European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 21, 1992 . Pm e stars and stripes Page s president s Mother Dorothy Dies at age 91 after stroke Greenwich Conn. Apr Dorothy Walker Bush who instilled the spirit of Competition in son George and lived to see him elected president has died at 91. Mrs. Bush who had suffered a stroke died thursday at the family Home in Greenwich said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater in Washington. President Bush had visited his Mother in the morning but was Back in the capital when she died. In a 1985 mothers Day tribute Bush wrote for the Greenwich time Bush said his Mother an avid sportswoman gave her children a love of athletics and a sense of Competition. Bush described How his Mother continued a team Tennis match even after she had broken her wrist. A she loved games and thought that Competition taught courage fair play and a i think most importantly a teamwork a in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago nov. 21,1982 a two of the 52 americans who were freed from Captivity in Iran earlier in the year returned to the air Force Hospital at Wiesbaden Germany to give members of the staff a belated thank you. 20 year Sago nov. 21,1972 a presidential adviser Henry a. Kissinger met in Paris with North vietnamese negotiators in what was hoped would be the crucial last phase in the search for peace in Vietnam. 30 year Sago nov. 21,1962 a communist China said its forces would cease fire along the entire sino Indian Border at Midnight and withdraw 12 a Miles behind the pre hostilities Border dec. 1. 40 years ago nov. 21,1952 a president elect Eisenhower named his first three Cabinet ministers including John Foster Dulles As Secretary of state. 50 year Sago nov. 21,1942 a Allied combat teams driving on Tunis and Bizerte in the first heavy fighting in Tunisia destroyed one third of a German tank column forcing its Retreat. L world War ii 50 years ago today nov. 211 a 9 a 4 �2 the Northern pincer of the soviet offensive at Stalingrad cracks a 50-mile Hole in the line held by romanian troops while Axis units defending the Southern flank also begin to crumble under the onslaught. Hitler refuses a request to allow German troops around Stalingrad to Retreat Westward to avoid being encircled source 2194 Days of War. W. H Smith publishers inc world almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp1981 a Bush wrote. After her son was elected to the White House in 1988, mrs. Bush said a a in be been ready to have him be president since he chose to work for it but i Pray to god for him because its the toughest Job in the  Bush said his Mother and father the late sen. Prescott Bush were the most important people in his life. His 1987 autobiography looking Forward is dedicated to both parents. A they believed in an old fashioned Way of bringing up the family a generous measures of both love and discipline a he wrote. A dad taught us about duty and service a Bush wrote. A Mother taught us about dealing with life on a personal basis relating to other  for Connecticut republicans mrs. Bush was the matriarch of the first family of state politics. Yet she was always warm and generous despite her position said the Rev. Lee Walker an assistant priest at Christ Church in Greenwich where mrs. Bush was a member for Many years. A she was a gracious and charming lady who always went out of her Way to make me comfortable in her Home a he said. A you never would have known she was the presidents Mother. She never made an Issue of  just before he took the oath of office As president Jan. 20, 1989, Bush spotted his Mother on the platform leaned Over to give her a kiss and said Quot Many of our family Are Here and they Alt As docs this son worship the ground she walks  the president regularly visited his Mother in Greenwich or in her Winter Home in Jupiter Island Fla. Mrs. Bush a 90th birthday in july 1991 was an occasion for a rare reunion of All five of her children at the family compound in  Maine. President Bush was joined by his sister Nancy Ellis and Brothers Prescott jr., Jonathan and William a a Buckys Bush. Mrs. Bush was born july 1, 1901, in Kennebunkport a daughter of wealthy midwestern businessman George Herbert Walker and Lulie Wear Walker. Walker an avid athlete established the Walker cup Given each year since 1923 in a Competition pitting americans top Amateur golfer and great Britain a. She grew up in St. Louis and attended the Farmington school Academy a prep school in Farmington Conn. She and Prescott Bush a financier and businessman were married in 1921. The couple moved to Tennessee then Dorothy Walker Bush is shown with her son president Bush in 1988. Massachusetts where the future president their second son was born in 1924. The family settled in Connecticut in 1926. Prescott Bush eventually entered politics serving in the . Senate from 1952 to 1963. He died in 1972. In the Greenwich time article president Bush said a every Mother has her own style. My mothers was a Little like an army Drill sergeants. Dad was the commanding general make no mistake about that but Mother was the one out there Day in and Day out shaping the  passport search Cost loss of jobs credibility