European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Wadna Day january 7, 1987 100th Congress opens under democrats Washington a Democrat reclaimed control of inc Senate tuesday and a new speaker came to Power in the House As the 100th Congress already beset by partisan bickering and internal squabbles opened for business the House and Senate each facing a transition in leadership were convened shortly after noon. Vice president George Bush in his role As presiding officer called the newly democratic Senate to order and administered the oath of office o the 3 new senators and 11 returning senators elected nov. 4, each of he 34 Lien signed in nil he podium. In the House which must reorganize itself every two years outgoing clerk Benjamin Guthrie called the chamber to order. The chamber Hen elected rep. Jim Wright a Texas As its 48th speaker. Hewill oversee a 258-177 democratic majority. In inc Senate Robert c. Byrd of West Virginia will resume the pos of majority Leader based on the democrats 55-45edge, Byrd had been majority Leader until Ronald Reagan s 1980 landslide election swept democrats into the minority. Reagan recuperating at belch sea naval Hospital from prostate surgery performed monday planned to talk to congressional leaders by phone later inthe Day. Hell Welcome them on the Start of the new Congress White House chief of staff Donald Regan told reporters. On the Senate Side democrats and republicans met separately to Greet each other and to Settle last minute organizational details. In the morning sen. Strom thur mond , the Senate s outgoing pre Sideh pro temp orc symbolically passed his Gavel to sen John Stennis a miss. Thurmond 84, and Stennis g5, Are the senior members of the chamber. Also before he official opening of the Senate tuesday Republican members of inc foreign relation committee voted 7-q to keep sen. Richard Lugar r-lnd., by the top gop member or the panel. Sen. Jesse Helms . Had mounted a Challenge to Lugar. Helms later said it was an illegal meet ing because the new Congress had not yet convened. He added Fiat he would Pur sue his Challenge next week when All re publican senators gather for a policy meeting. The 1998 election the race to succeed president Reagan was on the minds of Many legislators As ambitious legislative agendas for the new Congress were being planned. Democrats controlling both House for the first time in six years have been cautious about appearing too harsh i their attacks on Reagan who has been weakened by the swirling controversy Over the Iran Contra affair. Yet hey insist they will pursue their own list of Prius Liis and present an alternative beginning Well before Reagan outlines his legislative plans in his Jan. 27 state of the Union address. In addition legislation Wai due to be introduced tuesday in both Howa to create separate Home and Senate committees to investigate the dive knt of iranian arms Sala profits to Nica Nguan rebel. Sen. Daniel k. Inouye d4tawii, will head the 1 a member Senate panel said monday he expected he committee to begin Public hearings by Ltd feb Rusty and wrap up thai phase of the investigation by the end. Of july. A pro posed Senate Resolution crating the panel Calls for it to make a final report by oct. 30. House Leader also arc expected to introduce a Resolution creating a similar t5-tnember panel. Democratic leaders in the House an Senate said they also Hope to revive and pass and j14 billion measure to Dean up the nation s Waterways thai Reagan kilted with pocket veto he year. Trade legislation often attacked by Reagan administration officials 33 protectionist also is High on the democratic list of legislative priorities. V trim in win re Sun Liiv Pual i us juju uru Ruc Argir  Kimii Jimcy Vulcu jew w nit Mhz us  lab i i Jam. Nui in. Scientists report seeing what May be Galaxy s birth d a c a a Conj a of Naif a �1 -. A Cli  to . V i he i. V a i i a duet -.pasadena. Calif. A astronomers say they have detected Starlight from the birth of a Gal 0y 12 billion years ago which would mean galaxies kept forming Long after the universe emerged from the big  Stanislav do Rogovski of the Harvard smithsonian Center for astrophysics while some astronomers believe the universe is much younger do Rogovski and others believe it is about 20 billion years old. To them the discovery that a Galaxy was born froma collapsing Cloud of Gas and dust 12 billion years ago Means galaxies were not All created at the same Tim shortly after the universe is believed o have formed in e massive explosion known As the big bang. Thai s something very new and changes our con caption of How