European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d summer s fun but take care of yourself daily Magazine q Cash upsets Wilander in Wimbledon Tennis Page 25 d sailing on a dream at Rota Spain Page 28 the St an of gripes authorized  j vol.45, no. 76 wednesday july 1986 . Aft Meb Foffel i or a a d 8893 a Georgia sodomy Law upheld As constitutional by 5-4 vote Hun Lri Dipp ohcs Washington the supreme court Mondy refused by a a a vote to Grant constitutional Protection 10 private to Mcneial conduct Between consenting adults. In i hair first major ruling on a Gay rights Issue the justices voted to Rcv thu a Federal appellate court Deci Sion Hal said a Georgia Law mating sodomy a crime violated fundamental Rishi and Hal such conduct in private was beyond stall1 regulation. The Georgia Law similar to those in More than one supreme court Roundup third of inc states also makes certain heterosexual acts a crime even if performed by a married couple. Mon Day s decision appeared to remove any doubt about the constitutionality of those Laws As Well As the constitutionality or state fornication Laws making it a crime Tor two unmarried people to have sex. In other action monday the court upheld by a 7-2 Vole an Indiana redistricting plan that was attacked by democrats us unconstitutional. However it opened the Way to Legal attacks on gerrymandering the drawing of voting districts to favor one political party Over another when it said that to prove the practice unconstitutional challengers must show that  plans dilute the voting Power of losing political parties Over Lime. Ruled 7-2 Hal the Public can attend pc trial hear Ings in criminal cases even if a defendant objects. The continued on Page 28 Shultz does t Rule out sanctions against s. Africa by the los an urls units Washington Secretary of slate George p. Shutlz said monday that head ministration expected to Complete its re View of South Africa policy within the next 20 Days and in a departure from his usual position. Shull did not Rule out economic sanctions against the White minority Cov can mint. Related Story Page 2. Talking to reporters aboard his air plane on the Way Home from a 10-Day tour of the far East Shultz said the administration was rethinking its policies toward All of Southern Africa incl Dirir the Black governed stat son South Africa s Borders. He said that economic sanctions against Pretoria should be coupled with increased financial Aid la nearby Stales that arc economically dependent on South Africa. Certainly in our own assessment of what is to take place Well want to look at the Southern Africa picture not just the South Africa picture Shutlz said. I expect that about two thirds of the Way through july we will be ready to say what we have to say on the subject possibly in congressional testimony he said. The Senate foreign relations commit tee has scheduled a hearing on South Africa for july 22. Presumably that is the target Dale for the administration s policy review. A senior administration official with president Reagan in Santa Barbara calif., disclosed saturday that the reassessment was under Way. Shultz refused 10 describe the nature of the evolving policy but when he was asked if it would include economic sanctions he declined to answer directly Al though he left Little doubt hat he continues to consider sanctions to be undesirable. In inc past when faced with such a question Shultz has ruled out sanctions on the grounds that icy would Hurt South african Blacks and the neigh Boring Black Stales even More than the Pretoria govern men How yer Shultz said that advocates of Sana ions should consider the eco nomic Impact on the rest of the Region of actions against South Africa. Asked Why the administration launched its current policy review Shutlz said the facts on the ground have changed so we Are in the process of looking at what s happen ing and reviewing what in is possible for us to do. There is an increased level of Vio Lence. We see an interplay of efforts to move  away from apartheid but in a kind of two Steps Forward 1-3-4 Steps backward  i at Wimbledon a jtm1a the Princess of Wales shows a Range of emotions during australian fat Cash s upset win Over Sweden s mais Wilander in Wimbledon s men s sin Gles fourth round. Be related photo. Page 2, Story Page 25storage of Cafa on americans growing by the Washington Post Washington the Federal government is creating a National Daia base of personal information on most americans through increased storage of records in computers and the routine Cross checking of one list against another the office of technology assessment said monday. The number of Federal computers has gone from a few thousand in i960 to More than 100,000 last War providing electronic Access to More than half of the government s 3.5 billion records the congressional re search group said in a report on electronic record sys tems and individual privacy. Social Security numbers have become National identifiers the report said and inc protections of the privacy act Are eroded because the information in the data base can be used with Little notice or recourse. Computer matches the Cross checking of re cords by one Agency against another Are conducted routinely. Within the past is months the Federal Register has contained notices of new computer matches of recipients of Black lung payments Railroad retirement Bene fits civil service pensions veterans disability benefits and subsidized housing. The Ota report is highly critical of the office of management and budget s oversight of the privacy act which says that information collected for one Pur pose cannot be used for another without permission except for routine  computer matches by the hundreds have been con ducted under the routine use exemption the report claims adding thai bomb exercises Little or no Over sight of the scope or magnitude of matches the Quality and appropriateness of the personal information used and the results and Cost effectiveness of these applications. Trie same techniques thai have improved govern mental record keeping have opened new opportunities for inappropriate unauthorized or illegal Access to per Sonal information the Ota report says