at state department by Guy Gugliotta the Washington Post Washington Steven k. Berry told investigators that he was a a raised on Capitol Hill but helping a congressman Hunt Tor dirt on Bill Clinton Cost him his Job As an assistant Secretary of state Ana helped Blacken the Eye of the state department. The department thursday told the Independent office of the special counsel that it was forwarding materials for a possible lawsuit under the 1939 Hatch act that could charge that Berry unlawfully facilitated a search of Clinton a passport files during the election Campaign associate special counsel William Reukauf said. The Hatch act is intended to keep Middle and Low level civil servants away from partisan politics. It says that a an employee in an executive Agency. May not use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an  but since Berry As a political appointee will leave the department in january when the Bush administration departs it is unlikely that a Hatch act Case whose strongest penalty is dismissal could be carried to a conclusion Legal sources said. Still the Clinton passport file search and Berry a role in it illustrate How appointed officials can tempt Fate when their duties give them an Opportunity to score Points or a partisan cause. It was Berry who in late september helped rep. Gerald . Solomon r-n.y., draft a request to search state de liar tent files Tor a purported Clinton Etter renouncing his . Citizenship or seeking information on dual citizenship. Assistant Secretary for consular affairs Elizabeth m. Tamposi was fired this month for her role in the affair while Berry was relieved of his duties but allowed to remain in the department. In investigating the passport affair Sherman m. Funk the state departments inspector general found that Berry was a probably in violation of the Hatch act. But the inquiry was unable to a draw the Flat conclusion that or. Berry was fully aware of the inappropriate Ness of his actions a according to Funk a report. Berry became acting assistant Secretary of state for legislative affairs after his Boss Janet g. Mullins went to the White House last summer with former Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii. Berry a longtime congressional staff member maintained Strong ties with Mullins and his former associates on Capitol Hill Funk a report said. A was or. Berry noted he was a raised on the Hill a a the report noted. A emr. Berry stated that his Job was to maintain a close relationship with Congress and he related he had discussed gossiped and speculated about the Clinton  among the items piquing congressional interest in the Early fall the report said that Berry had told investigators was a what might be in the state departments files concerning gov.  Man executed for killing nun at cemetery Atmore Ala. Apr Alabama inmate Cornelius Singleton was executed Early Friday for slaying a roman Catholic nun in a cemetery where she had gone to Pray. Singleton 36, went to the electric chair Over the protest of hundreds of nuns Singleton nodded to witnesses and drummed his fingers As Warden Charlie Jones read the death warrant in Holman prison. A let mama know i still love her Quot Singleton said to his oldest brother Lavon Singleton a keep that Chin  As the execution took place inmates pounded rhythmically on their cells yelled and whistled. The execution was the nations 186th since the 1976 . Supreme court ruling allowing states to resume use of the death penalty. In Texas a prisoner was executed thursday for kidnapping and murdering a convenience store manager. The . Supreme court by 6-3 vote on thursday refused to Stop singletons execution. Justices Harry a. Blackmun John Paul Stevens and David h. Souter dissented. Earlier thursday Singleton lost bids for reprieves from the 11th . Circuit court of appeals in Atlanta the Alabama supreme court and gov Guy Hunt who has never granted clemency since taking office in 1987, Singleton was convicted in 1981 of beating and strangling sister Ann Hogan in a cemetery in Mobile on nov. 12,1977. Prosecutors said Singleton took her watch and other articles when he beat and strangled her then tried to hide the body beneath some debris. Defense attorney Matt Mcdonald said the governor had been presented with hundreds of letters from nuns who served with sister Ann asking him to spare Singleton. Defense attorneys have described sin Gleton from Prichard on the outskirts of Mobile As mildly retarded in death Row interviews wednesday Singleton maintained his innocence saying authorities a put words in my Mouth when he signed a confession. He said he thought he was confessing to buying some stolen bed sheets. In seeking a reprieve singletons attorneys cited his mental condition and raised questions about his defense counsel and confession. They also noted that he was a Black convicted by an All White jury. The texan executed by lethal injection on thursday was Jeffery Lee Griffin he was convicted in 1979 of killing David so Botik 19, with numerous Stab wounds made in a pattern surrounding his heart Griffin 37, a former male Model with a fourth Grade education laughed with a prison chaplain and went to his death cheerfully saying a a in a going to be