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Monday, March 20,1978 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Volume LXIV, No. 37 Columbia, sc.
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By JANE SHEALY
News Editor
"I'm here on this occasion for nor
that doesn't mean that I am ru
presidential candidate in 1980,"
president of the United States, si
members of the press Thursday in
the Wade Hampton Hotel.
The press conference was the
distinguished guest had on his thr
respond to questions on national
prepared statements.
t ora viewea tne t>s to 32 senate i
Panama Canal neutrality treaties a:
work of three former presidents
administration.
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have been
the four pr
i-political purposes, but share in tilling
myself out as a administra
Gerald R. Ford, 38th getting the
lid at a meeting with THE FA
the Congaree Room of democrats
the stand Y
only opportunity the administra
ee-day visit in S C. to Accordin
issues not relating to Carter tel<
treaties lei
/ote which ratified two received th
s the culmination of the strong opp
i and the current Turning
said, "Th<
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aks on nat
|rter administration finalized the treaties a
the principal proponents of the treaties. I thi
esidents (Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson) have
le achievement of the two treaties. The Car
tion had the obligation and the responsibility
- ratification through the senate."
kCT that the treaties were supported by b<
and republicans was justification, Ford said,
ic took in support of U.S. neutrality early in
ition.
ig to The State newspaper. President Jimi
;phoned his thanks to Ford for his help in I
ss than 30 minutes after the ratification. Ft
le call in the office of Gov. James B. Edwards
onent of the treaties.
his attention to the Middle East conflict Fc
; new administration made a very serk
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ink Union back into the negotiating pr
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ter the Soviet Union out of the negc
of Israel on the one hand and the
other."
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for FORD CONTINUED that beca
his Carter administration had made
f ora saia mat naa it not been for
Tiy response of Begin, the situation in
the even more serious than at presei
>rd Ford said he deeply regretted a
, a last week in which Palestinian;
proximately 30 Israelis. He callc
>rd move."
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they brought the Soviet
ocess in the Middle East,
ny administration to keep
>t.iating process between
Arab neighbors on the
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; "very little progress."
Sadat's actions and the
the Middle East would be
it.
ictions taken by the PLO
5 took the lives of ap;d
it a "very ill-advised
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