European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 12, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 17 a a a a Federal judge has ordered random House to redesign the dust jacket of its websters College dictionary to eliminate similarities with a rival publication. Merriam Webster publisher of websters ninth new collegiate dictionary said in a statement in new York that the judge ordered random House on Friday to modify the dictionary a Type size order of words and typeface. Both dictionaries had red covers and the word a a Webster so in White along the Book spine. Moreover Federal judge Lawrence m. Mckenna ordered random House to provide new Book jackets within 45 Days to All purchasers of More than 1,000 copies Merriam Webster said. The ruling came after a Federal jury last month ordered random House to pay More than $2 million for copying the dust jacket of the Merriam Webster dictionary. Conversion rates London up mondays rates for the . Dollar to other currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies in dollars Gow was quoted at $355.00 an ounce Silver at 14.03. Nov. S nov. 11 British pound.1.7690 1.7695 gemunmark.1.6420 1.6415 French franc.5.6265 a dutch guilder.1.8545 1.6505 Beig in franc.33.89 a Kalian lira.1,238.45 1,236.56 Swiss franc.1.4515 1.45175 greek drachma.185.67 185.95 turkish lira .4,921.90 4,921.90 saudi arabian rfyal.3.7502 3.7502 Spanish peseta.103.60 103.73 portuguese escudo .-141.56 141.83 Canadian dollar.1.1226 1.1290 austrian schilling.11.58. 11.601 norwegian krone.6.4570 6.4625 danish Krone w.6.3795 6.3925 these Are commercial rates and can be related Only to the use of foreign currency by . Forces for official business. The Only official rate concerns the Sale of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use and this will be 1.61 through tuesday based on mondays noontime  digital to sell factory Irvine Calif. A Western digital corp. Said it plans to sell a printed circuit Board factory in Ireland a move that will leave 240 of the 340 workers there without jobs. The Irvine based company a announcement Friday came one Day after reporting a $37.9 million loss for the first fiscal Quarter and the refinancing of $205.8 million in Bank Loans and accounts receivable. The maker of computer chips and disk drives said it will sell the Plant in Cork Ireland along with land and certain assets to Dover electronics co., a division of Dover corp., for an undisclosed amount. Western digital bought the Cork Plant in 1983 to make circuit Oards which link computers to other computers in an office As Well As printers and peripherals. But last month the company sold its circuit Board marketing business to Standard Micro systems As part of a strategy to concentrate on its semiconductor and disk drive businesses. 7-eleven Hopes japanese style will Register with store patrons by the Baltimore Sun Tokyo a next time you re in the United states and Stop by to see what a new at a neighbourhood 7-eleven store there May be something different. The Mother of All convenience store chains is getting a face lift a backed by a $430 million Cash injection from its new Parent 7-eleven Japan co. Ltd. The new backers plan to add the latest trends in japanese shop keeping to their country a Ever lengthening hot of exports to the United states. Ana they pack the clout that comes from rescuing a troubled company having acquired about 69 percent of Southland corp., the american operator of 7-eleven. Among the changes at the 6,800 7-eleven stores in the United states More items fewer Price cuts and a renewed interest in customer preferences. Customers will soon find More than 3,000 items on display compared with about 2,000 earlier this year Toshifumi Suzuki president of 7-eleven Japan said recently. Customers will also find that goods on display will be changed faster. To make such changes the company will install sophisticated Cash registers. Working with computers connected directly to registers clerks in Japan a 7-elevens record not Only the item purchased and its Price but also the custom Eros gender and a guess of the customers eld Imp Tion about customer preferences. Age. That can yield important inform items that move Are restocked daily a sometimes several times a Day. And items that done to move disappear within Days after sales begin to slow. They Are replaced immediately by new items identified As Good prospects for the Young adult crowd that dominates 7-eleven Japan a customer. The new management Hopes to introduce similar computerized inventory systems this fall in Hawaii where 7-eleven Japan bought 50 stores in 1989 As it began to be drawn into the faltering . Operation Hidetoshi Akiyama a 7-eleven Japan spokesman said in Tokyo. Ito Okado co., Japan a most profitable retailer and owner of the 7-eleven Japan franchise averages about $4,700 a Day in sales at each 7-eleven store in Tokyo on an inventory of about $35,000. Firms reportedly getting Dod toxic cleanup funds los Angeles up the defense department is quietly reimbursing big contractors millions of dollars for environmental cleanup costs it was reported sunday. The Pentagon in recent years