	twa twa sells position in usair u trans world airlines inc sold four mln shares it held in usair group inc wall street sources said the sources said the buyers are believed to be a group of institutions bear stearns handled the trade it crossed the four mln shares at off bear stearns would not comment on buyers or sellers usair and twa had no immediate comment usair later said it did not buy the stock a company spokesman would not comment further twa earlier this month reported holding slightly more than four mln shares or about pct of usair it had also proposed a takeover of usair which at the time was negotiating its proposed merger with piedmont aviation inc on march twa withdrew its bid saying it did not intend to seek control of usair group or to uire more of its stock at the time twa also said in the filing with the securities and exchange commission that its chairman carl icahn is the target of an sec probe of alleged violations of securities laws in its filings with the sec twa said it paid mln dlrs for its usair stock with this out of the way if it indeed was bought by institutions it paves the way for better value for usair stock later said janney montgomery analyst louis marckesano of twa s sale of its stock technically as long as that block was overhanging the market you didn t know what was going to happen he said usair stock was trading at off on volume of mln shares twa stock rose one to reuter 
