The Tropic Times was the newspaper that circulated throughout the US Military installations in Panama.
All time zones make their way through the 'topics': there is no 'tropical time zone'. Antarctica has no time zones. Research stations set their clock so as to coordinate with their support countries' time zones. There is no standard.
Panama has at least 3 time zones
The Tropic of Cancer is not a time zone, it is a lattitude.
Panama is Eastern Standard Time. They never use Daylight Savings Time.
Panama is in the Eastern Standard Time Zone, same as Miami and New York. But Panama doesn't have (or need) daylight savings time, so in the summer, they are in Central time.
Greenwich Time - newspaper - was created in 1877.
For public records that are 16 years old you may have to file a Freedom of Information Act request to have therm retreived from storage. For newspaper archives, contact the local newspaper that was publishing back on that date and see if they have copies of their publication on file.
From the star sign cancer.
Panama is in the Eastern Standard Time (EST) zone. However, during daylight saving time, Panama observes Eastern Standard Time (EST) +1, making it Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The Tropic of Capricorn is located South of the equator, although it is not in a fixed location; it varies over time.
There are no flights that are nonstop from Portand OR to Panama City. Delta has one that takes 6 hours and 40 minutes. United has one that takes 7 hours and 20 minutes. Panama City Panama is EST. Portland is Pacific Time.
The Panama Canal.