THEATER (Air-Conditioned)
Fri.-Wild River (PG)
Sat. Jr. Mat., 2:00-12 to the Moon.(G)
Sat.-Underworld U.S.A. (PG)
Sun. Jr. Mat., 2:00-Buchanan Rides
Alone (G)
Sun.-Three Coins in a Fountain (0)

'All night shows begin at 7:00 except as shown.
All shows are post meridiem time exceptas shown.
Program subject to change.
FILM SUITABILITY GUIDE: (G) All ages admitted.
General audience. (PG) Parental guidance sug-
gested, some material may not be suited for pre-
teenagers. (R) Restricted. Persons under 17 not
admitted unless accompanied by parent or legal
guardian. (X) Persons under 17 not admitted.
(SIT) Indicates Spanish titles. (BW) All in color
unless listed.


Topsoil Available at 14 Sites in Canal Zone
The Grounds Management Branch has topsoil available in the
following locations for use by Canal Zone residents:
Pacific Side
Gamboa ................................... Morrow Boulevard, Black Place
Paraiso.............. .......... .................Jaraba Place
D iablo ................................................................ D redging Division
Los Rios ............................................ Northern Side of Building 6545
Ancon ..................... ...................... Civil Affairs Building
Gavilan.................................... Gavilan Road adjacent to Building 1574
Balboa Flats.............................. Next to Grounds Shop, Building 0849
Pedro Miguel .......................-..... Gorgona Street in front of house 9325
Cardenas Village ............................. End Wright Avenue, House 7307
Atlantic Side
Gatun ........................................... Open field adjacent to Tennis Court
Margarita...................................... Field below Cristobal Women's Club
Coco Solo.............. ...... - .............................Open field by Building 20
France Field.......................... Corner of entrance road to quarters 0301
Rainbow City............... Between entrance to Mount Hope Cemetery
and Camp Coiner


Three members of the Gorgas Hospital laboratory staff They are, from left, Dora Austin, supervisor, Norma
have been trained to operate and maintain the hos- Cohen and Esther Guardia. The instrument can give
pital's new computerized blood chemical analyzer, a test result in less than seven minutes.


New Computer Analyzes Blood Samples In Minutes


The Gorgas Hospital Laboratory
has installed a sophisticated new
instrument to automatically analyze
blood serum and other body fluids.
The chemistry supervisor and two
special chemists at Gorgas Hos-
pital have completed a weeklong
training session in Wilmington, Del.,
on the operation and maintenanceof
the new computerized blood chem-
ical analyzer.
The Automatic Clinical Analyzer
(ACA) performs rapid and accurate
chemical analyses that were formerly
done manually. The instrument rep-
resents an investment of about $130,000
and gives the laboratory the added
capacity to respond to a growing
need for quick and accurate diag-
nostic tests.
Chemical analyses represent the
largest single group of clinical tests
performed in the laboratory. A test
result can be obtained from the
instrument in less than seven min-
utes, making it extremely beneficial


in emergency cases. This utility of
the ACA for both routine and emer-
gency use makes it a valuable asset
to the laboratory. The improved ac-
curacy of tests on the instrument
nearly eliminates the possibility of
human error.
The instrument has a basic capac-
ity of performing 29 separate diag-
nostic tests and is presently pro-
grammed to perform the tests most
commonly used at Gorgas Hospital.
Other tests are expected to be added


to the instrument in the future. The
tests performed on the ACA range
from a simple analysis of glucose
level in the blood to more sophis-
ticated analyses such as those used
in cases of suspected liver disease.


Sunday

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Panama Canal Spillway


HAROLD R. PARFITT
Governor of the Canal Zone
VICTOR G. CANEL
Acting Information Officer


JAMES H. TORMEY
Lieutenant Governor
DOLOREs'E. SUISMAN
Editor


The SPILLWAY is an official Panama Canal publication. Articles may be
reprinted without further clearance. News items should arrive in the
Press Office by noon, Friday, the week prior to publication. Only urgent,
official material will be accepted after the deadline. Yearly subscriptions:
regular mail S6; regular mail students S4: airmail 819. Send check oi
money order payable to the Panama Canal Company to Chief. Admin-
istrative Services Division. Box M. Balboa Heights. C.Z.


Page 2


March 30








THE PANAMA CANAL SPILLWAY


Canal Zone College Raises The Roof


Bohio building means hauling...


hoisting


and braiding piles of palm fronds.


The Canal Zone College had a
ground breaking ceremony for an
addition to its facilities on Feb-
ruary 23. Now, just a month later,
the Student Senate is planning the
dedication of the new "building"
-a 24-foot by 14-foot bohio.
Occupying a prime location with
a breath-taking view of the bridge
and the Canal, the bohio sits on a
hillside behind the College library.
It will provide students and teachers


with a fresh air alternative to the
College lounges as a place for re-
laxing between classes or doing some
last-minute brushing up.
The bohio was built by a Gam-
boa-based construction company and
was paid for by the Student Senate.
But the driving force behind the
project was College sophomore Clea
Efthimiadis.
It was Clea who got the ball roll-
ing at the College and then con-


tacted the Engineering Division con-
cerning maps and diagrams for the
proposed structure. She stood in
line at Section I and B to buy wood
and nails. And she-buttonholed every-
one from employees of the Main-
tenance and Electrical divisions and
the Grounds Management Branch
to a colonel at the 193d Infantry
Brigade to help with such unusual
tasks as delivering palm fronds from
Gamboa for the bohio roof and


400-pound benches that are now
embedded in the concrete floor.
They responded above and beyond
the call of duty, and Clea credits
them with a big part in the success
of the undertaking.
While the Student Senate has
voted to affix a plaque to the struc-
ture naming it The Canal Zone
College Bohio, they emphasize that
it is a facility open for use by the
community. Its breezy location, along


with the fact that it will sport a
barbecue pit and electrical outlets,
makes it a prime spot for a picnic
or private party.
A dedication ceremony and a
community cookout to inaugurate
the new bohio is set for Friday,
April 20. From 4 to 8 p.m. hotdogs,
hamburgers and soft drinks will be
for sale and sports activities are
being planned. Live music is sched-
uled from 8 p.m. to midnight.


An Old Friend (The Series E Bond) To Be No More


, Ar A ,
Olga Osorno, left, and Natalia Mashburn dance the "tamborito" for fellow
students, teachers and parents gathered for the St. Mary's School second
annual Latin American Day celebration. Eighth graders studying Latin
American history planned the special day to introduce seventh graders
to the customs and culture of 16 Latin American countries or locations,
such as Panama and the San Bias Islands. Under the guidance of their
teacher Toni Williams-Sanchez, the students presented typical music and
dancing and designed and constructed booths,where they served native
foods which they had prepared and passed out small souvenirs of
each country represented.


Shutterbugs May Join Diablo Camera Club


Isthmian shutterbugs, experienced
and amateurs alike, and others in-
terested in photography, are invited
to participate in the instructional
programs and activities of the Dia-
blo Camera Club.
Meetings are regularly held on
the first and third Thursday of
each month, at room 3, Panama
Canal Training Center.
Color and black and white prints
as well as color slide work are
covered extensively. Competition is
encouraged and monthly as well
as annual slide contests are held.
Photographic exhibits are held reg-
ularly and one has been on dis-
play this week at the Canal Zone


Library.
The club offers variety in its pro-
grams. Guest speakers who spe-
cialize in some phase of photogra-
phy are often featured at meetings.
There are travelogues and slide pro-
grams, the popular photography
field trips and periodically photog-
raphy courses for beginners are offered
free of charge.
John Victor Brown is the current
president of the Camera Club;
Dr. Alan A. Lawrence is vice pres-
ident; and Irene Gauger is color
slide competition chairman. The
club is open to anyone and guests
are welcome to the meetings and
invited to join in the programs.


The Office of the Financial Vice
President has announced the fol-
lowing information recently cir-
culated by the Treasury Depart-
ment on the issuance of two new
series of U.S. savings bonds and
several other changes in the savings
bond program.
Of particular interest to the Canal
employee is the fact that the sale
of Series E bonds will terminate
December 31, 1979, and that Series
E and H bonds have dates beyond
which they will no longer earn
interest.
Effective January 2, 1980, new
EE and HH bonds will replace the
E and H bonds that are being
sold at banks and other savings
institutions until the end of the
year. Payroll sales of E bonds will
be converted to the new series EE
bonds in the period from January 2
to June 30, 1980.
Holders of E and H bonds should
be aware of the following changes
affecting these bonds:
Bonds purchased between 1941
and April 1952 will not be extended
again when they fall due between
1981 and April 1992, after bearing
interest for 40 years;
Series E bonds and savings notes
purchased after April 1952 will re-
ceive a further 10-year extension.
This will be the final extension for
bonds bought between May 1952
and November 1965;
Series H bonds purchased from
June 1952 through May 1959 will
receive no further extensions. These
bonds reach maturity between Feb-
ruary 1982 and May 1989;
Series H bonds purchased after
June 1959 will receive another 10-
year extension, for a total bond
life of 30 years. This will be the
final extension for these bonds.
E bonds and savings notes can
be exchanged for the new HH


bonds after they go' on sale Jan-
uary 2, 1980. This can be done up
to a year after final maturity of the
old E bonds. The exchange carries
the same tax-deferral privilege as
the present E and H bond exchange.
The new EE series bond which
doubles in value between its pur-
chase and maturity dates will have
the following new features:
The purchase price will be one-
half the face value. For example,
$25 will buy a $50 (face value) bond
(the $25 savings bond purchased for
$18.75 will no longer be available);
The lowest denomination will be
$50 face value. Other denomina-
tions will be $75, $100, $200, $500,
$1,000, $5,000 and $10,000;
The interest rate of 6 percent
(for 5 years or more) is the same
while the term to maturity will be
11 years and 9 months;
The annual limitation on pur-
chases will increase from the present
$7,500 (issue amount) to $15,000
(issue amount);
The new EE bonds will be eligible


The Fifth Annual Rotary Club-
Panama West Bicycle Rodeo will be
held April 7 at the Balboa Stadium.
Registration is open to all young
people age 5 to 18 and parental
approval is required.


