P. M. BRIEFING : Panama Canal Panel Raises Toll
The U.S. agency that operates the Panama Canal said today that it had approved its first toll increase in six years and selected a senior U.S. Army officer to be canal commissioner.
Panama Canal Commission spokesmen were not immediately available to comment on whether the moves were related to the political turmoil in Panama.
The commission said its board, in a meeting Thursday in Miami, voted for a 9.8% increase in canal tolls. The board elected Robert Page, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, as chairman.
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