Crime Panama

A senior American employee of the Panama Canal Commission was killed Wednesday in the latest in a series of brazen attacks that have pushed the rate of violent crime here to levels unknown under the regime of Manuel A. Noriega. Authorities said they could detect no political motive behind the murder of the commission's acting financial officer, William J. Joyce, who was shot by a masked intruder Tuesday night during a theft of guns and jewelry from his home near the mouth of the Panama Canal.

A senior American employee of the Panama Canal Commission was killed Wednesday in the latest in a series of brazen attacks that have pushed the rate of violent crime here to levels unknown under the regime of Manuel A. Noriega. Authorities said they could detect no political motive behind the murder of the commission's acting financial officer, William J. Joyce, who was shot by a masked intruder Tuesday night during a theft of guns and jewelry from his home near the mouth of the Panama Canal.

A Panamanian businessman, claiming he once laundered $20 million a week in drug profits, testified Wednesday that military officers commanded by Manuel A. Noriega routinely protected his cash shipments.

In just a few weeks, an organization in Horse Cave, Ky.--a state well-known for its caves--will open a cavern with almost all the classic amenities . . . except the bats. The reason: It isn't, well, exactly a cave. An old brick building that once housed a drugstore and pool hall is being transformed into a two-story cave setting--complete with stalactites and stalagmites. And when it opens Aug.