European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday february 15, 1989 Bush names top backers to ambassador positions Secchia Washington not president Bush has re warded several major financial contributors to his presidential Campaign and some longtime supporter by naming them to prestigious ambassador ships senior officials said monday. In doing so Bush conforms to the tradition of Nam ing political appointees who have Little or no experience in the foreign serv ice As some of the chief representatives to foreign countries. The Job of ambassador to France considered one of the most desirable posts abroad will go to Walter . Curley jr., Amajor new York fund Raiser for the Bush presidential Campaign and a Friend of the Bush family for 50 years. A venture capital in Vestor who was ambassador to Ireland from 1975 to 1977, Curley is also longtime Friend of the president s brother Prescott. He Speaks what he Calls fair French and May get along better in Paris than president Reagan s first ambassador to France Evan Galbraith a political appointee who alienated the French government when he criticized the naming of communists to important governmental posts. Bush selected Peter Secchia the Republican nation Al committeeman from Michigan to the Job he asked for ambassador to Italy. Secchia won Praise from the Bush Camp for leading the fight in Michigan against the Campaign of Pat Robertson a rival of Bush for the presidential nomination. Secchia is an italian american who does not speak italian Well close friends say. Joseph Zappala an investor and land Developer from Tampa will become ambassador to Spain. Zap Pala contributed $100,000 to the Bush Campaign an was co chairman of an Effort to raise $25 million in Large contributions. Another Florida Developer and co chairman Forbush in Florida Melvin f. Sembler will become ambassador to Australia. Sembler also contributed$100,000 to the Bush Campaign. Frederick Bush Deputy finance chairman for the Bush Campaign will go to Luxembourg As ambassador. Bush who is no relation to the president served Inrush s vice presidential operation before starting a consulting firm Bush & co., which was criticized Dur ing the Campaign for promoting its ability to influence the Republican administration in an attempt to solicit business from Haiti. Delia Newman a Seattle real estate figure who was chairman of Bush s presidential Campaign in washing ton will become ambassador to new zealand. The Issue of political appointees to became More Touchy in the Reagan administration when nearly 40 percent of the 148 diplomatic posts around the world went to friends and supporters of the president. In previous administrations about 30 percent of ambassador ships went to political appointees. Bush administration officials say that it is too Early to say whether Bush will scale Back the number of political appointments. The growing number of such appointees rankles senior foreign service officers who often feel that they Are Cut off from Plum assignments at the height of their careers. But even foreign service officers acknowledge that political appointees who often bring skills fro private Industry to the Job and have greater Access to the president can make effective ambassadors. Bush administration officials stress that the presi Dent has also Given key posts to career foreign service officers. Bush has nominated Morton i. Abromowitz assist ant Secretary of state for intelligence and research As ambassador to Turkey administration officials said on monday. The state department spokesman Charles e. Redman will become ambassador to Sweden. And Thomas m. Niles the career Diplomat who is ambassador to Canada will become the head of the unite states Mission to the european economic Community. In addition John Monjo ambassador to Malaysia will become ambassador to Indonesia and Paul Cleveland the ambassador to new zealand will move to malay Sia. Other career foreign service officers Are Michael h. Armacost the under Secretary of state for political affairs who will become ambassador to Japan John d. Negroponte until recently Deputy National Security adviser chosen As ambassador to Mexico and Thomas Pickering one of the most senior members of the foreign service and for Mer ambassador to Israel chosen As chief . Representative to the United nations. But ambassador ships in Many of other important capitals including London Beijing Bonn and Seoul have already been taken by Bush loyalists. The Londo Post for example has been Given to another Republic up to Butor. Henry e. Catto jr., vice chairman of a communications which operates a network of television stations. Catto has served in other govern ment positions including chief of protocol in the Al s f is. Skies once again Friendly for Fortune Miami up controversial airline Boss Frank Lorenzo has ordered Eastern airlines inc. To put the latest edition of Fortune Magazine Back on Board its jets although the Issue contains an article critical of him a spokesman said monday. Lorenzo personally instructed that Fortune be Putback on the planes Eastern spokesman Robin Matell said. He knew nothing about the original decision Toban the current Issue of Fortune from Eastern s flights. Matell said the Magazine which features Lorenzo on its cover will be added to the complimentary read ing material offered on Eastern s Fleet of 250 jets As soon As possible. Matell said Lorenzo objected on principle to the ban imposed last week. We Are not in the business of censorship Matell said paraphrasing Lorenzo. Lorenzo is chairman of Texas air corp. Of Houston Parent company of Eastern and Continental airlines. Eastern had ordered All copies of the Magazine re moved from its planes in a terse directive to aircraft service managers around the nation. The article characterizes Lorenzo As a Loose can non and it quotes past and present Texas air executives As saying the chairman is an impulsive manage who runs a highly charged shop. Fire setting charges against tourist dropped Miami a All charges against a British tourist accused of setting a hotel fire that killed two people were dropped monday because the principal witness against her her Boyfriend re fused to testify. Tara Jane Terry 19, of Camberley England faced a Federal arson charge in the sept. 17 Blaze in Miami Beach at the Nassau hotel which began in a room she shared with Mark Richard son 20, of Sandhurst in Surrey England. . District judge Kenneth l. Ryskamp or dered the indictment thrown out on the request of prosecutors who complained that Richardson refused to return from England to testify. It s not unusual . Attorney Dexter leh Tinen said. Witnesses frequently become recalcitrant later in the process but it s very disappointing when the witness is a key one and they re 141 haitians on Sailboat intercepted by . Cutter Miami a a Sailboat carrying 141 haitians was intercepted monday by a coast guard Cutter off great Ingua Island in the Bahamas. The coast guard said the Cutter dependable took the refugees off the 45-foot boat and is holding them until immigration officials deter mine whether to return them to their Homeland. None of the haitians was reported to have serious health problems said coast guard spokesman Jerry Snyder. Most haitians Are returned to Haiti unless they indicate they have a fear of political Perse cution immigration officials say. Aids group distributing condoms for rating Survey Stanford Calif. Up starting on Val Entine s Day an anti aids group began Supply ing 80,000 free condoms to five san Francisco area colleges in an annual contraceptive rating contest. & people have misconceptions and fears about condoms said Daniel Bao director of the Stan Ford aids education project. The contest hopefully will show people that unlike men not All condoms Are created the contest was born at Stanford University and has grown to include the University of Cali fornia at Berkeley and Santa Cruz As Well As sanj9se state University and Santa Rosa Community College. Students in the Survey Are Given packets each containing eight different brands of condoms an instruction Sheet and a ballot Bao said. The packets will be handed out from tuesday through thursday and the ratings Are due feb 28, Bao said. The results should be available nearly april. 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