European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9u.s. Countering High tech counterfeiters by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a slightly different $100 Bills Are now circulating and the Treasury department is confident they will cause would be counterfeiters to pull their hair out. The Bureau of engraving and printing is now producing series 1990 $100 Bills which include two Security measures that Are almost invisible to the human Eye and also impossible to duplicate Treasury officials said. A Security thread or polyester strip is embedded in the paper Between the Bill a Border and the Federal Reserve Seal. The letters a us a and �?o100�?� printed on the strip Are visible when held to a Light but cannot be reproduced in the reflected Light of copiers officials said. Also the words a the United states of american Are Micro printed repeatedly at six to seven thousandths of an Inch along the sides of the Bill a portrait appearing like a thin line to the naked Eye. Micro printing can Only be read with a magnifier and cannot be distinctly reproduced by advanced copiers. Advanced color copiers graphic computers color laser scanners and printers that permit High Quality reproduction Are expected to be widely used within a few years in offices copy centers and printing operations. The currency change will deter the use of the advanced technology that accounted for a Mere $2 million of the $66 million Worth of counterfeit Bills seized during fiscal 1990, officials said. Only $14 million of those bogus Bills had been passed to the Public. Counterfeiting of american currency accounted for less than one tenth of 1 percent of the total $77 billion in genuine notes produced during that time so officials contend it is not a serious problem. However the four nation group an organization made up of the United states Britain Canada and Australia recommended that further Security measures were needed to protect . Currency since it is the most widely held in the world. According to a Treasury department report approximately $268 billion in . Currency was circulating throughout the world As of last March 31. Over the next five years other counterfeit proof Bills will be printed. New $50 Bills will go to print by years end and $20 Bills should Start being produced by Early 1993, officials said. The higher denomination Bills Are being introduced first because they pose the greatest counterfeit loss risk. Officials done to expect the Security measures to be used on $1 Bills because they Are Seldom copied. The new Bills Are being introduced As replacement notes in the Normal circulation process officials said. The Federal Reserve estimates $100 Bills take 8v years to Wear out $50 Bills last five years and $20 Bills have a two year life Span. Bills Worth $1, $5 and $10 last about a year and a half officials said.? american currency was last changed in 1957, when the words a in god we Trust were added. Slovak separatists Force Havel from stage with eggs jeers by Michael z. Wise the Washington Post Bratislava Czechoslovakia a slovak separatists jeered and threw eggs at president Vaclav Havel on monday forcing him to Cut Short a ceremony marking the 73rd anniversary of this binational state. Havel in an Appeal for Unity had flown directly to Bratislava the slovak capital after a visit to the United states. He brought with him a first draft of the country a 1918 declaration of Independence guaranteeing Equality for czechs and slovaks which had been kept for decades at the Library of Congress and was presented to him at a Capitol Hill ceremony. But the symbolic gesture toward the nations Eastern More Rural Republic Drew protests from separatists who disrupted a rally commemorating the Federal Holiday. Havel who also opened a slovak Branch of his presidential offices Here appeared for less than three minutes in front of the crowd before departing hastily for Prague the Federal and czech capital. Aides appeared intent on avoiding a repeat of tense moments at a slovak rally last March when Havel a czech was jostled and spat upon. Mondays incident comes As the Heads of the czech and slovak parliaments Are seeking to negotiate new economic and Power sharing agreements Between the two republics. Disagreements remain Over How to reshape the federation which slovaks contend was dominated by Prague under both the former communist government and its predecessors. The protest interrupted a rally by about 20,000 people who gathered at a downtown Square to show their support for efforts to improve ties Between the two republics. The crowd displayed red Blue and White Federal flags along with banners urging a tolerance and humanity and a democracy and  Havel has called for a National referendum to decide if the country should remain one state. 486 germans investigated in hate attacks on foreigners Bonn Germany a prosecutors Are investigating nearly 500 germans some As Young As 12, who Are suspected of participating in attacks on foreigners a Security official says. Hans Neusel the top Security aide at the Federal Interior ministry said More than 1,000 xenophobic acts have been reported this year a ranging from the firebox big of Asylum shelters to threats against foreigners. A according to police reports up to today there Are a total of 486 suspects a Neusel said monday. He said arrest warrants have been issued in 29 of the most serious cases mainly those in which foreigners were injured. Neusel said that since the Start of the year there have been 271 arson attacks on Asylum Homes in Germany and 134 attacks against individual foreigners. Most of the violence has occurred in former West Germany Neusel said. More than 1,000 lesser xenophobic acts such As making threats and distributing illegal propaganda have been reported Neusel said. He said that 75 percent of the 486 suspects Are younger than 20 and that 62 of the suspects Are known to belong to militant far right groups. Posts at Heidelberg Amberg win Usa eur Energy awards Heidelberg Germany a the Heidelberg Asili tary Community has been named the Winner of usar euros 1991 Energy efficiency award in the Large Community category and Amberg military Community topped the Small communities. Both communities were cited by Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of the . Army in Europe for their a aggressive Energy management  the Usa eur Energy efficiency award program was established in 1979 to Reward army communities in Europe that have outstanding Energy management programs. Cash awards were eliminated last year but through fiscal 1990, More than $19 million was awarded to 33 communities for their programs to improve efficiency and reduce Energy waste. Bremerhaven and Wiesbaden military communities took first and second runner up honors respectively in the Large Community category. An honorable mention went to the Giessen military Community. The Belgium military Community of the nato shape support group was named first runner up in the Small Community category. Honorable mentions went to the military communities of Tuseck and Wei Brincken in Germany and to Burtonwood army depot in the United kingdom. Usa eur commander Energy Impact awards went to the Mannheim and Wurzburg military communities and the 7th army training come in Grafe Wohr All in Germany. Impact awards Are based on specific Energy conservation projects. The German embassy has raised a fuss Over this Beer Hall called Hitler near Seoul South Korea Hitler pub draws protest from germans Seoul South Korea a the German embassy is asking the government to Force a popular new Beer Hall called Hitler to change its name and get rid of its blinking name signs and Hitler matchbooks and pictures. The embassy also wants the Beer Hall to get rid of a Federal Republic of Germany Flag that has a nazi Swastika stitched onto it. The embassy said the Beer Hall is defaming a National Emblem. A we consider the use of nazi pictures and symbols As hurting. German feelings and detrimental to our reputation a embassy spokeswoman Martina nibbling Friessnig said tuesday. The use of nazi symbols is illegal in Germany which has sought to repudiate dictator Adolf Hitler who ruled from 1933 until near the end of world War ii in 1945. The Swastika was used As a nazi Emblem. In 1987, a bar called Gestapo in taewon near a sprawling . Army base changed its name after complaints by the German embassy. The Gestapo was hitlers secret police. His namesake Beer Hall which seats 100 customers opened about two months ago in Kwan Myong City an Industrial area about 12 Miles Southwest of Seoul. The embassy said it Only recently discovered it