European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A York tin. Many Young american Couplet Are slaying Pat fixing up Tow Aid Houas o suit their needs Rattler than moving. Keeping the House instead of moving Tyjohn Cunniff associated pressuring the 1950s i was common of Young couples in the United states to buy a relatively Low priced Lisl House which was a Subtle Way of letting you know they really aspired to much belter things a Low years later having acquired some equity they moved to a More commodious dwelling in what hey considered a better neighbourhood Ono they Felt was More in keeping with their View of themselves. While the motive was snobbish the results often were quite practical. The belter House in a better neighbourhood might Rise sharply in value As Many or them did during the inflated 1970s, smart move. Now something quite different is taking place. Rather than moving Many Young couples Are slaying put. Fixing up the old House to suit their needs and in the process saving themselves a lot of headaches and dollars. Look around the old neighbourhood and you la see the evidence new rooms decks Energy efficient doors and windows swimming pools in some instances Small houses Are almost encased by additions twice the size. And once again the reasons or so doing make sense. Two big factors Are Al work Many families prefer to slay put for financial and social cultural reasons. By remaining they save various closing costs taxes Legal fees moving expenses and the like. They Are Able to retain ties to churches schools and other organizations. And the Home might be More convenient to work. A percentage of families that once might have sought new Homes in new developments As in the 1960s, might be More inclined now to move into Homes in existing neighbourhoods fixing up to meet their specific needs. Influencing such behaviour might be the surge in new Home prices contrasted with bargain prices thai sometimes can be found for fix up houses in older but still desirable neighbourhoods. Whatever the reasons expenditures lot residential remodelling in the past three years have exceeded $270 billion and about $200 billion is expected to be added to that total by the end of 1383. Last year according to a preliminary estimate by the census Bureau $34.1 billion was spent on alterations and repairs. While this was Only 3.1 percent higher than in 1386, it was triple the amount spent 10 years earlier. Martin Azola chairman of the it the National association of realtors remodelling Council believes lha Pace will quicken so 198 billion this year and to Mars than $100 billion in 1989, 0177 million people bom during the Post world War ii baby Boom about half own their Homes. Azola says. He observes that while Many have been trading up others Are staying put and  the upgrading trend does t seem to be a reflection of a tougher Nouying Market As some Market analysts contend. It appears not to be solely if at All a consequence of couples being unable to make any other Choice. In fact the remodelling splurge might even be related to the Strong sales that have persisted during the past live years. Azola for example cites a study by the joint Center for housing studies at Harvard University which Lound thai Hall of All remodelling expenditures Are by people who have moved during the previous live years. When people move into an existing Home they often want to make alterations Azola says adding so when an existing Home is sold there is a Good Chance that a remodelling Job will occur in the near  new devices and techniques for keeping intruders out by Malcolm w. Browne new York times just How Din cull would it be to Seal the materials needed 1o make a nuclear bomb or to penetrate the barriers thai safeguard ban transactions and vital corporate secrets in the last few years terrorists spies and other potential intruders into sensitive facilities have become More adept and better equipped than Ever. Experts note for example that terrorists Are increasingly equipped with advanced weapons and Bullet resistant jackets. Even More disquieting is the fact that Tor crisis Are becoming skilled in circumventing technologically advanced Security systems including those controlled by computer programs. Page 16 the stars and stripes but in the continuing Battle of wits officials say that technology and tactics designed to keep intruders out of buildings or to protect sensitive materials and documents Are keeping Pace. Security devices and systems that a Tew years ago existed Only in science fiction or As prohibitively expensive prototypes Are becoming available oven to Ordinary businesses. Jails Banks and modest sized companies Are already using some of the new technologies. The Lough Ett Security measures Are reserved for facilities that make or store plutonium and uranium 335 As Well As the equipment a terrorist could use in assembling an atomic bomb. The would be thief spy or terrorist now laces Hedges that Are really Walls. Invisible sensors made of tamper proof radiation beams and saturday. June 10,1988 foam that can mire the intruder like a Fly in meringue. Cadi Lionas identification systems based on photographs and Han prints Are being replaced by advanced systems that can spa diff distinguish one person from All others by biological measurement. In one system coming into widespread use a scan of the pattern of blood vessels at the Back of a person s eyeball is used to determine whether the Parson is authorized to enter a restricted area. Supervising the operation of All this is an army of  department of Energy inspectors crack fighting men and women As skilled in hand to hand combat As in operating computers. Last year there was a dramatic reminder that defense laboratories face a continuing threat. On nov. 28 a Man planted a powerful bomb beneath a car parked across the Street from the sprawling Lawrence evermore