European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 16 the stars and tripes Money matters monday november 1,1993today s Bates following Are fixed rates at which Community Hanking and. Credit Union facilities will sell for sign currencies to . Personnel for personal use Germah Mark a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 1.63 British Pound �?�eeteaaeeeaaeaeaea4a 1.52 dutch Guilder a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aaa aaa 1.83 Graak drachma a a a a a a a a 233.8416 not the rates above apply off Hon the Host country. Figures Are espresso to in dollars to the British Pound other currencies of the Dohar following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of . Dollar to foreign  lira 1,829.85 turkish lira 12,970.40 Spanish Assata 134.30 Portugues pseudo a a a a  172.83 austrian a Hill Trig  11.788 saudi of Yak a  3.7502 bahraini Dinar  0.37881 kuwaiti Dinar a a a  it iwo a 0.2982 norwegian Krona  7.315 danish Krona a  a a a a a a a a a 6.755 British Pound a a a a a a a a a a a a a  1.4875 Barman Mark a a a a a a  1.8745 Swiss franc a a a a a a a a a a  1.478 Franth Fraise a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 5.8887 dutch Guilder a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 1.8802 belgian franc a a a a a a  36.30 Canadian Dollar  1.3213 note figures Are expressed m Doharis to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Odd quota $369.00 a ounce r Quot Silver quote $4 36 an ounce Detroit group with Bias suit j Lansing Mich. A leaders of a Detroit Job corps group have filed a lawsuit saying a Denny a restaurant racially harassed about 60 Black members. The lawsuit says the group faced a repeated defamatory harassing haranguing humiliating and embarrassing statements and accusations a when it stopped atthe restaurant in March. Job corps is a Federal vocational training program for to can Agurs and Young adults. The Detroit group stopped in Lansing while returning in live vans from grand rapids where members had played a basketball game with members of the grand rapids Job corps. The 1,500-rqstaurant Denny Schain has been target of other complaints of discrimination such As demands that Black customers pay in Advance. Its owner  Flagstad cos., has entered into an agreement with the National association for the advancement of coloured people to increase racial sensitivity. Job corps supervisors Rhonda Jones Arthur Smith Wallace Safford and Mattie Sanders filed the lawsuit aug. 26 in Ingham county circuit court. It was transferred to . District court in Lansing last month. Quot a pretrial conference before judge David w. Mckeague was scheduled for nov. 15. The attorney for the four Mark Cherniak said the Denny a manager was primary to blame for the racial slurs and. Verbal abuse. The manager who Wasny to identified by name made a intentional racial slurs by repeatedly referring to the group As you a ple or a those people the lawsuit a we done to tolerate discrimination of any kind a said company spokeswoman Elaine Richner. A we Are very disappointed the customers did not utilize our 1-800 number or try to Contact us directly to resolve the matter a before filing suit. Richner would not comment on specifics of the lawsuit. Diners club awaits ruling on cancellation of contract by Kevin Robinson business writer a ruling is expected soon on a protest lodged by diners club International Over the governments recent awarding of its credit card contract to american express a judge with the. General services administration said thursday. Diners clubs five year government contract . 29, to be replaced by american express on nov. 30. However diners gub filed a protest. That protest is now being reviewed by the general services Board of contract appeals in Washington. A More than 900,q00 Federal employees worldwide use the government credit cards to the tune of about $2.5 billion a year in official travel expenses. American express As did diners gub provides the cards without annual fees or interest  Board of contract appeals denied diners Gubus Initia protest once it determined that the governments acceptance of american express did no to violate any Federal procedures involving. Procure mint said judge Vincent Label i a member of the three judge panel that first ruled on the it matter. However diners gub resubmitted its protest and asked for a ruling to. Be made by the full appeals panel of 12 judges la Bella said. A the decision has not been fade to elevate it to that  Walter Sanders a spokesman for diners gub International in Chicago said the firms officials believe diners gub is Quot Superior on the technical and service sides of the contract. We feel we did t lose the contract. We Felt american express bought  according to the associated press american express offered $120 million in savings and a staff of 230 to manage the _ government account. During