European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 13, 1992 i . The stars and stripes Page 5 gop senators Call for Walsh inquiry Washington a attorney general William p. Barr is considering a request to seek a court appointed Independent counsel to investigate the office of Iran Contra prosecutor Lawrence e. Walsh. The request was made wednesday by four republicans on the Senate judiciary committee. Barr has 30 Days to respond. Barr has turned Down requests in other cases for court picked prosecutors and has criticized the Law that authorizes them. And gop senators last month used a filibuster threat to Block renewal of the Law due to expire dec. Is. Walsh himself is a court appointed Independent prosecutor. Senate minority Leader Robert j. Cin the stars and stripes10 years ago nov. 13,1982 a Yuri v. Andropov commander of the soviet unions secret police for 15 years was named to succeed the late Leonid i. Brezhnev As chief of the nations communist party.20 years ago nov. 13,1972 a thirty people returned to the United states aboard a Rescue flight after a 28-hour hijacking that ended when a crippled dc-9 Airliner landed in havana.30 year Sago nov. 13,1962 a . Sen iceman in Korea suffered the largest weekly increase in casualties in a year bringing the total since the korean War started to 125,887, the defense department said.40 years ago nov. 13,1952 a Gen. Lauris Norstad the supreme Allied commander Europe told nato parliamentarians that his forces were Quot critically Short Quot in Many ways.50 years ago nov. 13,1942 a a Gigantic Allied pincer movement closed in on Axis forces in North Africa As . And British troops sped East and the British 8th army moved West into Libya. World War ii 50 years ago today nov. 13 1942 a . Aircraft Carrier task Force drives away a japanese Fleet carrying 11,000 soldiers to Guadalcanal. The japanese lose two battleships a heavy Cruiser and two destroyers the americans lose two Light cruisers and seven destroyers. On new Guinea australian troops push toward the japanese beachhead at Buna Gona on the North coast. Source 2194 Days of War. W h. Smith publishers inc world almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 a Dole r-kan., who took the Lead sunday in questioning the conduct of Walsh a office announced the request. The gop senators said a court appointed Independent counsel should determine whether an oct. 30 indictment of former defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger was timed to Embarrass president Bush in the closing Days of the election Campaign and whether word of the indictment was leaked to the Clinton Campaign before it was made Public. The indictment was based in part on Weinberger a notes that placed Bush at a Jan. 7, 1986, meeting about the Reagan White houses arms for hostages Deal with Iran contradicting Bush a claims of ignorance about the  seek Republican tie to file search by the new York times Washington state department officials and congressional auditors say they were investigating whether anyone from the White House or president Bush a Campaign was involved in searching passport records for information damaging to Bill Clinton or Ross Perot. Sherman m. Funk inspector general of the state department said wednesday that his investigators were examining evidence that there might be such a connection. He also said he had promising leads but would not specify what evidence suggested that there might have been conversations Between White House and state department officials on the subject. His staff has interviewed Many people at the White House but apparently Nas not talked to anyone in the Bush Clinton or Perot campaigns. Bobby r. Burchfield general counsel for the Bush Quayle Campaign said that Quot investigators have not interviewed people at this Campaign Quot and that he assumed Quot some overzealous people at the state department Quot were responsible for the searches. In february Burchfield issued ethics standards limiting communications Between the Campaign and the administration. But administration officials have said they often discussed tactics and strategy with the Bush Campaign in the month before the election. The state department official who supervised the searches of passport records Elizabeth m. Tamposi cleared out her office wednesday after being fired by Bush on tuesday. Tamposi a friends and associates in new Hampshire said it was inconceivable to them that she had acted on her own initiative in ordering the files searched in the weeks before the nov 3 election. Quot this is not something Betty Tamposi would have initiated on her own a said William s. Bartlett jr., a Republican who served As president of the new Hampshire Senate while Tamposi was a state representative. Funk said he would Issue his findings monday or tuesday he said he and 20 members of his staff had conducted interviews with More than 60 people including John . Rogers the undersecretary of state for management. Rogers a 36-year-old former businessman worked in the Reagan White House and was assistant Secretary of the Treasury under James a. Baker Iii. Don shearing touches one of his Newborn daughters Amy Leigh wednesday at Martin Luther Hospital in Anaheim Calif. The premature twins were in guarded but stable  Hopes test tube twins will Lead others to follow Anaheim Calif. A twin test tube girls born to a 53-year-old woman Are Quot Beautiful absolutely fantastic and should inspire others who have difficulty having children their father says. A i feel like a proud dad very proud a Don shearing 32, said at Martin Luther Hospital where the girls were born about 12 weeks prematurely tuesday. The girls Mother Mary shearing was in Good condition and Good spirits her husband said. She has three grown children by a previous marriage and two grandchildren the twins Are her husbands first children. The tiny twins were in guarded but stable condition in the neonatal intensive care unit said or. Leonard Fox a neonatologist. One child 2-Pound, 2-ounce Amy Leigh was breathing with a ventilator. Her sister 2-Pound, 12vi-ounce Kelly Ann was breathing on her own Fox said. Quot everything looks great Quot said Fox. A the Chance of survival now is  Mary shearing is believed to be the oldest american in the late stages of menopause to deliver babies through the in Vitro process said Hospital spokesman Dennis Gaschen. The twins were conceived using sperm from her husband of seven years and eggs from an unidentified donor in her 20s, who was paid $1,500, doctors said shearing dismissed criticism that his wife was too old to have children and noted that Many older men become fathers. Quot its a double Standard Quot he said. The girls should be Able to go Home in about 12 weeks said or. David Diaz medical director at the hospitals reproductive Medicine program other older women have inquired about the procedure since the hearings went Public Diaz said. He said he did no to know How old a woman can be and successfully undergo in Vitro fertilization and give birth. Quot we Are in uncharted Waters at this Point and we really done to know what the cutoff is for the age of the woman Quot said Diaz. A recent study said women older than 40 Are just As successful at bearing healthy babies with donated eggs As younger women As Long As the eggs come from a younger donor