European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday june 26, 1967 a a timid twin Brothers Don Shaw left and Ron Shaw scroll cum their Newborn babies Al the Hospital twin Sisters in tandem again with birthing double header Dallas a since twins Ronnie and Don Nie Shaw proposed to twins Dawn and Shaune Shannon on the same Day eight Yean ago they a planned plenty of things together. What they did t plan on was the birth of their babies on the same Day within four hours. I Don t think i la Ever experience anything like the again mid or. Gary Wright of the Cha South Arlington medical Center. For Dawn and Shaune 25, giving birth on tues Day i just another in a Long list of things the Sisters have done together. They married Ronnie and Dannie Shaw 33, on the same Day in 1980, honeymooned in the same City and now live on the Stone Street. Wright noted that the women s babies both were due line 25. Both were a Little Early he said. The Jisi ers knew they had the same due Date but did not initially know they were in the Hospital together. Both births were natural. Dannie and Shaune Shaw arc the parents of a boy Aaron Michael born at 2 08 . Ronnie and Dawn Shaw Are the parents of a girl Lacey Alexis Bora at 5 33 . Ronnie and i both got what we wanted said Donnic adding that he and Shaune already had two daughters Ages 4 and 1, and that Ronnie and Daw have a year old son. We Veall do Cidra we Don t want any More kids said Donnie. Ronnie Dannie and Dawn Shaw All work for the . Postal service in Arlington. Ronnie and Dawn me in a cafe in Weatherford Texas and two weeks later got their siblings to Gether. The couples married in a double ceremony and honeymooned in new Orleans. We had separate rooms though said Donnie. Zoo optimistic cub will live 2nd Panda baby died after birth Washington a As officials expressed absolute Confidence that it surviving Panda cub will survive the National zoo said thursday that a second cub born to giant Panda Ling Ling had taken a few breaths before it died. Zoo spokesman mile Morgan said an examination of the dead male cub by the zoo pathologist deter mined that it had breathed at least in  but we never saw any movement and it never vocalized Morgan said. The movement and vocalization from the other cub were very noticeable zookeepers were Able to remove the cub s body and examine it wednesday when Ling Ling left the nest the surviving 2-Day-old cub meanwhile is nursing and appears in Good health. Officials Are keeping their distance Tram the cub and its Mother trying not to disturb her. Everyone seems Content that things Are going we a Morgan said. We Are absolutely confident the cub will survive general curator Benjamin Beck said after watching the Mother take her first Steps outside the nest with the tiny cub wednesday we Are comforted by the fact that things seem to be going As  the 4-ounce cub born at 1 33 . Edt tuesday would become the first giant Panda cub to survive captive birth in the United Stales. Zoo officials said they were heartened by their first full View of the surviving cub late wednesday morning when Ling Ling momentarily left the nest. The cub while and almost hairless kicked and squealed Ai its Mother rushed Back and pulled it close to her to nurse. Then Ling Ling gently scooped the cub up in her Mouth and retreated to another room apparently to feed. Ling Ling and her mate Hsing Hsing were gifts from China in 1972 after president Nixon s historic trip to Beijing. Cubs bom to Ling Ling in 1983 and 1984 did not survive and zookeepers had said they were beginning to lose Hope for a live birth. Officials said they would leave Ling Ling in privacy with the Panda House closed to the Public for As Longas four months while she raised the cub. Beet said the cub will grow very very  the distinctive Black and White fur markings will begin to form in about two weeks and the eyes will not be fully open for six weeks. The cub whose sex is not yet known will nurse for a full year when Beck said it will weigh about 100 pounds or Ess than half the size of an adult. Hsing Hsing the target of jokes for his Clumsy failed mating attempts in years past seemed oblivious to the commotion while crowds gathered outside his Cage to photograph the new father. Lounging in the Shade Hsing Hsing turned his Back to dozens of re porters and tourists with cameras and munched on pile of Bamboo. Rule would let Drivers use daytime running lights Washington not the transportation department is considering a proposal for a safety Mea sure already in effect in some other countries the use of running lights on cars during the Day. The lights brighter than parking lights but dimmer than headlights Are turned on and off automatically by the ignition switch. They Are required in Sweden and Finland and will become mandatory in Canada for All new cars beginning dec. 1,1989. Daytime running lights appear to be preventing accidents and saving lives in Sweden and Finland said Elizabeth Dole Secretary of transportation Al lowing their use in the United Stales will enable us to determine if the safely benefits will be the same in Ihil  while the Laws in Sweden Finland and Canada make use of the lights mandatory the proposed United tales Rule would merely permit their use giving Drivers the option of acquiring the necessary equipment judge blocks promotions on Chicago police Force Chicago a a Federal judge has blocked the promotion of 260 Chicago police personnel to the ranks of sergeant and lieutenant because they a sced tests later found to be racially discriminatory. The ruling by . District judge Prentice h. Mar shall is the latest round in a 14-year Legal dispute Over the department hiring promotion and disciplinary practices City attorneys had requested permission for 174 new sergeants and 86 new lieutenants to fill vacant positions on the Force. Marshall said they had not proved the promotions were necessary and said he would wait Tor i he outcome of new eligibility tests. Marshall noted that the names of the prospective sergeants came from a 1979 test and the names of the prospective lieutenants came from a lest  1977. He bad earlier ruled that those two tests were biased against women and racial minorities. Peggy Davis an attorney for the City said the writ ten portions of new tests for the rants of sergeant an lieutenant had been completed but the Oral portions probably would not be completed until the fall. Reactor flaws delay restart of Hanford nuclear Plant Highland Wash. A the restart of Hanford nuclear reservation s aging n reactor closed since january for $50 million in safely improvements win delayed until fall after jests revealed two Small cracks in a reactor part officials said wednesday. The flaws in one of the reactor s process tubes were described As no threat to safely. However they prompted the . Department of Energy to increase the number of tubes it plans to test before the reactor can resume operations officials said the n reactor the Only one in the untied states with a design similar to the soviet Union s ill fated chernobyl Plant manufactures fuel for nuclear weapons. Uranium fuel is inserted into the Proem tubes where nuclear fission convert the fuel to weapons Grade plutonium. Hanford s manager Mike Lawrence said 152 of the reactor s 1,003 process tubes will be tested instead of 60, which is the main reason inc restart has Bee pushed Back until october. The Plant was originally scheduled to resume operations in july. 2 hotel chains May seek takeover of travel firm Chicago a two of the nation s largest hotel chains arc working together in an attempt to take Over the beleaguered Al Lygis corp. Travel conglomerate a business journal has a ported. Representatives of the Marriott corp. And the Pritzkur family owners of the Hyatt corp., have Dis cussed a possible Deal with investment Bankers whose clients Are interested in alleges according to Grain s Chicago business. According to the journal s sources who were no identified the Mamott Pritzker interests would acquire a legis Westin and Hilton International hotel properties and sell off its United airlines and Hertz units to finance the Deal