European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 b the stars and stripes Money matters thursday november 19,1992 a i today a rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use German mark.�.1.57 British Pound 1.56 dutch Guilder.1.76 greek drachma.196.16 not the Nam above apply we Hon tha Host country. Figure a to pmed m Dohara to tha British Pound Othar Curry Dos to tha Talar following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren pics Hall Anglra .1,355.00 Turkla lira.0,165.00 Span Alt Pearata. 11437 portuguese escudo 141.83 austrian schilling.11.255 saudi hal.3.7495 Bahrain dinar.0.37675 Kuwait dinar.0.2985 Norw Aglan krone.6.507 danish Krone .6.134 British Pound.1.52 German Merk .1.5945 Swiss franc .1.4475 French franc.5.341 dutch Guilder. 1.794 belgian franc.32.67 Canadian Dollar .1.2754 Nat figures Are expressed in dollars to Tho British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $335.25 an ounce Silver quote $3.78 an ounce new York Exchange new York up the 15 most Active stocks in new stack blockbuster ent Sain 2,737,500 list 17 not Chi. Uncan web Onhouse Elrar Nabisco hid 2,458,100 ii off 1 2,351,100 9 be Olaa Vostek inc ism Cora general motors 2,217,900 7vk off i 2,020,700 64 i off h 1,987,200 304i off i computer Assoc 1,863,900 164 off 1 Philip Morris 1,713,500 79 i up i Abbott labs inc 1,675,500 30vk up. Off v. At amp to company Tyco toys inc 1,605.400 45 1,601,200 144k up 4k off i can Pacific Ltd 1,566,500 10v4 Glaxo holdings 1,581,600 244k off 4i Arkla inc 1,521,100 94k up 4k Merck 6 co inc 1.494,500 45 Vuk up 4k american Exchange new York up a the 10 most Active stocks in american Slock Exchange composite trading tuesday. Slock sales us Neichel. Ich corp 1.049.600 4 3-16 up 3-16 of Velar Indus 930.000 54k off 1 i Amdahl corp 660,too 7vk Inch Chambers Dev a 563.300 44k Oil v. Hill Haven corp Cheyenne Soiter 379,700 31-16 up Vuk 292.800 25vi off 244 Energy service 278,200 1 5-16 off 1-16 expo rate co la. 269,100 1 7-16 off 1-16 us Bio science 231,600 94i up i am medical bldg 222,700 9% up Vuk Dow Jones new York up a Dow Jones closing Range of aver Ages tuesday twi 3223.31 1362.79 218 53 1164.86 30 industrials 20 transport 15 utilities 65 stocks Low Clata cd Alae 3178.19 3193.32 or 12 42 1330.96 1341.23 off 9.67 216.14 217.70 up 081 1145.75 1152.68 off 4.25 Federal workers Stock fund up 10.12% in last 12 months by Mike Causey the Washington Post Washington Federal workers investing in the Stock fund of their Thrift savings plan earned 10.12 percent Over the past 12 months according to the Federal retirement investment Board. The Board manages Uncle Sam s inhouse 401 k plan which is Worth almost $15 billion. Money in the Bond Market fund earned 9.66 percent the Treasury securities fund paid 7.33 percent Over the past 12 months. The Thrift savings plan permits workers but not retirees to invest in the a fund stocks of fund Bonds and a fund Treasury securities to help save for retirement. Investors can borrow their contributions and associated earnings to buy Homes finance College or  for medical emergencies. Until Jan. 31, employees can join the savings plan or reallocate their payroll contributions. Workers have $12 billion in the Treasury fund slightly More than $2 billion in the Stock fund and $676 million in the Bond fund. The higher risk Stock and Bond funds track the a amp a 500 Stock Index and Shearson Lehman Brothers aggregate Bond Index respectively. In 1989, the Stock fund paid 31.03 percent. It lost 3.15 percent in 1990 and gained 30.77 percent in 1991. The Bond fund paid 13.89 percent in 1989, 8 percent in 1990 and 15.75 percent in 1991. The Treasury fund paid 8.81 percent in 1989, 8.90 percent in 1990 and 8.15 percent in 1991. In the last 12 months the Stock fund has paid 10.12 percent it lost Money in five months november 1991, and january March june and August of this year. It gained in every other month including a 1,15 percent gain in september and 0.42 gain in october. The Bond fund Tost Money in january March and october when it lost 1.30 percent. But since november 1991, it has paid 9.66 percent. The Treasury fund which never has a bad month has had steady payoffs ranging from a High of 0.64 percent in april to a Low of 0.54 percent in september and 0.55 percent last month. Its 12-month payoff was 7.33 percent. Airlines restore funeral discounts Pittsburgh a four major airlines have restored discounts they had eliminated for people flying to the funerals of relatives. Us air on monday joined United american and Northwest airlines All of which recently had reinstated the discounts off full coach fares. The moves reverse some of the changes in airline fares started by american airlines this year. A the carriers reduced fares for most travellers but also eliminated so called a bereavement Quot discounts which funeral director and travel agents previously had suggested to grieving fliers. Us air a bereavement fare is half of the full coach fare us air spokeswoman Nancy Vaughn said tuesday. A a it a a big help