galaxies form do Rogovski said. The discovery was announced monday at the american astronomical society s annual meeting by do Rogovski James Lic Berl of the University of Arizona and Patrick Mccarthy Hyron a Pirau wit Van Fleugel and Michael Strauss All of the univer sity of California at Berkeley. The object is too far away for positive identification but scientists selected evidence that perhaps 1billion suns ignited As a huge Gas Cloud collapsed under its own Gravity 71 billion trillion Miles or 12 billion Light years from Earth. A Light year is the distance Light travels in one year so the birth of the Galaxy actually happened 12 billion years ago. We re talking about the turn on of an entire Gal Axy or a least that s what we think Spinrad said. Stars form when the collapsing Gas heats up to the Point where it can turn on thermonuclear re actions he said. The researchers focused on the possible Prole Gal Axy known at radio wave source 3c 326.1, with the very Large array radio Telescope in new Mexico and with optical telescopes at lick Observatory near san Jose and at the multiple Mirror Observatory and Kilt Peak National Observatory in Arizona using special filters they detected mostly extreme Blue Light from the object and some other colors. The Blue Light indicates most of the object is astronomers Bellere these photos taken with special fillers show the birth of Galaxy about 11 billion yen ago. A huge Cloud of electrically charged Hydrogen Gas about three times bigger than our own Milky Way Galaxy. The Cloud is about 100  brighter than the Starlight suggesting that the Cloud is in the earliest stages of Galaxy formation and Wilt continue to col lapse to spawn Many More stirs. It s on in Way to becoming a giant Galaxy and has t quite got there yet Spinrad said the Galaxy eventually might contain 10 billion stars Mccarthy said. Do Rogovski said the number of stars was Bard to measure because using telescopes to detect Light from the Prolo Galaxy is like trying to detect a 25 Wall Light Aulbon the Moon. The fact that 3c 326.1 is a powerful source of problem for the idea that radio wave Energy pases a i it is a Proto Galaxy Spinrad acknowledged. Prevailing theory holds that such radio signals Are produced when vast amounts of material Are sucked into a Black Hole a collapsed itar to dense that its Gravity pulls in even Light. The astronomer cannot explain now a Black Hole might exist if one really does within a Newborn  Mccarthy and Spinrad said some scientists believe very dense matter like a Black Hole on exist at the centers of Young galaxies. Two years ago Van Breugel theorized a new Gal Axy might be formed by a collision Between a cos Mic Jet of energized Gas from dying stars and Gas in a strange Luminous Region of space known of min Kows Krs object located 240 million Light Yean from Earth much closer than pc 326.1but Spinrad said Minkowski i object is much smaller and More completely formed than the Possi ble Prolo Galaxy and realty May be an older Galaxy undergoing a bunt of Star formation. Fri agents hold 5-hour session with Hasenfus Marinette wis. Fri agents working for the special coun Sel investigating the Iran arms sales and . Funding of Nicaragua re Bels questioned convicted Gudrunn Reugene Hasenfus for nearly five hours his attorney said tuesday. Hasenfus was questioned in Marinette on monday said attorney Ernest Pleger. We had a lengthy session. It mayor May not be necessary for them to continue interviewing Eugene today. They will sort out the information and will Call if they have More questions to ask Pleger said. Hasenfus 45, was a Crew member of a cargo plane hat was shot Down in Nicaragua oct. J while delivering supplies to the nicaraguan rebels. He was captured oct. 6 and sentenced to30 years in prison but was pardoned and returned Home dec. 18. Pleger. Said the . Customs service also would question Hasenfus. The Fri agents Are assigned to the investigation being conducted by Lawrence e. Walsh a former prosecutor and Federal judge Pleger said. They asked it wide Range of Quel tins. They touched All bases he said in reference to the agents. Hasenfus gave a statement that reconsidered to be Complete and Fon right Pleger said. H refused to comment further Jay ing the Fri asked that Hasenfus not dishing the interview. The information will be submitted 10 Walsh to determine if it will be necessary far Hasenfus to be ailed before congressional committees investigating the arms sales and Chan Eling of profits to the Comras Pluf or said. Since gaining his Freedom Hasen fus has refused to discuss his activities in Central America