Simson Farewell Party

There will be an Open House fare-
well forJohn H. Simson, chief, Divi-
sion of Storehouses, who is retiring
in April.
The party will begin at 2:30 p.m.,
April 6, on the third floor of Build-
ing 28 (Balboa Industrial Area).


for redemption six months after
issue;
The requirement that a bond ben-
eficiary must consent to a change
in the bond will be eliminated.
The series HH bonds will have
these new features as compared to
the H bond:
Interest payments will be a level
6 percent from day of issue, rather
than the present graduated scale;
Bonds purchased for cash rather
than through exchange of other
savings bonds and notes will be
subject to an interest penalty if
redeemed before maturity;
The annual purchase limitation
will be increased from $10,000 (face
amount) to $20,000 (face amount);
The H H bonds can be bought for
cash or obtained in exchange for
the present series E bonds or savings
notes, singly or in combination, in
multiples of $500. The HH bond
will have the same maturity period
as the H bond-10 years-and the
same denominations which range
from $500 to $10,000.


Preregistration, which is encour-
aged, begins today and runs through
April 6. Registrations will also be
permitted at the stadium beginning
at 8 a.m. on the day of the rodeo.
Registration forms can be ob-
tained from members of the Rotary
Club-Panama West, principals of
Canal Zone schools, or by call-
ing Dr. Carlos Ibafiez, 52-2317, or
Dr. Maurice Nahmad, 52-2574.
Trophies, medals and bicycles will
be awarded to winners of special
races which will include unicycles
and wheelies, distance races, sprint
races, and precision races.
A senior citizen, one-quarter mile
race will be held for persons over 40.


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March 30


THE PANAMA CANAl SPII.IWAY


CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT-PANAMA CANAL COMPANY
PERSONNEL BUREAU




In-Service Employee Transfer-


Vacancy Bulletin



All qualified applicants will receive consideration for appointment without regard to race,
religion, color, national origin, sex, age, partisan political affiliation, or any other non-merit
factor. A separate application must be submitted for each job listed. The base rate shown
will be increased for U.S. citizens by appropriate differential plus a tax factor where
applicable. 'Indicates written test requirements. #Signifies a security position to be filled
only by a U.S. citizen.
Bureau Lo- Va-
PERMANENT POSITIONS or ca- can-
(Exception to the Freeze) Base Rate Division tion cies
Pilot-in-Training CP-02
(Knowledge of English) (First 40 hours) ..............$27,040.00 Transit Op. A 5
Pipefitter MG-10 ..................... .................... $7.52 Industrial A 3


TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS
(That may become permanent)-These positions will be filled by competitive procedures;
therefore, the selectees' temporary promotions MAY be converted to permanent without
further competition when the freeze is lifted, provided the positions have not been used
for placement of RIF'd employees by September 30, 1979.
Housing Maintenance Manager NM-9 (Driver's
license required) (NTE 9-30-79) ..................$15,704.00 Com. Serv. A 1
Launch Seaman MG-6 (NTE 9-22-79)........................... $3.05 Port Cap. A 10


Applications must be submitted to the Employment and Placement Branch, Building 366,
Ancon, or Building 1105, Cristobal, on Form 443, APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER, no later
than seven (7) days from the date of this publication. This 7-day deadline is subject to exten-
sion at the request of the Division advertising the vacancy, or as decided by the Chief,
Employment and Placement Branch. Qualification Standards may be reviewed at the Canal
Zone Library. Further information may be obtained from the Employment and Placement
Branch, telephone 52-3583, 52-7996 or 43-1288. Qualified handicapped individuals may
call or visit the Coordinator for the Employment of the Handicapped Program for counseling
with regard to any of the above-listed vacancies. The Coordinator's office is located in
Building 345, Room 101, telephone 52-7570.



Three BHS Students Selected


Merit Scholarship
Catherine Ciepiela, Mark Farmer,
and Kenneth Pierce have received
word tha they have been selected
as finalists in the National Merit
Scholarship Program.
The 14,000 finalists represent 1/2
of 1 percent of the more than a
million students who took the Pre-
liminary Scholastic Aptitude Test,
National Merit Scholarship Qual-
ifying Test and who were elected
semifinalists. To become a finalist
the semifinalist must be endorsed
by his school and recommended for
scholarship consideration, confirm
his high PSAT/NMSQT scores with
an equivalent performance on a sec-
ond examination, provide evidence
of 'high academic performance and
supply information about his other
accomplishments.
Catherine Ciepiela, the daugh-
ter of Carolyn and Robert Ciepiela,
will attend Amherst University in
the fall. She is Senior Class editor
of the Balboa High School year-
book, president of the National
Honor Society and vice president
of the Drama Club. Catherine re-
cently co-starred in the BHS pro-
duction of A Midsummer Night's
Dream.
Mark Farmer is actively involved
in the Computer Club, taking an
extracurricular course in computer
programming for math and science.
He will attend either Georgia Tech
or the University of California at
Santa Barbara after graduation,
majoring in engineering and pos-
sibly minoring in computer science.
Mark's parents are John and Anne
Farmer of Los Rios.


Finalists
A career in dentistry is ahead
for Kenneth Pierce, who has been
accepted at Purdue University. He
is a member of the Balboa High
School football team, the National
Honor Society and the Biological
Honor Society. His parents are
Thomas and Sahera Pierce of Diablo
Heights.
Advising them of their selection,
the Executive Vice President of the
National Merit Scholarship Corp.
wrote: "Your standing as a finalist
in the Merit Scholarship competi-
tion is recognition that you have
academic talent and the ability to
become one of our country's future
leaders in your chosen field."


C.Z. Boat Information

To Be Given to Panama

To Prepare for Treaty

Information on boats registered
in the Canal Zone will be given to
Panama as part of the planning
effort for Treaty implementation.
The information is being pro-
vided so that Panama can begin
preparing the necessary permits re-
quired for a boat to be registered
and operated in the Republic of
Panama after October 1, 1979.
Since boats without valid inspec-
tions are not considered to be cur-
rently registered, only information
on boats that have a current inspec-
tion will be provided.
Boat owners whose boats do not
have a current inspection are no-
tified that they should have their
boats inspected by April 20.


Lt. Rolando Quintero and James Brown of the Panama Bomberos are
briefed on techniques used in fighting ship fires by Capt. Alexis Morris
of the Canal Zone Fire Division. Quintero, Brown and two other members
of the Bomberos permanent ranks are spending four hours each day at
the Balboa Fire Station as part of an orientation to Fire Division
procedures, equipment and areas of responsibility.


Klipper and Lavecchia Promoted


In the Division of Storehouses


Michael S. Klipper, chief of the
Inventory Management Branch since
February of last year, has been
named acting chief of the Division
of Storehouses. He succeeds John
H. Simson, who will retire next
month.
Succeeding Klipper is Gerard P.
Lavecchia, assistant to chief, Divi-
sion of Storehouses, who has been
appointed acting chief, Inventory
Management Branch.
Klipper joined the Canal orga-
nization in 1965 as a graduate intern
in the Supply and Community Serv-
ice Director's Office after earning a
bachelor of science degree in finance
at Florida State University at Tal-
lahasee. Two years later he was
assigned as an inventory manage-
ment specialist in the Division of
Storehouses and in 1973 after com-
pleting a year's graduate study at
Stanford University under the Civil
Service Commission's Education for
Public Management Program, was
promoted to the position of assist-
ant chief, Inventory Management
Branch. In 1977, he was appointed
assistant to chief, Division of Store-
houses and a year later was again
promoted to chief of the Inventory
Management Branch.
Lavecchia, who joined the Canal
organization in 1968, is from Brooklyn,
N.Y. He attended Kent State Uni-
versity, the University of Tennessee
and the New York Institute of Retail
Management. After holding various
positions in retail and merchandise
management in the Supply Divi-
sion, he transferred in May 1977 to
the Division of Storehouses to be-
come assistant chief, Inventory Man-
agement Branch and shortly there-
after assistant to chief, Division
of Storehouses.
Lavecchia served with the U.S.
Army in the United States, Europe,
Panama and Vietnam and among
the awards he holds are the
'Silver Star, Bronze Star with
V-device (1st Oak Leaf Cluster),
Purple Hearts third award, Viet-
nam Service Medal (Bronze and
Silver Stars), Vietnam Medal of
Gallantry, Master Parachutist Badge,
Combat Infantry Badge and Air
Medal.
Lavecchia served as member of
the Canal Zone Youth Advisory
Committee for Selective Service


and as chairman of Canal Zone
Local Board No. I and is the re-
cipient of a Presidential Certificate
of Appreciation, recognizing his service
to the nation and to the Selective
Service System.
He and his wife, Emperatriz, sec-
retary, Financial Planning Division,
have two children, Renee, 10 and
Mei-Ling 7.