has paid or agreed to pay cleanup costs that the firms could not recover from their insurance carriers the los Angeles times said. The practice has caught regulatory officials by Surprise. Several environmental Protection Agency and Justice department officials responsible for ordering such firms to clean up toxic pollution Tola the times they knew nothing about the reimbursements. The policy could make the government a key underwriter of the Multi brition Dol Lar Effort to restore 1,228 superfund Sites because most big military contractors Are liable for cleanups at multiple Sites. The 10 largest contractors alone have been cited for potential superfund liability 221 times Epa figures show. The Epars superfund program identifies the worst toxic waste Sites in the country and orders those responsible to clean them up. The superfund Law requires that private funds be used whenever possible. The superfund of Federal Money is used Only when polluters cannot be found. Some of the contractors receiving reimbursement Hinds Are Lockheed corp., the Boeing co., Northrop corp., Ray it is Likely to aim for comparable results in the United states. That Means that even As the . 7-eleven stores boost the number of items offered by More than half they May have to lower their inventory Cost to less than half of the $100,000 that prevailed for example in Hawaii before the japanese Purchase. Daily sales in the . Stores at about $3,600, also will have to Rise significantly. Meanwhile what customers will no longer find at . 7-Elevcn stores is the discounting and Price cutting that became part of the . Convenience store scene trend As chains and even some local managers sought to beat supermarkets at their own game. A convenience stores cannot Hope to stand up to supermarkets when it comes to discounts a Suzuki said. A if convenience stores want to survive they must think about differentiating themselves from  Suzuki believes that 7-Elcven s problems Are part of a broader problem which he Calls a the ongoing failure of the . Retail Industry to come to grips with the changing  Theon co., general electric co., Mcdonnell Douglas corp. And Aero Jet general corp., spokesmen for those companies confirmed. Rep. Barbara Boxer d-Calif., a member of the House armed services subcommittee on investigations said the defense department policy raises a a fairness  she added that it appears a that defense contractors Are getting the government to clean up toxics when other companies must go it alone. �?o1 done to believe there a too much oversight Here a said Boxer who called for a general accounting office investigation into the matter. Boxer said the Gao Congress investigative Arm will try to determine How much the government paid for the toxic cleanups and whether the Pentagon is paying for non defense related cleanups. She also said investigators should find out whether the Pentagon is a being aggressive in taking the Side of the taxpayers or Are they too Quick to share liability for the pollution a government regulations Call for the government to reimburse contractors for costs that Are a reasonable Quot and a Ordinary and necessary to the conduct of the contractor s  the rules Are being interpreted to include environmental cleanups which Are billed As overhead expenses in current and future  there s a Good reason for actress Jane Seymour s speculative look she s trying to sell a remodeler House in Beverly Hills Calif. Asking Price $2.83 million. Seymour and her business manager Hus band David Flynn bought the four bedroom sex Bath Bel air Home 16 months ago for $1.2 million and had it remodeler. The actress redecorated it herself. She and her husband live in Santa Barbara Calif., most of the time. Gas prices in . Rise a Penny a gallon los Angeles a motorists nationwide paid an average Penny a Gal Ion More at the Gas pump in the past two weeks due in part to a Midwest cold snap that has increased demand for Home heating Oil an Oil Industry analyst expert said sunday. The Lundberg Survey of More than 13,000 gasoline stations nationwide showed the average per gallon Price of All grades including taxes was $1.2381, a 1.01-cent increase Over the oct. 25 Price. The latest twice monthly poll was taken Friday. A two weeks ago it was up Only slightly and now it has continued to Rise about a Penny a gallon a said Trilby Lundberg publisher of the Lundberg letter Oil Industry newsletter which conducts the Survey. Lundberg said Oil companies have raised gasoline a wholesale Price to retailers who in turn Are passing increases to Consumers. A additionally the Home heating Oil season is under Way and the demand has surged because of the frigid weather. The reason Home heating Oil affects Gas prices is that refineries Nave to gear up with heating Oil production and gasoline production is curbed a she said. The Lundberg Survey on nov. 8 showed the average Price of gasoline at self service pumps including taxes was $1.1057 for regular unleaded $1.2725 for of Premium unleaded and $1.0483 for regular leaded. At full service pumps the average for regular unleaded was $1.3910, Premium unleaded was $1.5365 and regular leaded $1.3822