Gen. Omar Torrijos, the President of Panama, who arrives here on an official visit Tuesday night, will be the guest of honor at banquets tendered by President Ephraim Katzir and Premier Menachem Begin. Both will be held in the succah at the Jerusalem Plaza Hotel, it was announced Monday. Torrijos will tour Jerusalem and northern Israel and will attend the official opening of the “Panama Road” in a suburb of Jerusalem.
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