Complex sentence: Another issue lionized Douglas MacArthur after his death in the spring of 1964, and a later 1964 issue opposed a proposal by President Lyndon B. Johnson to transfer sovereignty of the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama.
Split into simpler sentences: Another issue lionized Douglas MacArthur after his death in the spring of 1964. A subsequent 1964 issue opposed a proposal by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to transfer sovereignty of the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama.