U.S. Hands Over First of 5 Bases
From Times Wire Reports
The United States formally handed its Rodman Naval Station to Panama, the first of five military bases to be turned over this year ahead of the historic transfer of the Panama Canal. In a simple yet colorful morning ceremony, a contingent of sailors in dress whites gently lowered the Stars and Stripes. Rodman is the first of five bases that the U.S. is relinquishing under a 1977 treaty signed by President Carter that surrenders the entire canal to Panama by Dec. 31.
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