Night Train Changes

Boarding Location
Effective Monday, April 2, 1979,
Train No. 42 (Freight Train from
Diablo Heights Yard to Mount
Hope) will board passengers on the
North (Diablo) end of the concrete
apron directly across from Section I
on Diablo Road.
This change is being effected to
improve passenger service and to
provide a more safe area for pas-
sengers of the Panama Railroad to
board this week night freight train.
All passengers are reminded that
this train will depart from Balboa
Railroad Yard complex precisely at
8:10 p.m. each weekday evening.

CHS Spring Concert
Cristobal High School Senior
Band and Stage Band will present
their Annual Spring Concert on
April 5. A talented group of 77
musicians will play a varied reper-
toire ranging from classical to
modern music. In addition to the
music featured by the two bands,
the audience will see the "New Look"
of the Cristobal Band which is
now professionally outfitted with
custom-made uniforms. These uni-
forms have been provided for by a
Parent/ Resident Group called the
Tiger Rags who raised money
through the cooperation and gen-
erosity of businesses, organizations,
and residents on both sides of the
Isthmus.
The concert is a means of thank-
ing all the donors and will be
presented at the Cristobal High
School Auditorium on Thursday
at 7:30 p.m.
Admittance is free, but all seats
are reserved. Reservations may be
made by calling (4) 36-405 during
school hours.


March Retirees
Eleven employees of the Panama
Canal Company retired in March.
Their names, positions, places of
employment and total years of U.S.
Government service are as follows:
Beresford Butler, road sweeper operator,
Community Services Division, Atlan-
tic side: 31 years 21 days.
Paul L. Elia, electronics mechanic fore-
man, Electrical Division, Pacific side:
30 years 10 days.
Freeland R. Hollowell, mobile equip-
ment maintenance foreman. Motor
Transportation Division, Pacific side:
35 years 5 months 20 days.
Gwendoline P. Jordan, data transcriber.
Data Processing Division: Pacific side:
36 years 9 months 13 days.
Francisco Ortiz, stevedore leader, Ter-
minals Division, Atlantic side: 30years
3 months 11 days.
Robert Phillips, supervisory cargo checker.
Terminals Division. Atlantic side: 37
years 17 days.
Jose D. Regalado, linehandler. Port
Captain, Balboa, Pacific side: 35 years
4 days.
James L. Snyder, merchandise manage-
ment officer. Supply Division, Pacific
side: 35 years 2 months.
Wesley H. Sparling, power system dis-
patcher. Electrical Division, Pacific
side: 31 years 10 months 5 days.
John M. Stuart, pilot. Transit Opera-
tions Division, Pacific side: 28 years
2 months 14 days.
Virgilio Toscano, stevedore. Terminals
Division. Atlantic side: 26 years 5
months 26 days.

Elks Spaghetti Dinner
Tomorrow night will be spaghetti
night at the BPOE Lodge 1414
Home on La Boca Road.
Drinks will be at happy hour
prices from 6 to 7 p.m. Dinner
will cost $3 per person and red wine
will be served at the table for the
special price of $2 a bottle.

Crossroads Contest
The Crossroads Writers poetry
contest deadline is September I and
your telephone number with entry
will be appreciated.
After being accepted for the con-
test, poetry may be submitted to
publishers at any time.
Send up to three poems in Span-
ish or English to A. Grimm Richard-
son, secretary, Crossroads Writers,
Box 93, Gatun, Canal Zone.

Agreement Reached
(Continued from p. 1)

few remaining issues can be success-
fully resolved at a very early date
through the ongoing negotiations,"
he said.
"We were gratified to find the
degree of understanding expressed
by President Royo and the Panama
Canal Authority for the continued
vitality and strength of the hun-
dreds of fraternal, charitable, social
and religious organizations which
are such an important part of the
American community in Panama."
"I feel confident now that all the
members of this special task force
from the House of Representatives
which Chairman John Murphy has
sent to Panama to resolve these
issues can now return to Wash-
ington prepared to proceed with
the business of drafting the treaty
implementing legislation," Chair-
man Bowen concluded.
The Congressional delegation also
included Representative Robert Bau-
man (R-Md.), ranking minority mem-
ber, Representative David Bonior
(D-Mich.), Representative Joe Wyatt
(D-Tex.), and Representative Michael
Lowry (D-Wash.).


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Mds de 64 Ahios al Servicio del Comercio Mundial


Spillway del Canal de Panama


Viernes 30 de Marzo de 1979


Vol. XVII. N2 31


Asistencia


Postal

Varios residents y organizacio-
nes locales han expresado preocu- '1
paci6n sobre lo que sucedera con la
correspondencia dirigida a la Zona
del Canal que Ilegue al Istmo des- "
pu6s del 1� de octubre, cuando la ';
Zona del Canal y el Servicio de
Correos de la Zona del Canal dejen
de existir.
Se han elaborado planes para
solucionar el problema mediante
la creaci6n de una nueva unidad de
asistencia postal dentro de la Divi-
si6n de los Servicios Administrati-
vos. Durante cinco afos, a partir
del 1l de octubre de 1979, la unidad
dirigirA la correspondencia a su des-
tinatario a la direcci6n correct en
el sistema de correos militares, el
sistema de correos de Panama o a
cualquier parte del mundo en que
se haya reubicado el destinatario.
Si el destinatario no puede ser lo-
calizado, los empleados de la uni-
dad devolveran la correspondencia
al remitente.
Los usuarios del Servicio de
Correos de la Zona del Canal tam-
poco tienen que preocuparse por
los giros postales de la Zona del ,
Canal no pagados o por reclamos
pendientes por p6rdida o dafo de
correspondencia asegurada y/ cer-
tificada. Despu6s del 1� de octubre, :r, ',
la tiilida p6dra reemibolsar los
giros postales y determinar judi- ,..
cialmente los reclamos pendientes.
La unidad de asistencia postal Habia
tambi6n tendra la responsabilidad al print
de manejar y distribuir toda corres- cuento
pondencia-oficial de la Comisi6n los al
del Canal de Panama. Primal
Los empleados del Canal seran Repub
informados durante el curso del clase
afo sobre sus opciones de transfe- respond
rir su direcci6n postal al sistema Rep6b
military o al sistema de Panama. Los Royo,
empleados que opten por usar el
sistema military por el period desig-
nado de cinco afios recibiran tarje-
tas de cambio de direcci6n much
antes de la transferencia.


Sistema Escolar de

Co16n Alquil6 Escuela

De Rainbow City


Los edificios desocupados del
complejo de la escuela secundaria
de Rainbow City han sido arrenda-
dos al Gobierno de Panama y seran
incorporados al sistema escolar de
Col6n.
Los edificios no han sido usados
desde diciembre de 1977, fecha en
que el sistema escolar latinoame-
ricano en la Zona del Canal lleg6
a su fase final.
Ademas del edificio principal de
tres pisos, el complejo consta de
cuatro edificios, incluyendo tin
taller.
La decision de arrendar los edi-
ficios, que estan ubicados en un
area que sera transferida a Panama
el 10 de octubre, fue tomada para
aliviar. las condiciones apifiadas
existentes en las escuelas en Col6n.
En aproximadamente 30 dias,
entire 900 y 1,000 estudiantes asis-
tiran- a classes en la escuela de
Rainbow City.


Junta Pedira Aumento de


Los Peajes del Canal Oct 1


icieron
de un
d para
Escuela
e de la
il6n de
sidente
, l In


una vez un grupo de nifios que visit un palacio y alli cono
ner mandatario del pais . . . ,Le suena como el comienzo
I de hadas? No, era mas bien como un sueiio hecho realida
umnos del primer grado de Caroline Kelley, de la E
ria de Balboa. Los nifios escribieron una carta al President
ilica de Panama Aristides Royo invitindolo a visitar su sa
y le enviaron dibujos de el por ellos realizados. El Pre'
ndi6 con una invitaci6n a los niiios a visitar la Presidencii
ilica, dondeafueron Ilevados en una gira y conocieron al Pres
a los congresistas estadounidenses visitantes, y a A
H. Moss Jr., Embajador de los Estados Unidos en Panami


J


La Sra. Patricia Parfitt, esposa del Gobernador de la Zona del Canal,
da la bienvenida a un grupo de Muchachas Guias de la Zona del Canal a su
hogar durante dos dias de casa abierta, marcando la clausura de la Semana
de Muchachas Guias este afio. Asistieron cerca de 900 Muchachas Guias,
que representaban 51 tropas. Fueron Ilevadas en un recorrido de la casa
y de los jardines y tomaron refrescos en el patio. La Sra. Parfitt es la
presidents honoraria del Consejo de Muchachas Guias de la Zona del Canal.


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espacio 6itil para pasajeros y carga)
de $1.29 a $1.57. Las naves en lastre
pagarian a raz6n de $1.25 por tone-
lada del Canal de Panama en vez de
$1.03. El peaje para naves tales
como barcos de guerra y buques
hospitals, a los cuales se les cobra
por tonelada de desplazamiento,
aumentaria de 72 a 88 centavos la
tonelada.
El studio fue basado en la ley
actual (que require pagos de inte-
r6s al Tesoro de los Estados Unidos)
seg6n fue modificada por el Trata-
do del Canal de Panama de 1977.
Despu6s de tomar en considera-
ci6n el studio, la Junta aprob6 una
resoluci6n de anunciar el aumento
en las tarifas de los peajes sujeto a la
aprobaci6n del Presidente de los
Estados Unidos.
Se sefiala que las distintas ver-
siones de la ley de ejecusi6n del Tra-
tado que esta ahora bajo considera-
ci6n por el Congreso determinarian
diferentes definiciones de costs.
Dependiendo del format de la ley
de ejecuci6n, la cual anularia la ley
actual, el nivel requerido de peajes
pudiera ser distinto a los menciona-
dos anteriormente.
La propuesta ahora debe ser pu-
blicada en el Registro Federal, in-
vitando a todas las parties interesa-
das a presentar comentarios o argu-
mentos en audiencia p6blica.

Despu6s de celebrada la audien-
cia, la propuesta deberA ser someti-
da a nuevo escrutinio y modificada,
si se estima apropiado, antes de
someterla al Presidente de los Esta-
dos Unidos, quien debe aprobarla
antes de que sea hecha efectiva.


yan accedido a conversar con noso-
tros con un espiritu de cooperaci6n
genuine y hayamos Ilegado a un en-
tendimiento que sera de beneficio
mutuo para nuestras naciones",
afirm6 el Congresista David Bowen
(Dem6crata de Mississippi), Presi-
dente de la delegaci6n en una decla-
raci6n a la prensa publicada el
sabado.
"El Presidente Royo y el Emba-
jador Lewis confirmaron ayer que
la Rep6blica de Panama no cobrara
impuestos retroactivos, ni otros car-
gos, ni impondrAn sanciones a los
comerciantes norteamericanos o a
organizaciones que cooperan en la
Zona del Canal, por sus actividades
antes del 10 de octubre de 1979.
Tambi6n, los peajes del Canal, que
son establecidos por los Estados
Unidos, no necesitan ser estableci-
dos a niveles de manera que pro-
duzcan ingresos para cubrir los 10
millones de d6lares de pago de
contingencies que se deben pagar
a Panama, de acuerdo con los
Tratados".
"En lo que se refiere al asunto de
restaurar edificios viejos o abando-
nados, tales como la Base Naval de
Coco Solo, los funcionarios pana-
(Continua en la p9gina 4)


La Agencia de Comunicacidn In-
ternacional de los Estados Unidos
public este holetin de prensa des-
p/tIs de una reunidn de una delega-
cion d(el Subcomite de Marina Mer-
cante ) Pesca de la Cdmara de Re-
presentantes de los Estados Unidos
con el Presidente de Panamd A ris-
tides Royo y el Director de la Auto-
ridad del Canal de Panamd Gabriel
Lewis Galindo.
Miembros del Comit6 de la Mari-
na Mercante y Pesca de la Camara
de Representantes de los Estados
Unidos se reunieron el viernes con
el President Aristides Royo y fun-
cionarios de la Autoridad del Canal
de PanamA y aclararon various asun-
tos que tenian preocupados a miem-
bros del Comite, mientias formula-
ban la legislaci6n para la puesta en
vigencia de los Tratados del Canal
de Panama.
"Estoy complacido de que hemos
Ilegado a un entendimiento mutuo
sobre various asuntos claves que, a
nuestro parecer, tenian que resol-
verse antes de continuar con nues-
tra legislaci6n", dijo el Congresista
David Bowen, Presidente de la dele-
gaci6n. "Nos sentimos complacidos
de que el Presidente Royo y el Em-
bajador Gabriel Lewis Galindo ha-


a au ia
dere Delegacion del Congreso y


Autoridades Panamenas


|I! Aclararon 3 Asuntos Claves


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La Junta de Directores de la
Compafiia del Canal de Panama ha
acordado solicitar un aumento de
los peajes del Canal.
Citando el aumento anticipado
en el costo operacional del Canal
despu6s de la entrada en vigencia
de los tratados del Canal de Pana-
ma el 10 de octubre de 1979, la
Junta dijo que se habia hecho un
studio con el prop6sito de evaluar
la suficiencia de los peajes para
cubrir los costs de operaci6n del
Canal durante un period de tres
afios a partir del aiio fiscal 1980.
Las conclusions de studio
fueron:
. . . Durante los afos fiscales
1980, 1981, y 1982, los ingresos se-
rAn insuficientes para cubrir los
costs de operaci6n del Canal de
PanamA e instalaciones afines,
S. . Para recobrar la cantidad
total de estas deficiencies en el in-
greso durante un period de tres
afios, sera necesario aumentar los
peajes un 21.8 por ciento efectivo
el 1� de octubre.
S. .Un aumento en los peajes
de hasta 25 por ciento s6lo tendria un
efecto insignificant en cuanto a la
cantidad de carga eriviada a trav6s
del Canal de Panama y en la canti-
dad de ingresos adicionales deriva-
dos del aumento de los peajes.
. . Un aumento en los peajes
en las cantidades recomendadas no
tendria un efecto mayor en la cali-
dad del factor human dentro de
lo estipulado en la Ley de Politica
Ambiental Nacional de 1969.
La propuesta aumentaria el peaje
por tonelada del Canal de Panama
equivalente a 100 pies c6bicos de









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Canal 2 *Acolores.
VIERNES
10:30-Club 700
11:30-Plaza Sesamo
12:00-Super Agente 86
12:30-Tras la Noticia
1:00-Cine Vespertino
3:00-Super Amigos
4:00-Cocinemos con Rosita
5:00-Bonanza
6:00-La Tremenda Corte
6:30-TV-2 Informa
7:30-Los Waltons
8:30-Acci6n y Misterio
10:30-Ultimas Noticias
11:00-Ultima Tanda
SABADO
10:00-Catedral del Aire
10:30-Mundo Infantil

Canal 4 *A colors.


VIERNES
10:30-Festival de Cartones
10:45-Consejos para Usted
10:55-Festival de Cartones
11:15-El Arte de Cocinar*
11:45-Dick Tracy
12:00-Mr. Magoo
12:15-Candilejas
1:00-Informative del
Mediodia
1:30-Ven Conmigo
2:30-Marcha Nupcial
3:00-El Manantial
3:30-Los Fabulosos Cien
4:00-Los Beatles
4:30-Gasparin
5:00-Clutch Cargo
5:30-Dick Van Dyke
6:00-Telenoticias RPC
7:00-Pentagrama
8:00-Coraz6n Salvaje
9:00-Rafaela
10:00-Cuesti6n de Minutos
10:15-Magazine
10:30-Viernes Deportivo

SABADO
10:00-Camino de la Verdad
10:30-Festival de Cartones
10:45-Ahora
11:15-Los Amigos del
Hombre
11:45-Academia del Espacio
12:15-Hogar, Dulce Hogar
12:45-Informativo
l:30-Martinez Blanco
4:00-Tarzan
5:00-Lanser
6:00-Telenoticias RPC
7:00-Richie Brockelman
8:00-Del Vecchio
9:00-Barnaby Jones
10:00-Cine Monumental
DOMINGO
9:00-Documental
9:15-La Santa Misa
10:00-Cristianismo
y Educaci6n
10:30-Todo por la Patria
12:00-Silvese Quiin Pueda


Sujeto a cambios sin previo aviso.
11:30-De Mujer a Mujer
12:30-Tras la Noticia
1:00--Ftbol en TV-2
2:30-EI Ancho Mundo del Deporte
3:30-Aventureros del Camino
4:30-Harry 0
5:30-Nosotros
6:30-TV-2 Informa
7:30-Disco Mdgico
8:00-Misterios de Hardy Boys and
Nancy Drew
9:00-Pepper Anderson Detective
10:00-Crimenes de Pasi6n
11:00-Cine de Oro
DOMINGO
9:00-Documental
9:15-La Santa Misa

Sujeto a cambios sin previo aviso.


12:30-Topo Gigio
1:00-Domingo Deportivo
6:00-300 Millones
7:00-Tigres Voladores
8:00-Kojak
9:00-Sdrpico
10:00-Gran Cine.

