The World - News from Aug. 21, 1987

Police firing tear gas and birdshot broke up a demonstration in Panama City demanding an end to military domination of the government. Witnesses said that more than a dozen people were arrested in the first major outbreak of violence in Panama since July 10. The National Civic Crusade, a coalition formed in June to demand the ouster of the military strongman, Gen. Manuel A. Noriega, had called for a “youth march” to begin at the Church of El Carmen, in the city’s banking district, but the crowd dispersed, and protesters erected barricades on the streets after police arrived.