European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes tuesday. April 11.1989 headed for Job in spacers Al Redondo Beach Calif inner a Szmul Ilsi scup Inlo the National aeronautics and  dlr Liim s Liucc Iamma. Ray Obser Malory which As Ili signed for a sophisticated space Misiun. The 17 ton Observatory currying ears. Consumers Ute benefited greatly from retail in irl Duns hut there Are signs that the Good times May be mining loan end "1 think Nimir Downs definitely arc an in Prou no  it i Eler i Ashtian said sunday. They re i  of producing  that we were nol capable of doing in the past. The consumer Benc fils from in creased  pashigian said in fwd to be that he Only real bargains Consumers found were leftover clothes Al the end of the season and then in was mostly women s clothes. Now you re seeing real markdowns especially when com pared to 20 Krs ago when there were modest Mark Downs Linn Ted to selective departments he said Mark Downs Are being much More Etc Sis Ely a Pheu pashigian said no one firm or Factor contributed to inc phenomenon. One of inc major reasons the use of markdowns has grown he said is because , retail ers have been importing so much foreign merchandise when retailers try to sell More fashion Merchan Dise they Are operating in a More risky Market environment pashigian said it is much More difficult to predict which fashions will sell in the marketplace. In is very hard when you re trying to sell fashion Mer Chandise to make accurate pc Dillions. You Are going to make mistakes. So those mistakes get translated subsequently nine months later when the retailer realizes a portion of Floc order is not going to sell Al the initial Price. Asa role in computer Security causing concern Washington a a Public in i cram group monday said the National Security Agency the nation s biggest in my gun re Agency could exert excessive control Tuer a program to strengthen the Security if computer systems throughout. The Federal government. The group. Compute professionals for Sonny responsibility urged key members of Congress to focus Par Ticus Raj com scrutiny on the Asa s role in helping to implement legislation aimed Al safeguarding Senciuc but unclassified information in Federal computers there is a constant risk thai Federal agencies under the Guise of enhancing computer Security May find their pro Grams to the Cal enl that they rely upon computer systems increasingly under the supervision of the largest and most secretive intelligence organization in the country it said. In a letter sent to Capitol Hill the group said inc Clandestine nature of the Asa ils classified budget the difficulty in overseeing its activities and us aggressive use of advanced technologies for eavesdropping and encryption and decryption of communications raise be " rious concerns about ils role in implementing the computer Security act. Comp ice professionals for social responsibility based in Palo Alto calif., describes itself As an organization of computer scion lists and other profession als concerned about inc Impact of com Puter technology on society. The Letler signed by Marc Rosenberg head of the group s Washington office was incl to reps. Dan Glickman p Kan. Doug Walgren. D-pa., and Tim Valentine , Glickman a member of the House intelligence committee was one of the authors of the computer Security acl. Wai Gren and Val Minc arc chairmen of House science subcommittees Over Sec Ingco Pultr related issues. " common Ling on the letter Glickman said "1 think there is some Ingi inmate concern about she Rote of is in com Puter Sec unit issues. We need to make certain thai they Don t assert Power Over civilian computer records in this  Cynthia Beck a spokeswoman Al the Asa s Public affairs office dec lined to comment on the Letler. The Asa headquartered Al furl Mcado md., with a work Force lopping 60,000 employees More than All other . Spy agencies combined and a budget said to be upward of Slob illion a year ils main missions Are eavesdropping on communications around the world encrypting . Communications and cracking foreign codes As Well As protect ing the Security of . Military com Pul cars and communications systems