European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday decembers 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 commencement exercises a slew of santas wave after inking a re  company holds the workshops fresher course on Santa fads and rein each year and the graduates Are hired by Deer names in Chicago. A temporary pm stores Araj shopping Mills. Bush reportedly taps Elizabeth Dole As envoy to . Washington former transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole has been chosen by president elect George Bush in serve As . Ambassador to he United nations informed sources on Capitol Hill said saturday. The announcement is expected to be made by Bush As Early As monday Cox newspapers has Learned. Official spokesmen Tor Bush denied any knowledge of mrs. Dole s Sci Calion. And Walt Riker press Secretary to mrs. Dole s husband. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole said Elizabeth Dole says this is news to her. She has heard nothing from he Bush  we cannot confirm or deny this re port Riker said. However she is a world class Talent. She will have a lot of options As to what to do  both alis Glenn at Bush transition Headquarters and Sieve Han the Vic president s chief spokesman said they were unaware of any planned announce ment by Bush involving the .ambassadorship, or on any personnel matters in his new administration to be made on monday. However sources close to sen Dole s Capitol Hill office insisted saturday  s selection is a done  mrs. Dole 52, resigned her Post As transportation Secretary 14 months again order to help her husband Campaign for the presidency against Bush and Sev Cral other Republican candidates Las year and in Early 1988. As the new Hampshire primary unfolded last february the senator from Kan Sas and the vice president became enmeshed in an angry struggle for control of the top of the ticket. Dole dropped out of the Campaign by the end of March. Last month after Bush Defeated Massachusetts Cov. Michael Dukakis for the presidency Bush met with Dole and the iwo promised to work closely together during the Bush administration. Before Bush selected sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana As his Surprise running male at the Start of the gop nominating convention last August in new Orleans the personable and witty or. Dole was among those mom frequently mentioned As a lop contender for the Job. As . Ambassador mrs. Dole would commute on a regular basis Between her watergate apartment Home in washing ton and . Headquarters in new York. She is to replace Vernon wallers the chief american . Representative Dur ing the entire second term of president Reagan. Walters a former army general and High ranking Cia official serves As member of the Reagan Cabinet Bui Bush plans of reduce the visibility of therole mrs. Dole is to Lake on in foreign policy making areas by taking away it Cabinet level status. Bush and his nominee for Secretary of slate James a. Baker Iii have decided to strengthen the Cul of the Man who will run the state department by that one More notch of Power. After he gave up a Safe scat in con Gress to run a losing . Senate race in Texas Bush himself was named unite nations Natl Cassador in inc Nixon and  his 1987 autobiography looking Forward Bush recalled his Outlook on the Job in december 1970, when he took it on in a subservient role to Secretary of state Henry Kissinger. Kissinger was a dominant figure at the Nixon Cabinet table. Bush said he realized at inc tithe that a . Ambassador does t make policy he carries it  coast guard Chi of eyes improved drug Effort opa Locka Fla. Up coast guard com mandant adm. Paul Yost ended a five Day tour of Caribbean installation saturday declaring his troops ready to fight drug smugglers and eager for a scheduled increase of resources in 18 months Yost said a j43 million budget Cut last year which he described As a mistake had Hurt the service s inter diction efforts which arc slowly being rebuilt and re deployed with expanded radar detection. We re not doing As Good a Job As i want us to do Yost  problem is the amount of assets it takes to try to Seal a bolder. And we Don t have those assets. We ii never have the assets.". -. The commandant had left Washington tuesday to visit the Bahamas South Florida and the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba flying in various types of aircraft used by the Agency in its War against drugs. Officers and guardsmen he visited during inc trip arc excited aggressive enthusiastic about their role in the nation s drug Battle Yost said but frustrate that they re not doing  Yost said within 18 months the coast guard will triple its surveillance capability off the Florida coastland in inc Small islands frequently used by smugglers on their Way to the United slates. Detection has been a missing element in the coast guard s operation he said. Fast cutters to patrol the coastal Waters and Swift air planes to catch smugglers have been part of its Arsenal for some time but highly sophisticated radar defection systems needed to spot smugglers aircraft have remained out of reach As the Agency seeks to boost its budget for such equipment he said. The coast guard Miami air station based at opa Locka Airport North of Miami received two modified Falcon interceptor jets thursday each equipped with radar tracking equipment the base now has five jets capable of chasing smugglers at 600 Mph. Three planes arc based in Alabama. It s taken Over a year and a half to bring those. Assets on Board Yost said. If i were a drug smuggler i d get out of the Busi Ness he  Honor firefighters in Kansas City blast Sands of Tim Kansas City to. A hundreds of firefighters and police from across the country paid tribute saturday to six firefighters killed in an explosion blamed on arsonists an estimated 2,500 firefighters and Public safety officers and 5,000 private citizens attended the memorial. They were willing and Able to take risks in their everyday jobs for our Protection risks most of us would never dream Poftak ing mayor Richard Bickley told mourn ers at Arrowhead stadium. So we owe these men a great Deal. We owe them a commitment up do everything in our Power to prevent things like this from Ever happening  firefighters died tuesday when about 50,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate a blasting agent exploded at a Highway construction site. They had responded to a re port that a pickup and construction trailer were on fire. Police said arson is suspected and they received 50 to 75 lips most of them after a $35,000 Reward for information was announced. The men who died included iwo captains Gerald c. Hallo ran 57, and James h. Jive non or. 54. Funerals were held Friday for the captains and firefighters Thomasm Kamin 42, and Thomas m. Fry. 41. Rites for firefighter Michael r. Oldham. 32, were held saturday and those for firefighter Luther Ehurd 31, will be monday. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Dec. 5, 1948 More than 3,000 chinese fleeing from War torn Central China were believed to have perished when a ship exploded and Sank just outside Shanghai. 30 years ago today. Dec. 5, 1958 during negotiations with inc soviets in Geneva the United slates and Britain called for the establishment of an International organization with out veto Powers to police nuclear weapons tests 20 years ago today. Dec. 5, 1968 rep. Tjia Deus j. Dulski chairman of the House Post office an civil service committee began a iwo week visit to All  to prepare a Bill proposing free mailing privileges for g is in Europe ? 0 years ago today. Dec 5, 1978 the defense department announced that for the first Lime since the inception of the autumn reformer exercises in 1967 the annual event would Lake place in january