LUNES
10:30-Festival de Cartones
10:45-Consejos para Usted
11:15-El Arte de Cocinar
11:45-Dick Tracy
12:00-Mr. Magoo
12:15-Show de Eduardo II
1:00--Informative del
Mediodia
1:30-Ven Conmigo
2:30-Marcha Nupcial
3:00-El Manantial
3:30-Los Fabulosos Cien
4:00-Los Beatles
4:30-Gasparin
5:00-Clutch Cargo
5:30-Dick Van Dyke
6:00-Telenoticias RPC
7:00-Chespirito
8:00-Coraz6n Salvaje
9:00-Rafaela
10:00-Cuesti6n de Minutos


9:00-Rafaela
10:00--Cuesti6n de Minutos
10:15-Cine Colosal

MIERCOLES
10:30-Festival de Cartones
10:45-Consejos para Usted
11:15-Festival de Cartones
12:00-Sorteo de los Midrcoles
12:30-Kaleidoscopio
1:00-Informative del
Mediodia
1:30-Ven Conmigo
2:30-Marcha Nupcial
3:00-El Manantial
3:30-Los Fabulosos Cien
4:00-Los Beatles
4:30-Gasparin
5:00-Clutch Cargo
5:30-Dick Van Dyke
6:00-Telenoticias RPC
7:00-Las Aventuras de
Pinocho
7:30-Heidi
8:00-Coraz6n Salvaje
9:00-Rafaela
10:00-Cuesti6n de Minutos
10:15-Cine Colosal
JUEVES


10:15-Cannon 10:30-Festival de Cartones
MARTES 10:45-Consejos para Usted
11:15-EI Arte de Cocinar
10:30-Festival de Cartones 11:45-Dick Tracy
10:45-Consejos para Usted 12:00-Mr. Magoo
11:15-El Arte de Cocinar 12:15-La Criada Bien Criada
11:45-Dick Tracy 1:00-Informative del
12:00-Mr. Magoo Mediodia
12:15-Antesala 1:30-Ven Conmigo
1:00-Informativo del 2:30-Marcha Nupcial
Mediodia 3:00-El Manantial
1:30-Ven Conmigo 3:30-Los Fabulosos Cien
2:30-Marcha Nupcial 4:00-Los Beatles
3:00-El Manantial 4:30-Gasparin
3:30-Los Fabulosos Cien 5:00-Clutch Cargo
4:00-Los Beatles 5:30-Dick Van Dyke
4:30-Gasparin 6:00-Telenoticias RPC
5:00-Clutch Cargo 7:00-Super Especial
5:30-Dick Van Dyke 8:00-Coraz6n Salvaje
6:00-Telenoticias RPC 9:00-Rafaela
7:00-Paginas de Oro 10:00-Cuesti6n de Minutos
8:00-Coraz6n Salvaje 10:15-El Mundo de la Hipica


Hay Tierra Disponible en 14 Lugares
El Ramo de Mantenimiento de Predios tiene disponible tierra
para uso de los residents de la Zona del. Canal. La tierra se
encuentra en los siguientes lugares:
Sector Pacifico
Gamboa ...................... .................... Morrow Boulevard, Black Place
Paraiso ............... .... ...................................... .........Jaraba Place
Diablo ............................... ..........Area de la Divisi6n de Dragado
Los Rios ............ ................................... Lado Norte del edificio 6545
Anc6n .................................. ...................... Edificiode Asuntos Civiles
Gaviln .................................Via Gavilan adyacente al edificio 1574
Balboa Flats...................... Contiguo al Taller de Predios, edificio 0849
Pedro Miguel........................ Calle Gorgona frente a la vivienda 9325
C6rdenas ............. ..... Final de la Avenida Wright, vivienda 7307
Sector Atlintico

Gatn...................................... Lote adyacente a la cancha de tennis
Margarita ...................... Lote cerca del Club de Mujeres de Crist6bal
Coco Solo ............................. Lote adyacente al edificio 20
France Field..........................Esquina de la entrada a la vivienda 0301
Rainbow City............ Entre la entrada al Cementerio de Mount Hope
y Camp Coiner


10:00-Cristianismo y Educaci6n
10:30-Todo por la Patria
12:00-Loteria
12:30-Boxeo de Ayer y Hoy
2:00-Club PTL
3:00-Cine de Acci6n
5:,00-Disneylandia
6:00-El Especial
7:00-Switch
8:00-Viaje Fantdstico
9:00- Best Sellers
10:00-Super Estreno
LUNES
10:30-Club 700
11:30-Plaza Sesamo
12:00-Super Agente 86
12:30-Tras la Noticia
1:00-Cine Vespertino
3:30-Especial de la Hanna Barbera
4:00-Cocinemos con Rosita
5:00-Bonanza
6:00-La Tremenda Corte
6:30-TV-2 Informa
7:30-La Mujer Bi6nica
8:30-Cine Favorito
10:30-Ultimas Noticias
11:00-Ultima Tanda

MARTES
10:30-Club 700
11:30-Plaza S6samo
12:00-Super Agente 86
12:30-Tras la Noticia
1:00-Cine Vespertino
3:00-Tom y Jerry
3:30-Nuevas Aventuras de Superman
4:00-Cocinemos con Rosita
5:00-Bonanza
6:00-La Tremenda Corte
6:30-TV-2 Informa


7:30-Clasico Familiar
8:30-Cosmos 1999
9:30-Starsky y Hutch
10:30-Ultimas Noticias
11:00-Ultima Tanda

MIERCOLES
10:30-Club 700
11:30-Plaza Sesamo
12:00- Loteria y Alegria
12:30-Tras la Noticia
1:00-Cine Vespertino
3:00-Los Chicos del Espacio
3:30-Gulliver
4:00-Cocinemos con Rosita
5:00-Bonanza
6:00-La Tremenda Corte
6:30-TV-2 Informa
7:30-El Especial
8:30-Generaci6n 1965


9:30-Pioneros del Oeste
10:30-Ultimas Noticias
11:00-Ultima Tanda
JUEVES
10:30-Club 700
11:30-Plaza Sesamo
12:00-Super Agente 86
12:30-Tras la Noticia
1:00-Cine Vespertino
3:00-Aventuras de Chan
3:30- Benito y Cecilio
4:00-Cocinemos con Rosita
5:00-Bonanza
6:00-La Tremenda Corte
6:30-TV-2 Informa
7:30-Baretta
8:30-Lo Mejor del Boxeo
10:00-Grandes Desastres
10:30-Ultimas Noticias
11:00-Ultima Tanda


Viernes 30 de Marzo de 1978


RAINBOW CITY (Aire Acondicionado)
Domingo y lunes-The Hindenburg
(SIT) (PG)
Martes-lrma La Douce (SIT) (PG)
Miercoles y jueves-Lawrence of Arabia
(SIT) (G)


PARAISO
Domingo-Thunder and Lightning (PG)
Lunes-Run, Cougar, Run (G)
Midrcoles-Stay Hungry (R)


GUIA DE PELICULAS: (G) Audiencia general para personas de todas lasedades.(PG) Se sugiere la Guia de
los Padres, pues parte de la pelicula no sera apta para nifos. (R) Restringida. Menoresde 17 afostendrdn
que ir acompaRados de uno de los padres o su guardian legal. (X) No se admitird menores de 17 alnos.
(SIT) Titulos en espafol.


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Tres especialistas del laboratorio del Hospital Gorgas da a derecha: Dora Austin, supervisor; Norma Cohen
han sido adiestradas en la operaci6n y el mantenimien- y Esther Guardia. El instrument puede dar el resultado
to del nuevo analizador del compuesto quimico de la de un examen en menos de siete minutes.
sangre que funciona con computadora. Son, de izquier-


Nueva Computadora Analiza Sangre en Minutos


El Laboratorio del Hospital Gor-
gas recientemente install un nuevo
y complejo instrument que sera
usado para analizar automatica-
mente el suero sanguineo asi como
tambi6n otros fluidos del cuerpo.
La supervisor de quimica y dos
quimicas especiales del Hospital Gor-
gas fueron adiestradas durante una
semana en Wilmington, Delaware,
en la operaci6n y mantenimiento
del nuevo analizador del compues-
to quimico de la sangre que fun-
ciona con computadora.
El Analizador Clinico AutomAti-
co (ACA) ejecuta rapida y exacta-
mente los andlisis quimicos que an-
teriormente eran efectuados ma-
nualmente. Este instrument repre-
senta una inversi6n de aproxima-
damente $130,000 e incrementa la
capacidad del laboratorio para res-
ponder a la creciente necesidad de
obtener diagn6sticos ripidos y exactos.
El analisis del compuesto quimi-
co es el analisis clinic que con
mis frecuencia se realize en el la-
boratorio. El resultado del examen


puede obtenerse del instrument en
menos de siete minutes, lo cual re-
presenta una gran ventaja en casos
de emergencia. La utilidad del ACA
en casos rutinarios asi como en los
de emergencia, es prueba de que
ha sido una adquisici6n valiosa para
el laboratorio. La mayor exactitud
en los examenes, por medio de este
instrument, practicamente elimina
la posibilidad del error human.
El instrument tiene una capaci-
dad basica para realizar 29 pruebas


diagn6sticas, y actualmente esta pro-
gramado para efectuar los exame-
nes que son mas comunmente em-
pleados en el Hospital Gorgas. Se
espera afiadir otros exAmenes al ins-
trumento en el future. Los exAme-
nes Ilevados a cabo dentro del al-
cance del ACA, incluyen desde un
simple andlisis del nivel de glucosa
en la sangre hasta los analisis mas
complicados como los que se em-
plean en casos donde se sospecha
que hay afecci6n hepAtica.


