European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday february 23, 1989 Bush Sticks to Negroponte As ambassador to Mexico Washington a president Bush plans to nominate career Diplomat John Negroponte As Ambas Sador to Mexico the White House announced tues Day despite objections in that country. When word spread last month of Bush s intention to nominate Negroponte a number of prominent mexi cans recommended that their government reject the appointment because of his role in supporting the Rea Gan administration s Central american policy. Negroponte served As ambassador to Honduras Dur ing Reagan s first term and later worked As Deputy director of the National Security Council. Bush and mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gor Tari held a Friendly meeting after Bush s election last november but the prospective appointment of negro Ponte has still become an Issue Between the two governments. Negroponte s Strong identification with Reagan s Central american policy comes against a background of Long years of mexican hostility to the . Approach to the Region. The criticism has come from both the right and left. National authorities have the right to keep officials who Are highly discredited and who have violated human rights from assuming posts in mexican territory said Diego Fernandez a Leader of the conservative National action party. Amalia Garcia with Mexico s largest leftist party also urged Salinas to reject the appointment. And a member of the Center left authentic party s congressional delegation Oscar Mauro Ramirez said Negroponte is an expert in combating latin american libertarian  the uproar Over Negroponte prompted the depart ing . Ambassador to Mexico Charles Pilliod to predict that relations Are going to improve further because Negroponte has always done his Job with efficiency and  Negroponte said tuesday in a Telephone interview i am very honoured that president Bush has nominated me for this extremely important position. If con firmed by the Senate i sincerely Hope that during my tenure As ambassador i can make a positive contribution to .-mexican  the most difficult Issue facing the two countries is Mexico s $ 103 billion foreign debt. Another problem is Mexico s objection to a . Plan to dig a ditch near san Diego to reduce Border Crossings by drug smugglers and illegal immigrants. Negroponte 49, was Deputy assistant to Reagan for National Security affairs beginning in 1987. Before that he served two years As assistant Secretary of state for oceans and environmental and scientific affairs. He was ambassador to Honduras from 1981 to 1985. He entered the foreign service in 1960 and served in Hong Kong Vietnam Greece and Ecuador and As a member of the . Delegation to the Paris peace talks on Vietnam in 1968 and 1969. Super sniffer a Jackpot a 7-year-old Beagle Waits for a flight out of new York s John f. Kennedy International Airport where he Stop dog of the Beagle brigade the canine Arm of the us. Department of agriculture s Plant Protection and quaran Tine division. A dozen beagles chosen for then innocent looks and highly sensitive noses work in seven airports nationwide sniffing out prohibited fruits and meats in the baggage of passengers arriving from overseas. Stateside sign hit by garbage truck Falls fatally injures Man Faribault Minn. A a garbage truck backed into a liquor store sign killing a worker who was giving the Driver directions authorities said tues Day. Harold Penman 32, of Faribault was instructing his co worker on where to Man Euver the vehicle when the Accident happened monday said Dorothy Stevens a records clerk at the sheriffs department. As the truck approached a 17-foot sign Penman sensed danger and ran and was hit in the head by a falling support pole she said. He died at a Faribault Hospital. Tot unhurt by super fall after imitating Superman Crestline Calif. A a 3-year-old boy who wanted to Fly like Superman made a 25-foot dive from a second Story window but escaped injury a fire offi Cial says. The boy had just finished watching Superman on television monday when he made the leap said Steve Bennett of the Crest Forest fire Protection District. Luckily he took his Pillow with him Bennett said. Pretty Tough Little  the Mother said she heard the boy crying and found him outside dressed in diapers and a to shirt. The boy whose name was withheld was examined at Mountain Community Hospital in Lake Arrowhead and released an employee said. I m just glad the boy was of Bennett said. Apparently the Mother was pretty convinced that the boy was trying to  Crestline is in the san Bernardino mountains some 60 Miles Northeast of downtown los Angeles. Retired major general once Stilwell aide Dies Carmel Calif. A retired army maj. Gen. Ernest Fred Easterbrook a career officer and the son in Law of Gen. Joseph Stilwell has died at age 80. Easterbrook served in world War ii under Stilwell As an infantry instructor of chinese troops and in the korean War As commander of the 7th inf regt. In 1957 he became director of army aviation and from 1959 to 1962 he commanded the . Army aviation Center at fort Rucker Ala. He served As chief of the joint . Military advis Ory group in Thailand and after a tour As Deputy commanding general of the 6th . Army at the presi Dio of san Francisco he retired in 1967. He married Stilwell s daughter Nancy in 1938 attest Point. Lack of Snow takes Edge off City s Hatchet Hunt Athol mass. A a Lack of Snow made it difficult to Bury the Hatchet but that did t bother two boys who won top prizes in the 67th annual Hatchet Hunt commemorating George Washington s birthday. Eric Shepardson 13, and 4-year-old Alex Blakejr. Found two engraved hatchets hidden in the Woods As part of an Athol tradition. The custom reminds Chil Dren of the founding father who legend says admitted As a boy that he chopped Down a Cherry tree. No Snow so it was hard to hide the prizes said Joseph Hawkins director of the local Myca that sponsored monday s event with the City fire depart ment. The prizes were More easily found but that was  about 350 children participated in the three hour Hunt Hawkins said. Finders keep the hatchets which Are capable of Tak ing Down a Cherry tree Hawkins said. Relative reinstates ousted Navaho chairman window Rock Ariz. A Navaho chairman Peter Macdonald ousted last week by the tribal Council has been reinstated by order of his brother in Law a tribal judge. Tribal judge Harry Brown issued a temporary restraining order tuesday overturn ing the Council s ouster of Macdonald who has been accused of corruption and vice chairman Johnny  standing Bear Macdonald s attorney said Brown scheduled a show cause hearing Friday morning to deter mine whether to permanently order the Council not to place Macdonald and Thompson on administrative  found that the Council failed to follow the Correct procedure for removing a chairman from office last Friday when it voted 49-13 against Macdonald and Thompson standing Bear said. John Chapela a lawyer who Heads a recall movement against Macdonald complained that the order was issued in Kayenta about 140 Miles from the tribal capital of window Rock. Legal matters affecting the Navah tribe have to be brought before the win Dow Rock court Chapela , it would look As if people were shopping around to find the most favourable standing Bear said he avoided the win Dow Rock court because the Navaho tribal police chief Bill Kellogg suggested that the potential for unrest existed  previous week s action against Macdonald and Thompson followed congressional testimony that Macdonald shared in a Phoenix oilman s $7.2 Mil lion profit from the Sale of the big Boquillas ranch to the  was not implicated in the alleged under the counter dealings