at a disastrous time in its a big help at a disastrous time in Peoples  a funeral director William Snyder or. Peoples lives a said William Snyder sr., a funeral director in Irwin pa., near Pittsburgh. A people often done to have the Cash they need at their fingertips and maybe they wont have room on their credit cards for something so big. A i think the airlines Are showing a lot of  the airlines however said they restored the discounts for competitive reasons. The reservation for us air a discount must be made with the airline not travel agents but fliers still can pick up tickets at travel agencies. Travellers must provide us air with the name of the person who died and the name and Telephone number of a doctor or funeral director. The discounts apply Only to children parents grandparents grandchildren spouses siblings and step combinations of those relations. Northwest a discount is also 50 percent and took effect in september according to the airlines report to travel agents. The discount at United is 15-17 percent less than the unrestricted coach fare effective last thursday United spokesman Joe Hopkins said. American s discount is about 17 percent of the full fare. What a Deal win contest without entering Newark . A publishers Clearing House agreed tuesday to give millions of people another Chance in its sweepstakes so it could Settle a lawsuit Over entry forms that were thrown away. Under the settlement everyone who was sent a contest form Between feb. 10 and oct. 7 and from whom no response was received will be entered into drawings for three major prizes the company said. The lawsuit was brought by Gary Lewis of South Orange ., who charged in an oct. 13 complaint that the company had thrown away entry forms from contestants who did not agree to buy Magazine subscriptions. The company acknowledged that several thousand unprocessed forms were mistakenly dumped but denied it was intentional. A a in a satisfied there was no deliberate discarding of entries Quot said Jeffrey Herrmann the attorney for Lewis a everybody will be made whole. We accomplished what we set out to  Herrmann said the settlement covered a tens of millions Quot of people. David Sayer executive director for advertising of publishers Clearing House said the company would not release the number. Publishers Clearing House whose sweepstakes mailings include a Magazine order form does not require Magazine purchases for eligibility in the contest company officials said. Sayer said everyone who did not re Spond to the company a mailings during the eight month period will be entered in a contest for a $10 million prize another for a $1 million prize and a third for a car or a $50,000 Cash equivalent prize. Lewis decided to file the lawsuit after seeing a to news report that sanitation workers in the new York City Borough of Queens had found unopened sweepstakes forms in the trash. The company blamed a mail processing contractor for the dumping and said entries that included Magazine orders also were dumped. A this was a very isolated instance a Sayer said. A we have been running this contest with the utmost integrity for 25  Consumers league sets up fraud busters hot line in . Washington a if you suspect that a Telephone or postcard offer sounds too Good to be True who you Gonna Call the National fraud information Center that s who at 1-800-876-7060. The hot line operates from 10 . To 4 . Eastern time monday through Friday from the offices of the National Consumers league. Operators Are standing by to advise you on Telephone fraud and direct you to authorities who can track Down the perpetrators. Linda Golodner president of the league said tuesday that Consumers seem to be hanging up More often on High pressure phone solicitors. But she said postcard scams that get Consumers to make the first Call Are proliferating fooling millions of americans. A where Consumers once came across such postcards in the mail once a month or so we now hear from people who get these postcards on an almost daily basis promising free cars airline tickets and Ard Cash Quot she said. Northrop to Settle Leo dispute san Francisco up the . Department of labor announced tuesday that Northrop corp. Has agreed to  $720,235 to 21 workers to Settle an equal employment Opportunity dispute. The departments office of Federal contract compliance programs alleged that from 1989-1991 the company rejected 19 qualified applicants at its b-2 bomber facility in Pico Rivera for medical disabilities not related to the Job. A pre employment medical screening system automatically rejected the applicants without verifying whether their medical conditions would prevent them from doing the work. While not admitting guilt the los Angeles based firm agreed to  the applicants $717,124 in Back wages and offer them employment at the Pico Rivera or Palmdale facilities. During the same period the labor department said Northrop allegedly discriminated in  against two women who performed the same work As male counterparts. Northrop agreed to  $3,111 in Back wages