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NATION, Page 36Grapevine
CROWE FLIES. Despite an offer from George Bush to extend him
for a third two-year tour as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Admiral William Crowe has decided to retire in September. His
likely successor: JCS Vice Chairman General Robert Herres.
OUR MAN IN TEGUCIGALPA. At his weekly lunch with George Bush
last Thursday, Vice President Dan Quayle was handed an assignment:
during a visit to Central America this week, urge Guatemala,
Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica to build pressure on Panama
to get rid of strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega. With Bush and
Secretary of State James Baker preoccupied with China, NATO and the
Soviet Union, Quayle is becoming a familiar figure in Central
America. This is his second visit to the region since taking
office; he goes to the Caribbean later this month.
HELP WANTED. No fewer than 47 candidates have said no to the
Defense Department for the job of Under Secretary for Acquisition,
who buys $160 billion in goods and services each year. A major
reason: new ethics legislation that bars returning to the defense
industry after leaving the Pentagon.
HE'LL PASS. Former pro quarterback Jack Kemp once said that if
he had not gone into politics, he would have liked to be
commissioner of the National Football League. Now Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, Kemp wants to squash speculation
that he is a candidate to replace retiring N.F.L. Commissioner Pete
Rozelle. Kemp's office says the Secretary turned down an interview
with the executive-search firm hired to find Rozelle's successor.
BLOOD SPORT. Consultants are predicting a slugfest in New
Jersey's race for Governor, which pits old-school Democrat James
J. Florio against Republican right-winger Jim Courter. The G.O.P.
intends to go after Florio for the patronage and corruption he is
accused of nurturing as Camden County's political boss. When
Courter was asked if he would charge Florio with corruption,
incumbent Thomas Kean leaped to Courter's defense. "I'm sure he
would never do that," Kean said, "unless it were true."