European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 23, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Pago 9 German Money has the Marks of a new look by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau East germans who cherish the West German Marks that the july 1 currency Union put in their pockets had better get a Good look a them. The Bills wont be around Long germans of every Stripe and foreigners living among them will have to get used to a new set of paper currency that the German Federal Bank will begin issuing oct. 1. The Bank plans to Issue the new currency gradually Over the next two years in eight denominations including one not yet in use a a 200-Mark Bill. That and the redesigned 100-Mark Bill will be the first denominations  plan which has nothing to do with this months currency Union also Calls for later withdrawal of the seven old designs now in circulation although the old Bills will retain their negotiable Worth indefinitely. The current series of Bills consisting of 5- 10-, 20-, 50-, 100-, 500 and 1,000-Mark denominations came into circulation in stages Between 1961 and 1965. The designs Are now among the oldest in use in Europe. Federal Bank officials said counterfeiters expanding Access to color photocopiers and sophisticated printing equipment is the most compelling reason for the new currency designs. The new Bills will contain aluminium threads and other readily noticeable Security features that Are hard to duplicate. They also feature touchable markings for the Blind. The designs of . Bills now in use Are 62 years old Bank officials said and that longevity is one reason counterfeiters prefer to copy american currency rather than that of other nations. The Bank also cited two other reasons for revamping German currency the need to make Bills easier for banking and vending machines to read electronically and the desire for a More Modem looking appearance. The introduction of a 200-Mark Bill is designed to reduce the total number of Bills in circulation. About 40 percent of the Bills now Are 100-Mark notes. There Are no plans for a new series of German coins. The currency project began in 1984, and the Federal Bank has waged an expensive advertising Campaign to familiarize the German Public with the new Bills. Reinhold Gerstetter a graphic artist in the Federal printing office in Berlin won the Competition to design the new Bills which portray figures from German history. Each denomination will be about the same color As the corresponding ones in the current series. The now Bundesbank notes feature figures from German history. Ab1235 67b8 a in 1 Bettyna von Arnim author. 1785-1859 cart Friedrich Gauss mathematician 1777-1855 au1214567b8 an i a Abb Tab Vori Broste Horshoff poet 1797-1848 Balthasar Neumann architect 1687-1753 ab12sa567b� Adi  Clara Schumann composer 1819-1896 am 7 Jutie in a i / Paul Ehrlich medical researcher 1854-1915 aim 251,507tls Maria Sibylla Merian Painter 1647-1717 the Brothers Grimm fairy tale compilers Wilhelm 1786-1859 amp Jakob 1785-1863 source German Bundesbank. 200-Mark note will be red Orange. As the value of the Bill increases so docs its size. The sudden German currency Union Hasni to caused a shortage of the currency now in use nor is it expected to hamper distribution of the new Bills an official at the Federal Bank a Frankfurt Headquarters said. A we had a whole Bunch of Bank notes in Reserve Here a said the official who asked not to be identified. The official said the plan to Issue new Bills already was Well under Way when the currency Union was proposed so the Bank stuck to its original timetable. As a result East germans will have to adjust to two new sets of Bills ass Susan Harrita in Quick succession. A a that is awkward naturally but it could t be avoided Quot the official said. The Bank also can to do much about a controversial european Community proposal to establish a common currency for the Community a 12 member nations by the mid-1990s. If that plan bears fruit germans a not to mention the rest of Western Europe a will be switching to new Bills yet again. The Federal Bank has made no plans for that possibility the official said. He added a we re just waiting for whatever develops at the european level. A Yale Library exhibit honors Arf a Century of Lassie new Haven Conn. Apr Yale University a rare Book Library is taking advantage of the dog Days of summer to Honor one of literature a most famous canine characters the cunning Collie Lassie. The Beinecke rare Book and manuscript Library a grand Marble and Granite building is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of a Lassie come Home with an exhibit drawn from the papers of author Eric Knight. The a Lassie at 50&Quot display includes the first printing of a Shorter version of the Story in the saturday evening Post the original manuscript of the 1940 novel Lassie fan mail and photographs from the 1943 movie version of the Book. A in the summer we look for something a Little lighter Quot said Christa Sammons a Library curator. A it surprises people. You come in Here and expect to see old books and esoteric things and Here a something everyone can identify  a a what they like about it most is they recognize the dog a a said Nancy Leroy the research assistant who prepared the exhibit. Lassie came Home to Yale in 1948, when Knight s widow Jere Knight Linder donated a 10-foot-thick collection of her husbands papers to the University. An englishman who spent most of his life in the United states Knight became a . Citizen in 1942, and was commissioned a Captain in the special services division. He was killed in 1943 when his transport plane crashed in dutch Guiana now Suriname. Knight wrote six novels a Novella a collection of Short stories newspaper and Magazine articles drama and movie reviews and had an unsuccessful stint in the mid-1930s As a Hollywood scriptwriter. He also did cartoons and sketches including a self portrait featured in the Yale exhibit. He first wrote about Lassie in a Story that appeared dec. 17, 1938, in the saturday evening Post. A marked up copy of the Magazine article that Knight transformed into a novel is prominently featured in the exhibit. Impoverished Yorkshire where Knight was raised by an Uncle and aunt after his father died was the setting for a Lassie come  in the novel Sam Barraclough a poor Yorkshire Miner is forced to sen Lassie to the  Rudley. But forever faithful to same a son Joe Lassie flees Rudley a Scotland estate and travels by himself hundreds of Miles Back to Yorkshire. Rudley pursues the dog but when he finds the Collie reunited with the Carra coughs he lets them keep their dog. In the television series that ran from 1954 to 1971, the setting and the storyline were changed. Knight had insisted that the Book which was translated into 13 languages was written for both adults and children. But schoolchildren were the novel s greatest fans and hundreds wrote to him in appreciation. In the Yale exhibit a sampling of the fan mail is displayed on a lower shelf so children can see it. A i am not a crying Type Over books but in some parts of your Book As i was Reading along i found myself really tightening up and almost crying Over some of Lassie a adventures Quot a girl from Kalamazoo mich., wrote to Knight in 1941. Photographs include a still of Roddy to Dowall who played Joe in the original movie lying on the Crest of a Hill with his Arm draped Over pal a the male Collie who played Lassie. There is also a shot of Knight with his Collie whose name was Toots. Knight was pleased with the dog chosen for the movie Leroy said. Some of the translations of Quot Lassie come Home also Are in the exhibit which runs through the end of september As Well As copies of other Knight works including his 1938 Novella a the flying Yorkshire Man Quot his first Success As an author and his last novel a this above  a this above All Quot a love Story set during the Battle of Britain was a Best seller in the United states and Britain and was made into a 1942 movie starring Joan Fontaine and t prone Power