European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday March 14,1987 giant discovery in Distant space a Al inc Markarian 348 Galaxy and its giant Hydrogen Gas Cloud glow amid he Black void of space. Astronomer Susan m. Simicin right and colleagues Michigan slate University recently identified Markarian 348, which ii about 300 million Light years from Earth As the largest known Galaxy in he universe. It is reportedly j.3 million Light touts in Dame Fer 13 Lima u Ucas tic Milky Way in which Earth s solar system is looted. Nunn disputes Reagan View on abm pact Washington up the pow Erful chairman of inc armed services committee Friday said president Ria gun s interpretation of inc 1972 Anli Balliette missile treaty being used inn Effort to expand missile defense Lesl ing was Incoy reel. Sen Sam Nunn. A Georgia demo crat whose opinions carry considerable weight in Congress delivered the Jast of three key speeches on the subject Friday and said it would be a vast understatement to say the administration position had a woefully inadequate  the treaty reached with the soviets i bring the Nixon administration tint its development and testing of Mobile and space based anti ballistic missile systems. Reagan has contended since late 1985 that the Broad Reading of the treaty allowed More testing than the narrow interpretation that had been applied before. He held off on extensive research after the 1985 decision but with re cent Progress he administration has pressed for expanded testing of its plan fora space based defense system. The administration wants ,8 Bil lion in its i9s8 defense department budget for research on the strategic defense initiative As the system is properly known. Nunn s conclusions put him directly at Odds with Reagan who thursday declared that Nunn s wrong in his Reading of the negotiating record superpower behaviour since the treaty was signed and the Senate ratification record. The administration Nunn said Fri Day is wrong in its analysts of the sen ate ratification debate. The Reagan administration is wrong in its analysis of the record of subsequent practices. The administration is wrong in its analysis of the negotiating record it of he conceded that state department Legal adviser Abraham sofar whose analysis served As the basis for Reagan s 1985 declaration had identified some ambiguities in the negotiating record these ambiguities however Are not of sufficient magnitude to demonstrate that the Nixon administration reached one agreement with the soviets and then presented a different one to inc Senate Nunn said White mouse spokesman Marlin Filz Waier old reporters Friday that Reagan does not agree with everything Nunn suggests. Nevertheless they re very valuable comments and we re pleased to have his comments Fitzwalter said the  i conducting consultations with members of Congress and the allies. Nunn began Kis analysis of the Issue wednesday with the first of his floor speeches concluding what the Nixon administration told the Senate about abm research and what the Senate understood was permitted was the narrow treaty Reading. Thursday he said subsequent superpower behaviour and statements up to Reagan s 1985 decision also backed the narrow View. Cash from drug raids poorly used Gao says Washington up millions of dollars in Cash seized in Federal drug raids is sitting Idle in vaults instead of earning interest in Banks or help ing fight crime on the streets the general account ing office said Friday. Gao officials told a congressional panel that in customs service and the drug enforcement administration As a result of bad management control have failed to promptly Transfer Cash into interest bearing or crime righting accounts. Gene Dodaro a Gao associate director testified that a review of 129 Cash seizure cases found that 107 of them about fit percent had Deposit delays of up to five years. Overall the cases involved s39.1 million. Government sources familiar with the Gao audit conducted Between last april and this february Esti mated thursday about $200 million in seized Cash is now the victim of Deposit delays by customs and Dea. Dodaro presented his report to the Senate govern mental affairs subcommittee on Federal spending same of the seized Cash has been kept in customs and Dea safes and vaults at the request of , prosecutors who want to be Able to use he Money As Evi Dence once a Case goes to trial. The Justice department which oversees Dea and . Prosecutors has acknowledged that in some trials the cosh has a dramatic value As evidence. Court overturns libel verdict against  paper Washington up a appeals court Friday threw out a jury s $2 million verdict against the Washington Post for Ibeling former Mobil Oil president William Tarqu Varcas in a 1979 Story about his business Deal Ings. The . Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia on a 7-1vote, said a Federal judge was right when he found there was insufficient evidence to support the libel award. The opinion concluded the article to question was substantially True an there was insufficient evidence in the record to support a finding that the newspaper acted with malice. Under libel Law a Public official seeking damages must prove information was published with actual Mal ice or reckless disregard for the truth. The action by inc court reverses a three judge panel which ruled in april 1985 that the newspaper showed Reck less disregard for the truth when it accused Tavoulareas of Selling up his son in business. The libel lawsuit stemmed from a nov. 30, 1979, article written by re Porter Patrick Tyler. The Story said Tavoulareas used his influence so his son Peier could become a partner inthe London business. Atlas maritime co., which operated some of Mobil s ships Peter previously had worked As shipping clerk making $14,000 a year. The article also hinted Tavoulareas and Mobil May have violated Securi ties Law by railing to disclose the younger tavoularcas1 involvement in the company. Tavoulareas denied the Story and demanded a retraction by Post  Post refused. Tavoulareas then sued the newspaper for libel. A jury found the newspaper Story defamed Tavoulareas an awarded turn s2so.ooq in compensatory damages and $1.8 million in Puni Tive damages