Spillway del Canal de Panama

HAROLD R. PARFI'rT JAMES H. TORMEY
Gobernador de la Zona del Canal Vicegobernador
VICTOR G. CANEL DOLORES E. SUISMAN
Director Interino de Informacidn Directora
El SPILLWAY es una publicaci6n official del Canal de PanamA. Los articulos
que en ella aparecen pueden ser reproducidos libremente. Toda colabora-
ci6n debe estar en la Oficina de Prensa antes del mediodia del viernes
anterior a su publicaci6n. Despu6s de esa fecha s61o se aceptarAn noticias
oficiales de urgencia. Subscripci6n annual: correo ordinario $6; correo ordi-
nario, para estudiantes $4; correo a6reo $19. Enviese cheque o giropostal
a favor de The Panama Canal Company y dirigido a: Jefe de Servicios
Administrativos, Box M, Balboa Heights, C.Z.


Paigina 2


Marzo 30


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La construcci6n del bohio significa transportar . . .


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y entrelazar un mont6n de pencas.


El 23 de febrero, la Universidad
de la Zona del Canal tuvo una
ceremonia de inicio de construc-
ci6n de una adici6n a sus instala-
ciones. Ahora, s6lo un mes mis
tarde, el Senado Estudiantil esta
programando la inauguraci6n del
nuevo "edificio"-un bohio pana-
mefio de 24 pies de largo por 14
pies de ancho.
Ocupando un lugar ideal con una
vista panoramica grandiosa del puente
y del Canal, el bohio esti ubicado
en una ladera del cerro detras de la


biblioteca de la Universidad. Este
bohio brindarA a los estudiantes
y maestros otro lugar, ademis de
los salones de la Universidad, para
descansar entire classes o para re-
pasar asignaturas a iltimo moment.
El bohio fue construido por una
compafiia de construcci6n en Gam-
boa y pagado por el Senado Estu-
diantil. Pero la persona que propul-
s6 este proyecto fue Clea Efthi-
miadis, estudiante de segundo aio
en la Universidad.
Fue Clea la que inici6 el movi-


miento pro-bohio en la Universi-
dad y la que consigui6 de la Divi-
si6n de Ingenieria mapas y diagra-"
mas para la propuesta estructura.
Form6 fila en las Secciones I y B
para comprar madera y clavos. Con
su insistencia, convenci6 a todos,
desde empleados de las Divisiones
de Mantenimiento, de Electricidad
y del Ramo de Mantenimiento de
Predios hasta un coronel de la Bri-
gada 193 de Infanteria para que
ayudaran con las tareas poco usua-
les del transport de pencas desde


Gamboa para el techo del bohio y
de bancas de 400 libras que ahora
estan fijadas en el piso de concrete.
Estos sefiores respondieron a su su-
plica y Clea les atribuye gran parte
del 6xito obtenido.

El Senado Estudiantil ha decidi-
do colocar una placa en la estruc-
tura llamandola El Bohio de la Uni-
versidad de la Zona del Canal y
afirma que la instalaci6n esta a la
disposici6n de la comunidad. Su
ubicaci6n al aire libre, su instala-


ci6n para barbacoa y los tomaco-
rrientes lo hace un lugar apropiado
para picnic o fiesta privada.

Una ceremonia de dedicaci6n y
una comida al aire libre para inau-
gurar el nuevo bohio han Sido fija-
das para el viernes 20 de abril.
De 4 a 8 p.m. habra venta de
"perros calientes", hamburguesas y
refrescos, y tambien actividades de-
portivas. Tambi6n habra m6sica
desde las 8 p.m. hasta la media-
noche.


Un Viejo Amigo (Bono Serie E) Dejara de Existir


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Olga Osorno, izquierda, y Natalia Mashburn bailan el "tamborito" para
sus condiscipulos, maestros y padres quienes se reunieron en la Escuela
Saint Mary's, en Balboa, para participar en la segunda celebraci6n manual
del Dia Latinoamericano. Los estudiantes del octavo grado que estudian
historic latinoamericana organizaron el program especial para familia-
rizar a los estudiantes del septimo grado con las costumbres y cultural de
16 paises o ubicaciones latinoamericanos, tales como Panama y las Islas
de San Bias. Con la guia de su maestra Toni Williams SAnchez, los estu-
diantes interpretaron musica y bailes tipicos y diseilaron y construyeron
quioscos, donde sirvieron plates tipicos preparados por ellos y
distribuyeron recordatorios de los paises representados.



Club de Fotografia Invita a Todo Fot6grafo


Los fot6grafos del Istmo, tanto
experts como aficionados y los
admiradores de la fotografia estan
invitados a participar en los pro-
gramas de instrucci6n y en las acti-
vidades que ofrece el Club de Foto-
grafia de Diablo.
Las reuniones son celebradas re-
gularmente el primer y tercer jue-
ves de cada mes e incluyen sesiones
sobre fotografias a color y blanco
y negro asi como diapositivas a
color. Se insta a los fot6grafos a
competir en concursos mensuales y
anuales. Con regularidad se presen-
tan exhibiciones de fotografias; ac-
tualmente se exhiben algunas en
la Biblioteca de la Zona del Canal.
El club tiene una gran variedad


de programs. Oradores invitados
que se especializan en varias fases
de la fotogralia con frecuencia pre-
sentan charlas durante las reunio-
nes. El club present programs
sobre viajes, proyecta diapositivas,
organize excursions para tomar
fotografias y peri6dicamente ofrece
cursos de fotografia gratis a prin-
cipiantes.
John Victor Brown es el presi-
dente actual del Club de Fotogra-
fia; el Dr. Alan A. Lawrence es vi-
cepresidente; e Irene Gauger pre-
side la competencia de diapositivas
a color. El club estA abierto a todos
y los invitados son bienvenidos a
asistir a las reuniones y a participar
en los programs.


La oficina del Vicepresidente de
Finanzas present la siguiente in-
formaci6n que recientemente fue
circulada por el Departamento del
Tesoro s.obre la emisi6n de dos nue-
vas series de bonos de ahorro de los
Estados Unidos y various otros cam-
bios en el program de bonos de
ahorro.
De particular interns para los em-
pleados de la Zona esta el hecho de
que la venta de bonos Serie E termi-
nara el 31 de diciembre de 1979 y
que los bonos de las Series E y H
tienen fechas de vencimiento des-
pu6s de las cuales ya no devengarAn
intereses.
A partir del 2 de enero de 1980,
los nuevos bonos EE y HH reem-
plazaran los bonos E y H que se
venden en los bancos y en otras ins-
tituciones de ahorros hasta fin de
afio. Los bonos E, que se vendian
por deducci6n salarial, seran con-
vertidos a los nuevos bonos de la
series EE durante el period del
2 de enero al 30 de junio de 1980.
Los dueios de los bonos E y H
deberan estar al tanto de los si-
guientes cambios que afectan estos
bonos:
Los bonos que fueron comprados
entire 1941 y abril 1952 no seran cx-
tendidos otra vez cuando venzan
entire 1981 y abril 1992, despu6s de
devengar intereses por 40 afios;
Los bonos series E y letras de aho-
rro comprados despues de abril
1952 recibiran una extension adi-
cional de 10 afios. Esta sera la ulti-
ma extension que recibiran los bo-
nos comprados entire mayo 1952 y
noviembre 1965;
Los bonos series H comprados
desde junio 1952 hasta mayo 1959
no recibiran extensions adiciona-
les. Estos bonos alcanzaran su fe-
cha de vencimiento entire febrero
1982 y mayo 1989;
Los bonos series H comprados
despu6s de junio 1959 recibiran
otra extension de 10 afios, por un
total de vida de bonos de 30 afios.


Esta sera la extension final para
estos bonos.
Los bonos E y letras de ahorro
pueden ser cambiados por los nue-
vos bonos HH despu6s que son
puestos en venta el 2 de enero de
1980. Esto se puede hacer hasta un
afio despues de la fecha de venci-
miento de los antiguos bonos E.
El cambio conlleva el mismo privi-
legio de impuesto aplazado como
el cambio actual de los bonos
E y H.
El nueno bono series EE, que
dobla su valor entire las fechas de
compra y de vencimiento, tendri
las siguientes nuevas caracteristicas:
El precio de compra sera la mitad
del valor nominal; por ejemplo, $25
comprarA un bono de $50 (valor
nominal) (el bono de ahorro de
$25 comprado por $18.75 ya no
estarl disponible);
La denominaci6n mas baja del
valor nominal sera de $50. Otras
denominaciones serAn de $75, $100,
$200,$500, $1,000, $5,000 y $ 10,000;
El interns al 6 por ciento (por
5 afios o ms) es el mismo mien-
tras el termino hasta la fecha de
vencimiento sera de II afios y
9 mescs;
La limitaci6n annual en las com-
pras aumentara del actual $7,500
(cantidad de emisi6n) a $15,000


El Quinto Rodeo Anual de
Ciclismo, patrocinado por el Club
Rotary-Panama West, tendra lugar
el 7 de abril en el Estadio de Balboa.

