European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 10, 1993 Money matters the stars and stripes Page 13 today a rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use. German Mark .1.62 British Pound 1.46 dutch Guilder 1.82 greek drachma. 215.6300 note Tho rat09 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. ,.1,532.50 turkish lira. 9,043.00 Spanish peseta. 117.85 portuguese escudo 150.12 austrian Schilling .11.6610 saudi rial. 3.7495 Bahrain Dinar .0.37675 Kuwait Dinar. 0.3090 norwegian Krone .7.0260 danish Krone. 6.35 British Pound. 1.424 German Mark. 1.6575 Swiss franc. .1.5375 French franc .5.611 dutch Guilder. .1.82 belgian franc. 34.25 Canadian Dollar .1.2675 note figures Are express of in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar. Gold quote $327.75 an ounce. Silver quote $3.67 an ounce. New York Exchange new York up a the 15 most Active stocks in new York Stock Exchange composite trading on monday. Stock Salat last Nat Cho St int St a nip 5,240.900 54 up % general motors 1 3,596,600 38% up up 2% Eastman Kodak 3,419,700 53% Merck amp co inc 3,042,200 38% up % ism corp 2,579,400 52% up Chrysler corp called inc 2,536,100 40% Oft i 2,477,000 4% off % Glaxo holdings 2,102,300 19 up % Pfizer inc 1,991,100 62% off 1 Citicorp Philip Morris 1,943,900 26 off % 1,800,900 74% off Exxon corp 1,744,700 62% a up 1 Mattel inc 1,721,400 23% unch Bristol Myersq 1,571,500 58% unch pet inc 1,523,100 16% Oil 1% american Exchange new York up the 10 most Active stocks in american Stock Exchange composite trading monday. Slock sales last Nal chg. Royal Oak mines .3,121.700 2 up 3-lf Hill Haven corp 592,200 3% up 1-16 expo rate co la 552,300 1 5-16 unti Echo Bay mines 426,900 4 11-16 Oft 116 Wang labs inc b 423,300 1% up 1-16 Weatherford inc 359,000 7%  amp a Dep rec pts 330.100 59% up 14% non communicate 311.500 7% up fibreboard corp 293,000. 11�?T4 up 2% Nabors Industry 272,200 6% unch Dow Jones 1 new York up Dow Jones closing Range of averages monday High Lew close change 3472.94 3408.91 3437.54 Oft 4.60 1609.76 1570.68 1589.61 up 4.03 234 60 232.04 233 29 Oft 044 1291.17 1266.39 1277.94 0� 021 30 industrials 20 transport 15 utilities 65 stocks general motors executive vice president Harry Pearce Points to a Chevrolet pickup used in a crash test broadcast by Abc. Pm sues Abc says crash tests were rigged to ensure flames by Alan l. Adler the associated pics general motors corp. Sued Abc on monday alleging that a dateline Abc program rigged two car truck crashes to show that 1973-87 pm pickups were prone to fires in Side Impact crashes. Pm said it was the first time it had Ever sued to protect its reputation. A the 11 million households that viewed the program were never told that Abc used incendiary devices to try and ensure that a Are would erupt seemingly due to the collision a pm executive vice president Harry Pearce said. Abc acknowledged on its nightly news program monday that it Secl the incendiary devices in inc test crash. The network did no to disclose that fact on the nov. 17 show because another Factor a a spark from a broken headlight a caused the fire Abc news president Michael g. Gartner said. The lawsuit was filed in an Indiana state court. Pm asked for a jury trial. The offensive by the worlds largest automaker came four Days after a jury in Atlanta found pm negligent Over the a a sidesaddle fuel tank design of its older pickup models. The jury awarded $105.2 million to the family of a teen Ager killed when the 1985 Gumc truck he was driving was smashed in the Side and exploded in 1989. Pm is appealing the verdict. Using videotape obtained from a fire chief and pictures from other witnesses Pearce said the Institute for safety analysis which conducted the oct. 24 simulation used in the Abc show attached Model rockets to the Bottom of a truck that was smashed by a Chevrolet citation. Just before Impact there were two plumes of smoke beneath the truck which he said were the rockets being started by a Remote transmitter. Gartner said that while a particular crash might not produce Sparks needed to ignite a fire Abc wanted to illustrate the danger that a Gas tank rupture poses if there is some other heat source and so it attached the rockets. But he said a broken Headlamp wound up starting the fire. A we