European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday March 13,1987 dogged Effort to win a Marathon sue Finnla and her do tied team Crossa wednesday Darlng the Idi Rod Tell of �3 racers in iof fractures sled dog re in Aluk. Of Timon is one Marathon from the 1,100-mlle mushing Winner of the net which began 5�t-Nrdajr, will receive $50,000. New w-4a form to be in the mail in mid april Washington up the office of management and. Budget has approved the internal Revenue service Snew w-4a tax withholding form and it will be mailed out to taxpayer Starling in mid april the irs said  the new form which n being printed has two pages compared with the More complicated four Page w-4 that was originally issued. The bomb changes generally highlight several Points in the worksheets where certain taxpayers May Stop in calculations if they do not apply to their Situa Tion the irs said in a statement. The instructions have also Bee changed to Point out that employees who arc exempt from withholding need Notus the worksheets at  the office changed the form slightly from the Way the irs presented it to reporters at a news conference March 1,the irs said. In mid april the irs will begin to mail employers a w-4a forms package containing seven copies of the form instructions and an order Blank for  the irs said. The form will be available at local irs offices and Maybanks Post offices and libraries at that  90 million americans must fill out a new tax withholding form by oct. 1lo reflect changes in the tax Law that took effect new year s  irs. Ordered by Congress to make its lax withholding system More accurate changed the Standard w-4 form Las year to a four Page mix of charts and forms that left Congress and citizen screaming. Those protests spurred the irs Nomarch 2 to announce it had come up with a new form called the w-4a. That Isles accurate than the w-4 but can be filled out by half of All american wage earners in leu than 15 minutes. An estimated 40 million american still have to fill out a w-4 or w-4a, according to irs officials. Panels give limited immunity to Secord s partner Washington up both con Gressional panels probing the Iran con tra scandal have voted immunity from prosecution to an iranian bom business Man who has yet to Tell his Story but they still cannot agree about making the same offer to the businessman s Ameri can partner and two other major figures in the Case. The select House and Senate commit tees voted wednesday to Grant limited immunity to Albert Hakim said to Holda key to the Iran Centra financial web through his business ties to retired air Force maj. Gen Richard Secord. Bui the panels now expecting a delay that will push their Start Dale for Public hearings into mid May took no action on the immunity question for Secord rear adm. John Poindexter or it  North three major figures in the scandal who have so far refused to  said there Are no current plans to seek immunity for Secord and senators predicted it would be at least next week before they resolve the same Issue for Poindexter and North with Lawrence Walsh the Independent prosecutor inthe Case. Walsh fears a premature Grant of immunity to major figures could wreck his chances for possible indictments from his criminal investigation. Immunity prefects a witness from prosecution on evidence revealed under me agreement. Walsh met wednesday with the Senate panel to ask for a 90-Day delay an any Grants to Poindexter the president s for Mer National Security adviser or to North his fired National Security coun cil aide. Like Secord. Boh men refuse to testify under their fifth amendment rights against self incrimination. Reagan gets voice Back but stays mum Washington up president Reagan got his voice Back thursday but still refused to answer questions saying his aides Are talking about having him hold his first news Confer ence in four months on tuesday and wednesday Reagan pretended to have laryngitis As reporters asked question sat photo sessions. On thursday when a reporter offered him cough drop Reagan said his voice was Back. It s a funny thing he said referring to the previous two Days. You All were hardly out of the room when i recovered my  if he is now in Good voice the Pasi Dent said of yes. But i m still not taking  asked about when a rites conference might be held. Reagan said we re talking about that. I think there there will be an announcement when we finally decide on a  he said the delay was caused by just a  Reagan was questioned at a photo session for visiting kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi. The president has not formally met with re porters since nov. 19. Largest Galaxy known to Man discovered by 4 astronomers Washington a astronomers peering Pas Clouds of Gas and the Glare of Starlight say they have discovered the largest known Galaxy a giant spiral of stars 13 limes As big As the Milky Way. The Galaxy located 300 million Light years from Earth in the direction of the Constellation Andromeda is an oddly shaped mass of stars and gases which puts out tremendous amounts of Energy says a report to be published in the journal science. Researchers say the Galaxy called Markarian 348, is1.3 million Light years in diameter. The Milky Way in which the Earth s solar system is located is about100,000 Light years in diameter. A Light year a unit of measurement is the distance Light travels in a vacuum at 186,000 Miles per second in a year s time about 5.9 trillion Miles. Or. Susan m. Simicin professor of astronomy a Michigan state University made the discovery with or. Hong Jun us of Nanjing China formerly a visit ing scientist at Michigan slate and drs. Jacqueline Vangorkom and John Hibbard of the National radio astronomy Observatory at Socorro . The Galaxy appears to have at least one and possibly two Long spiral ing arms which Are tightly wound near the Center and Branch out at irregular angles. As interesting As the size of the body the scientist report is the action of the great Cloud of Hydrogen that surrounds it. The Gas Cloud appears to be moving in tidal fashion under the gravitational influence of a smaller nearby Galaxy they  said the Galaxy May be so Large because of the tidal interaction with the smaller  Gravity of the Small Galaxy appears to make the Gas undulate around the Core of Markarian 348, Muchas the Moon causes tides in the Earth s oceans she said. The Gas gains momentum from the Orbital motion of the smaller Galaxy causing it to spread out. Scientists have Long speculated on the existence of tidal effects As the cause of spiralling movement in galaxies but it has never before been observed in de Tail Simkin said such gravitational effects have been credited Wil both fostering nuclear activity in galaxies and driving the course of Galaxy evolution yet there is very Little direct observational evidence for either of these effects said the  348 is the largest isolated gala in seen outside of collections of galaxies known As galactic clusters and one of the largest objects in the known universe according to a statement by the National science foundation which sponsored Trie work