Despedida de Simson
Habra una fiesta de despedida en
honor de John H. Simson, jefe de la
Division de Almacenes, quien se
acogera a la jubilaci6n en abril.
La fiesta, a la cual quedan invi-
tados todos sus compafieros de tra-
bajo y amistades, comenzara a las
2:30 p.m. el 6 de abril en el tercer
piso del edificio 28 (Area Industrial
de Balboa).


(cantidad de emisi6n).
Los nuevos bonos EE seran ele-
gibles para su redenci6n seis meses
despu6s de su emisi6n;
Se eliminard el requisite de que
el beneficiario de un bono tiene
que dar su consentimiento a que se
efectile un cambio al bono.
Los bonos series HH tendrAn
estas. nuevas caracteristicas seglin
comparados con el bono H;
Los pagos de intereses seran a
raz6n de 6 por ciento desde el dia
de emisi6n, en vez de la actual
escala graduada;
Los bonos comprados eni efec-
tivo en vez de a trav6s del .-.,nbio
de los otros bonos y letras de
ahorro estaran sujetos a un recargo
de intereses si son redimidos antes
de su fecha de vencimiento;
La limitaci6n annual de compra
sera aumentada de $10,000 (canti-
dad nominal) a $20,000 (cantidad
nominal);
Los bonos HH pueden ser com-
prados en efectivo u obtenidos a
cambio por los actuales bonos se-
rie E o letras de ahorro, solos o en
combinaci6n, en multiples de $500.
EL bono HH tendra el mismo pe-
riodo de vencimiento que el bono H
-10 afios-y las mismas denomi-
naciones que fluctian desde $500
a $10.000.


Los j6venes de 5 a 18 afios de
edad pueden participar, pero nece-
sitan la aprobaci6n de sus padres.
Se recomienda inscribirse por
adelantado, desde hoy hasta el 6 de
abril. Tambi6n se podrAn inscribir
en el estadio desde las 8 a.m. el dia
del rodeo.

Los formularios de inscripci6n
pueden obtenerse de los socios del
Club Rotary-Panama West, de los
dircctores de las escuelas de la
Zona del Canal, o Ilamando al
Dr. Carlos Ibaiiez al 52-2317 o al
Dr. Maurice Nahmad al 52-2574.


Marzo 30


Paigina 3


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DIRECTION DE PERSONAL


Lista de Vacantes y Traslados Para

Empleados

Todo solicitante capacitado recibiri consideraci6n para trabajo sin distinci6n de raza,
religion, color, nacionalidad, sexo, edad, partidarismo y afiliaci6n political u otro factor no
meritorio. DeberB someterse una solicitud por separado para cada uno de los empleos que
aparecen en la lista. Los salaries indicados serAn aumentados a los ciudadanos de los EE. UU.
por medio del diferencial apropiado ademis del factor de impuesto cuando deba aplicarse.
El simbolo ' indica que es necesario un examen escrito. El simbolo # indica que es una
posici6n de seguridad donde puede emplearse solamente a ciudadanos estadounidenses.


POSICIONES PERMANENTES
(Casos Exceptuados)


Direccidn
o Si.
Salario Base Divisi6n tio


Montador de Tuberia MG-10 ................... ........... . $7.52
Practice en Adiestramiento CP-02 (Conocimiento de
Ingl6s) (Primeras 40 horas) ................... ............ 27,040.00


ASCENSOS TEMPORALES

(Que pueden convertirse en permanentes)-La selecci6n para i
mediante los procedimientos competitivos, de manera que los asc
candidates seleccionados podran convertirse en permanentes s
terminar el plazo de congelaci6n, siempre y cuando las posiciones no
del 30 de septiembre de 1979 para colocar empleados separados pc

Gerente de Mantenimiento de Viviendas NM-9 (Se require
licencia para conducir) (QNE 9-30-79) ................$15,704.00
Marinero-Lancha Motora MG-6 (QNE 9-22-79) .........- $3.05

Las solicitudes deberan presentarse al Ramo de Empleo y Colocac
366, Anc6n, o en el Edificio 1105, Crist6bal, usando el Formulario
TRASLADO, en un plazo no mayor de siete (7) dias calendarios desl
publicaci6n. Este plazo de 7 dias est6 sujeto a pr6rroga segOn petici6
anunciando la vacant, o seg6n decision del Jefe del Ramo de I
Personal. Los requisites pueden ser revisados en la Biblioteca de la
obtenerse mayores informes en el Ramo de Colocaciones, tel6fi
6 43-1288. Personas calificadas que tengan impedimentos fisicos
al Coordinador del Programa para la Colocaci6n de Personas I
asesoradas con respect a las vacantes que aparecen arriba. La ofic
situada en el Edificio 345, Sal6n 101, Anc6n, Zona del Canal, tel6



Tres Estudiantes de Balbo


Finalistas Para Becas de


Catherine Ciepiela, Mark Far-
mer, y Kenneth Pierce han sido no-
tificados que fueron escogidos
como finalists en el Programa
Nacional de-Becas por M6ritos.
Los 14,000 finalists representan
0.5 por ciento del total de mas de
un mill6n de estudiantes que toma-
ron el Examen Preliminar de Apti-
tud Escolar/Examen NacionalCa-
pacitante para Becas de M6rito y
que fueron seleccionados como se-
mifinalistas. Para convertir en fina-
listas, los semifinalistas deben ser
recomendados por su escuela para
consideraci6n de becas; deben con-
firmar sus puntajes altos en los exa-
menes mencionados con actuaci6n
equivalent en un segundo examen;
y deben presentar evidencia de su
alta calidad acad6mica y proveer
informaci6n sobre sus otros logros.
Catherine Ciepiela, hija de Ca-
rolyn y Robert Ciepiela, asistird a
la Universidad de Amherst en el
otoflo. Ella es editor graduanda
del anuario de la Escuela Secunda-
ria de Balboa, president de la So-
ciedad Nacional de Honores, yvice-
presidenta del Club de Teatro.
Recientemente fue protagonista en
la producci6n de su escuela de la
obra Suefio de una Noche de
Verano.
Mark Farmer participa activa-
mente en el Club de Computadoras
y estd tomando un curso extra-
curricular de programaci6n de
computadoras para matematicas
y ciencias. Asistird a la Universidad
Tecnol6gica de Georgia o a la Uni-
versidad de California en Santa
BArbara al graduarse, para especia-
lizarse en ingenieria, con especiali-
zaci6n secundaria en ciencia de
computadoras. Los padres de Mark
son John Farmer y la Sra. Anne
Farmer, con residencia en Los Rios.


Kenneth Pier
carrera de odon
aceptado por
Purdue. Es mie
f6tbol americal
Escuela Secund
la Sociedad Na
y de la Socied
Biologia. Es hij
y la Sra. Saher
dencia en Diab
En su notific
de su selecci6
Ejecutivo de la
nal de Becas p
"Vuestra condi
la competencia
tos los amerita
del talent acad
para llegar a se
pais en el area


Suministr;

Datos con

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Industrial


Op. Transito


Va-
can-
tes
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estas posiciones se hara
ensos temporales de los
in mas competencia al
se hayan utilizado antes
ir reducci6n de personal.


Los Tenientes Rolando Quintero y James Brown, del Cuerp
Bomberos de Panama, reciben explicaci6n sobre las tecnicas empl
en combatir incendios en barcos de parte del Capitin Alexis Morr
la Division de Bomberos de la Zona del Canal. Quintero, Bro
otros dos bombers permanentes pasan cuatro horas cada dia
Cuartel de Bomberos de Balboa como parte de una orientaci6n sob
procedimientos, equipo y areas de responsabilidad de la Divisi6
Bomberos.



