European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 2, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 17today�?Ts tip most doctors done to discuss fees with patients before treatment and most patients would like that to change according to a Survey by the nations largest doctors group. Sixty three percent of the 1,514 people questioned for the american medical associations annual patient poll said the Cost of their health care Wasny to discussed before treatment. Fifty seven percent of those surveyed said they would like their doctors to spend More time discussing fees before  rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use through tuesday German mark.1.56 British pound.1.88 dutch guilder.1.76 greek drachma.188.85 note the rates above apply within the Host country. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign currencies italian lira.1,205.85 turkish lira. Spanish peseta. French franc.5.3735 belgian franc.33.06 Swiss franc.1.4583 austrian Schilling. Saudi rial. Bahrain Dinar. Kuwait Dinar. Norwegian Krone. Danish Krone. Gold quote $337.25 an ounce Silver quote $4.01 an ounce gasoline prices rising in . Los Angeles up pump prices nationwide jumped More than 1.5 cents a gallon during the past two weeks As seasonally higher demand for gasoline and More expensive crude prices put upward pressure on prices. A nationwide Survey of pump prices conducted May 29 found the average composite Price of a gallon of gasoline was 126.89 cents up 1.55 cents Over the previous Survey conducted May 15. A prices Are still rising a Trilby Lundberg author of the Lundberg Survey said sunday. She attributed part of the increase to a jump in crude Oil values following the Deci. Sion by open ministers not to raise production in the third Quarter. In addition she said tougher anti smog regulations Are beginning to take effect requiring refineries to produce cleaner Gas to reduce the amount of air pollution. A third Factor in the Price hike Lundberg said is the typical upswing in prices that comes with higher demand for Gas in the Spring and summer. She also noted that wholesale prices increased slightly More than retail prices during the past two weeks which will put additional pressure on retailers to raise Gas prices  matters upsurge in hiring to give another boost to recovery Washington up american companies Are planning to hire substantial numbers of new employees during the third Quarter of 1992, helping to push the nations Economy toward full recovery after three quarters of sluggish growth said an employment Survey released monday. Manpower temporary services inc., the worlds largest temporary employment firm said its Survey found 25 percent of the 15,000 companies questioned were planning to beef up their work Force during the period from july to september compared with 22 percent one year ago. At the same time the Milwaukee based employment firm found Only 8 per cent of the companies questioned were planning to reduce their labor Force compared with 10 percent of the firms questioned last year. Manpower said the results showed the strongest hiring trends of any of its surveys in the past 18 months and predicted a the employment recovery trend that began three months ago should gain momentum in the third  a the Sharp increase Well exceeds Levels of the past six quarters a the Survey said. A nearly All private sector industries shared in the improvement and All geographic regions appeared healthy confirming that a general employment recovery should be under  Mitchell Fromstein president of the company said in a statement released with the Survey that the hiring plans of the companies appeared to match the trends seen in 1983 As the Economy pulled out of its previous recession. A on balance the evidence of a recovery in hiring activity is present across All areas and business sectors a Fromstein said. A it appears that the hiring recovery is sustainable through the balance of the year and should begin to reduce the unemployment rate As we move toward the fall  companies in the South and Midwest predicted the largest hiring gains while the results in the West appeared the weakest manpower said. Northwest backtracks on some cuts in apparent truce try in fare wars Eagan Minn. Apr Northwest airlines which began a summer Sale that escalated last week into a fare War has raised ticket prices in several markets a spokesman said monday. The fares Are still cheaper than the lowest available ticket from before the Sale began but Northwest apparently was moving to contain the damage from a fare War that went further than it intended. Northwest has raised the round trip Rice by about $75 to $100 on fares from Minneapolis to six destinations Orlando Fla. San Francisco los Angeles san Diego Seattle and Phoenix spokesman Jon Austin said. A we did it in markets where demand outstripped capacity by a huge degree a it Austin said. Under last week s fare Sale the cheapest ticket from Minneapolis to los Angeles for example fell from $390 round trip to $195. Northwest now will sell that ticket for $293. Spokesmen for two of Northwest a big competitors Delta air lines and american airlines said monday that they did not believe their carriers were doing anything similar. Northwest began the fare War last tuesday night with a Sale that let an adult and child Fly domestically this summer for the Price of one ticket. American airlines responded by cutting by half the Price of its cheapest tickets for travel in the lower 48 states with the Sale ending Friday. Competitors were forced to match the cheap prices for fear they would otherwise lose passengers. Other airlines complained that the Sale would Cost them millions of dollars. Continental airlines moved to contain the damage by offering the cheapest prices Only for off Peak flights through much of the summer. Northwest a higher fares apparently come in markets where it controls the nonstop service so it does not have to worry about losing passengers to rivals Austin said. He declined comment when asked whether Northwest was trying to limit the amount of Money it was losing through the broader fare Sale begun by  americans urged to Send photos to Bush Chicago apr a woman is encouraging unemployed americans to Send their pictures to president Bush in the Hope that he will work harder to improve the Economy if he can look into their faces. A i want it to be a very simple thing. The picture will be the message a said Dorothy Funfsinn a grocery clerk who founded operation employ . Funfsinn 55, wants jobless people to Send a snapshot of themselves or their families with a note giving their names addresses and How Long they have been out of work. A a in a hoping it will open his heart More just looking at the Peoples eyes make him try a Little harder a she said. A you can look at figures and look at figures. But if you can actually look into someone a eyes and see that face that a a Little bit harder to put  syndicated columnist Bob Greene has written twice about the project which Funfsinn began in March after watching More and More jobless customers come through her checkout line. A a there a a lot of people that you would never have dreamt they would be needing food Stamps and they Are very timid about approaching you with them a she said. A a they be always been proud and Able to do everything  she has mailed fliers from her Home in de Kalb about 60 Miles West of Chicago to employment agencies in each state. Sean Walsh an assistant press Secretary said that the White House has received letters and pictures but that they re a not at the top of our volume list of mail. The Media affairs office  say whether Bush has seen the pictures but said he normally receives samples of correspondence. Funfsinn who voted for Bush in 1988, does no to want the project to become a a Bush  a a it a a problem of the whole country and Bush is the head of the country a she said. Business profits Rise for corporations after declining for 3 years it prorate profits surged Rebori from wire reports Washington a after tax Cor in the first three months of 1992, rebounding from three years of declines the government said. Profits Rose 8 percent from the previous quart or to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $204.9 billion the Commerce department said. It was the Best showing since the first Quarter of 1988. Economists said the increase if sustained through the year As expected should give businesses the wherewithal to expand payrolls and invest in equipment to improve  to invest in pc company new York a ism will buy a Small stake in a company that makes High end personal computers and resell the machines under the ism Label Saia Industry executives close to the talks. The Conr any Parallax computer inc. Of Mountain View calif., makes computers called servers that Are used to link networks of  plan to charge fee criticized new York a a lbs plan to charge affiliates fees to carry certain programming is facing criticism from stations worried about higher costs. Lbs said the move announced after a meeting saturday with affiliates was needed to help offset lower profits and increased Competition from the Fox network and the Cable Industry. But a lbs spokeswoman said sunday that some stations have registered complaints about the network s plan. Stations like the networks that feed them National programming have been hit hard by slumping advertising