emphasize that pm docs not claim that the sparking devices caused the fire a Gartner said in a statement. A nothing pm said challenged the conclusion of the experts advising Abc that the fire was caused by the Headlamp broken in the  the fire been caused by the sparking devices or anything else Abc would have disclosed that fact in its broadcast. A we remain convinced that taken in its entirety and in its detail the segment that was broadcast on dateline Abc was fair and  Gartner accused pm of trying to divert attention from the Large jury award in Atlanta. But in a news conference monday at Gmys Detroit Headquarters Pearce said the automaker filed its declaration of intent to sue Abc before thursdays verdict. Pm alleged that the dateline Abc program was part of a Campaign to a Poison Public opinion against pm and to give other product liability lawsuits against the automaker a greater Chance of winning. Critics contend that the automaker knowingly endangered lives by putting the gasoline tanks on the outside of the truck Frame rather than inside where the heavy Metal channels of the Frame would serve As a protective steel Barrier. Taco Bell kits to be sold in markets by the new York times two divisions of Pepsico inc. Are combining to add a mexican flavor to supermarket shelves in the Spring. Frito Lay inc., one of the company a snack food units and Taco Bell Pepsico a mexican fast food Chain announced monday that they would Combine efforts to Market a line of Taco Bell products. The collaboration will bring Taco Bell foods into supermarkets for the first time starting in May. The test markets will be More than 1,000 outlets in Atlanta and three cities in Ohio Cincinnati Columbus and Dayton. The new line of 18 Taco Bell products will Mcclude dinner kits of Taco shells seasoning mix and sauce Taco shells retried Beans Taco seasoning mix Salsa Picante sauce and White Tortilla chips. A Taco Bell is the fastest growing National Quick serve restaurant system in american today and we re leveraging that position with this frito Lay partnership Quot John Martin president and chief executive of Taco Bell said in a statement. A a we re excited about expanding our powerful Brand name in an entirely different Channel the  in its earning reports for the fourth Quarter of 1992 and for the year Pepsico reported that Taco Bell sales had increased 24 percent for the Quarter and 21 percent for the year. The snack food division which includes frito Lay recorded increases of 25 percent for the Quarter and 17 percent for the  underrepresented by unions study reports Washington a unions need to organize female workers who. Now Are underrepresented underpaid and May soon be a majority of the workers in America a study says. Elections on whether to form a Union Are won More often at companies where women and minority workers Are in the majority than at a traditionally male or White dominated workplaces a the study said monday. A thus attention to organizing and mobilizing women members will be critical to the future of the . Labor movement. The report was written for the International labor organization a  Agency headquartered in Geneva. The report said there were 48.9 million women employees in 1990, representing 47 percent the . Work Force. It projects that by the end of the decade women will represent a majority of the work Force. Susan Eaton author of the report explained in an interview that men Are leaving the work Force earlier than they used to in part because of layoffs and Early retirements. Also male dominated employment centers such As the automobile and steel industries Are shrinking while female workers Are increasing in the fast growing service and retail industries she said. Still the study shows Only 14 percent of women workers Are unionized roughly the same percentage As 30 years ago. But because male membership has slipped from 35 percent to just above 20 percent women a percentage of membership has risen by default to 37 percent. Despite the growing importance of women in the labor movement the report contended that relatively few unions Nave undertaken new campaigns to recruit women. A there is a tremendous Opportunity for unions to organize women and for women to get the kind of benefits and protections that unions can offer a Eaton said