Klipper y Lavecchia Ascendidos


En la Divisi6n de Almacenes


Serv. Corn. A 1 Michael S. Klipper, jefe del
Cap. Puerto A 10 Ramo de Administraci6n de Inven-
tario desde febrero del afio pasado',
ha sido designado jefe interino de la
ci6n de Personal, Edificio Divisi6n de Almacenes. Reemplaza
o 443, SOLICITUD PARA a John H. Simson, quien se acogera
pues de la fecha de esta a la jubilaci6n el pr6ximo mes.
n de la Divisi6n queest6e Reemplazando a Klipper esta
:mpleo y Colocacion de
a Zona del Canal. Pueden Gerard P. Lavecchia, ayudante del
onos 52-3583, 52-7996 jefe, Divisi6n de Almacenes, quien
pueden lamar o visitar ha sido nombrado jefe interino del
mpedidas a fin de ser Ramo de Administraci6n de Inven-
ina del Coordinador est6 tario.
fono 52-7570. Klipper ingres6 a la empresa del
Canal en 1965 come graduado in-
terno en la Oficina del Director de
"lO Abasto y Servicios Comunales, des-
Spu6s de recibir su titulo de bachiller
en ciencias con especializaci6n en
\/i finanzas, en la Universidad Estatal
Menito de Florida en Tallahasee. Dos afios
mas tarde fue asignado, como espe-
rce quiere seguir la cialista en administraci6n de inven-
tologia, y ya ha sido tario, a la Divisi6n de Almacenes y
la Universidad de en 1973, despu6s de completar un
mbro del equipo de afio de studios graduados en la
no (football) de la Universidad Stanford bajo el Pro-
laria de Balboa, de grama de Educaci6n para la Admi-
cional de Honores, nistraci6n Ptblica de la Comisi6n
lad de Honores en del Servicio Civil, fue ascendido a
o de TomAs Pierce la posici6n de ayudante del jefe,
ra Pierce, con resi- Ramo de Administraci6n de Inven-
lo Heights. tario. En 1977 fue nombrado ayu-
caci6n a los alumnos dante del jefe, Divisi6n de Almace-
n, el Vicepresidente nes, y un aflo mas tarde fue ascen-
Corporaci6n Nacio- dido otra vez a jefe del Ramo de
*or Meritos escribi6: Administraci6n de Inventario.
ici6n de finalista en Lavecchia, quien se incorpor6
por Becas de Meri- a la empresa canalera en 1968, es
a como poseedores oriundo de Brooklyn, Nueva York.
lemicoylahabilidad Curs6 studios en la Universidad
er futures lideres del Estatal Kent, la Universidad de
de su selecci6n". Tennessee, y el Institute de Admi-
nistraci6n de Ventas al Por MenQr.
n a Panama Despu6s de desempefiar varias po-
'an a Panama' siciones en la administraci6n de
ventas al por menor y de mercan-
RelacIOn cias en la Divisi6n de Abasto, se
traslad6 en mayo 1977 a la Divisi6n
S en la Zona de Almacenes como ayudante del
jefe, Ramo de Administraci6n de
sobre lanchas regis- Inventario, y poco despu6s fue
'ona del Canal sera nombrado ayudante del jefe, Divi-
PanamA como parte si6n de Almacenes.
planificaci6n para la Lavecchia prest6 servicio con el
'ratado. La informa- ej6rcito estadounidense en los Es-
orcionada para que tados Unidos, Panama, Europa y
Scomenzar a prepa- Vietnam, y entire las condecoracio-
os necesarios para el nes que ha recibido se encuentran
aci6n de lanchas en la Estrella de Plata, la Estrella de
de Panama despu6s Bronce por Valor con racimo de
re. Yaque las lanchas Hojas de Roble, tres medallas de
o inspeccionadas no Coraz6n Purpureo, Medalla por
*adas como actual- Servicio en Vietnam (Estrellas de
das, s6lo se propor- Bronce y de Plata), Medalla Viet-
iaci6n sobre las lan- names por Valentia, Distintivo de
n sido inspecciona- Paracaidista Maestre, Distintivo
osduefiosdelanchas del Soldado de Infanteria, y la
ta el 20 de abril para Medalla Aerea.
te requisite. Lavecchia sirvi6 como miembro


del Comit6 de Asesoramiento
nil para Servicio Selectivo
Zona del Canal, y despu6s
president de la Junta Loca
de la Zona del Canal y reci
Certificado de Aprecio Presid
en reconocimiento de su si
a la naci6n y al Sistema de Sc
Selectivo.
El y su esposa, Emperatriz,
taria de la Divisi6n de Planifi
Financiera, tienen dos hijas,
de 10 afios de edad y Mei-L
7 afios de edad.

Nueva Parada Pai

Tren Nocturne
A partir del lunes 2 de a
1979, el Tren NO 42 (Tren de
que viaja desde el Patio de
Heights hasta Mount Hope)
ra pasajeros en el extreme
(Diablo) de la plataforma d
creto directamente frente a
ci6n I en la Carretera Diabl
Este cambio tiene por obji
jorar el servicio a los pasa
proveer un lugar mas segur
usuarios del Ferrocarril de P
desde donde subir a este t
carga durante las noches de si
Se recuerda a los pasajer
este tren saldra del comply
patio del Ferrocarril de Balb
tamente a las 8:10 p.m. 1(
laborables.

Concierto Primav
La Banda de Graduandi
Banda de Escenario de la I
Secundaria de Crist6bal pr
ran su Concierto Anual Pr
ral el 5 de abril. Lisa Barrett
Wallace son dos miembros d
po talentoso de 77 mfsicos
brindardn un repertorio qu
desde misica clasica hasta
modern. Ademas de la m6s
interpretaran estas dos bar
auditorio podrd apreciar la
Moda de la Banda de Cr
cuyos integrantes lucen aho
formes hechos a la media
uniforms fueron donados a
da por un grupo de padres
dentes conocidos como los
Rags", quienes tuvieron 6xit
do a la cooperaci6n y gene
de las empresas comerciales
nizaciones, y residents en
lados del Istmo. El concierto
forma de agradecer a los dc
y sera preseihtado en el Au
de la Escuela Secundaria d
t6bal el jueves 5 de abril a I
p.m. La entrada es gratis, pe
que reservar los asientos Ila
al (4) 36-405 durante las
laborables de la escuela.


Jubilados-Marzo
Los siguientes empleados sejubi-
laron de la empresa del Canal de
- PanamA en el mes de marzo:
Beresford Butler, operario de barredero.
Division de Servicios Comunales, sec-
tor Atlantico: 31 afios 21 dias.
Paul L. Elia, capataz mecdnico en elec-
.- tr6nica. Division de Electricidad. sec-
. . tor Pacifico: 30 aflos 10 dias.
Freeland R. Hollowell, capataz de equi-
po m6vil de mantenimiento. Division
de Transporte a Motor, sector'Paci-
fico: 35 afios 5 meses 20 dias.
Gwendoline P. Jordan, transcriptora de
datos. Division de Elaboraci6n de
Datos, sector Pacifico: 36 afios 9 me-
po de ses 13 dias.
eadas Francisco Ortiz, primer estibador, Divi-
ris, de si6n de Terminales. sector AtlAntico:
30 afios 3 meses 11 dias.
}wn y Robert Phillips, supervisor, verificaci6n
en el de carga. Division de Terminales, sec-
re los tor Atlantico: 37 afios 17 dias.
6n de Jose D. Regalado, pasacables. Capita-
nia del Puerto, Balboa, sector Paci-
fico: 35 afios 4 dias.
James L. Snyder, encargado del movi-
miento de mercancias, Divisi6n de
Abasto, sector Pacifico: 35 afios 2
meses.
Wesley H. Sparling, despachador de
energia el&ctrica. Division de Electri-
cidad. sector Pacifico: 31 afios 10 me-
Juve- ses 5 dias.
de la John M. Stuart, practico. Division de
como Operaciones de Trensito, sector Paci-
i N9 I fico: 28 afios 2 meses 14 dias.
bi6 un Virgilio Toscano, estibador. Division
Sun de Terminales, sector Atlantico: 26
dencial' afos 5 meses 26 dias.
ervicio
ervicio Cena de Spaghetti, Elks
secre- Mafiana por la noche se ofrecera
caci6n una cena de spaghetti en la sede de
Renee la-Logia de los Elks 1414, ubicada
ing de en la Calle La Boca.
El bar estard abierto de 6 a 7 p.m.
para los que quieran coihprar bebi-
ra das a precio de "Hora Feliz". La
cena costara $3 por persona y se
servirA-' kftdo9ifiy f-d a H9aihli-.W
bril de precio especial de $2 la botella.
SCarga
Diablo Aclararon Asuntos
toma- (Viene de la pdgina 1)
Norte
le con- mefios nos aclararon que no era
la Sec- una obligaci6n del Tratado, el me-
o. jorar esas facilidades", explic6 el
eto me- Congresista Bowen. "Por otro
jeros y lado", sefial6, "las facilidades que
o a los se encuentran actualmente en uso,
anamA que seran devueltas a Panama es-
ren de tarin en condiciones completamen-
emana. te operates y en buenas condi-
os que coness.
ejo del "En lo que se refiere al asunto de
ioajus- propiedades de bienes muebles,
os dias confiamos que los pocos asuntos
restantes, puedan ser resueltos en
S forma satisfactoria y pronto a tra-
eral v6s delas negociacionesqueseestin
os y la llevando a cabo."
scuela "Nos sentimos complacidos por
resenta- encontrar el grado de entendimien-
rimave- to expresado por el Presidente
y Keith Royo y la Autoridad del Canal de
yel gru Panami, por la vitalidad continue y
uenes ru el vigor de ciertas organizaciones
quienes vara fraternales, de caridad, sociales y re-
m sica ligiosas qie forman una parte im-
sica que portante de la comunidad norte-
das, el americana en Panama."
Nueva "Confio ahora que todos los
ist6bal, miembros de este grupo de la Cama-
ira uni- ra de Representantes, que el Presi-
. Estos dente John Murphy ha enviado a
la Ban- Panama para resolver estos asun-
y resi- tos, pueden regresar ahora a Wash-
"Tiger ington, preparados para continuar
o debi- con el asunto del borrador de la
rosidad legislaci6n para la puesta en vigen-
, orga- cia de los Tratados" concluy6 el
ambos Congresista David R. Bowen.
Ses una La delegaci6n del Congreso tam-
onantes bien incluy6 al Congresista Robert
iditorio Bauman (Republicano de Mary-
e Cris- land), alto representantede la mino-
as 7:30 ria; el Representante David Bonior
ero hay (Republicano de Michigan); Repre-
mando sentante Joe Wyatt (Dem6crata de
horas Texas) y el Representante Michael
Lowry (Dem6crata de Washington).


Pfieina 4


Marzo 30


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