the transition period government employees Are being told by the Gas to Cany both their diners gub and Ameri can express cards while unofficial travel. Government employees in Europe will automatically receive american impress cards skid capt. Ken Hodgson staff Al Nance officer with the 206th theater finance come. Because there Are no changes in the service provided the credit card switch is expected to be Quot transparent to the traveler Quot he added. The credit cards Are available for civilians at level gs-9 and above military e-7s and above or government travellers who take at least two official trips a year said Jim Boyle a Usa eur spokesman. Commanders have the authority to Grant exceptions or frequent travellers. In Europe about 1,000 soldiers and army civilians have the credit cards Boyle said. A / capt. Felecia Tavares a . Air forces in Europe spokeswoman said 5,266 air men and air Force civilians have the cards. There a acre no statistics available for the Navy in Europe. To allow by Craig r. Whitney the new York times Bonn Germany a with More than 3 million germans out of work and the Economy dragging along in the worst recession in 40 years a proposal to allow stores to stay open longer has renewed a debate that Nas been going on for at least 20 years. Instead of welcoming the plan the labor Union that represents 420,000 of the country a 2.8 million retail Trade employees vowed to fight it because its workers would not accept longer working hours. The proposal would change regulations that require nearly All stores to close promptly at 6 30 . Most weekdays 2 . Most saturdays and All Day sundays. Rejecting the notion that longer store hours would create new jobs or businesses the Trade Banks Ana insurance Union said there were Only 69,000 grocery stores in Western Germany now compared with 160,000 in 1960. Big chains would simply keep getting bigger if allowed to stay open longer they said while the beloved mom and pop stores that now exist mainly in the German imagination would keep dying. Finally the clincher the unions latest nationwide contract specified that work ends at 6 30 ., and so for the next four years that would be that unless the government wanted to provoke a Long strike by trying to pass a new Law i n my opinion closing hours should to enter sly a matter of  maus Dieta Felga Mamba of Alliance 90/graans party that would change it. Quot this would be a Challenge that would be taken up unhesitatingly by All retail employees Quot Franziska Niethold a member of the unions governing Board warned last week. Among Well off West germ amp is 45 years of uninterrupted Prosperity have created the expectation that every year brings a higher wage a longer vacation and a Shorter working Day. Chancellor Helmut Kohl was so exasperated with the concern with minimizing the intrusion of work into Leisure time that he said at a conference in Bonn last month that the attitude was harming Germany a International economic competitiveness. A we have an average of six weeks vacation and 12 holidays a year in Germany and our average workweek of 37.5 hours is Shorter than what All of our competitors have Quot he said. A but for Many people there seems to be nothing More important to do than think about More free  but the old attitudes Are hard to change. Nowhere is this More apparent than in the endless debate about store closing hours. Saturday morning shopping is a Nightmare Rush to get to the stores before they run out of fresh supplies and close and woe to the person who forgets a quart of milk or a Pound of butter before they close for the rest of the weekend. Gasoline stations can stay open after hours but it took a decision of a High court in Berlin last week to make it Clear that the Law did indeed allow them to. Sell not just Antifreeze Windshield wipers and quarts of Oil but newspapers Candy cigarettes and other sundries As Quot travel  stores in Railroad stations and airports also can stay open longer but the Center of every City Dies a kind of sudden death at the closing hour. A Jinmy opinion closing hours should be entirely a matter of free Choice Quot said Klaus Dieter Feige a member of the alliancc90/grecns party. But Niethold and Many German Consumers insist most germans Are used to limited shopping hours and done to want them changed. The German retailers federation in Cologne agreed wednesday shop owners Don want longer hours any More than their employees do. Arlington Texas a american airlines flight attendants broke off contract talks saturday and said  push for a nationwide Boycott before a possible thanksgiving strike. American said it did its Best to Settle the dispute considering the harsh economic realities facing the airline Industry. A the flight attendants Union has put the jobs of 85,000 other employees of the airline at risk by their failure to recognize the changes in the marketplace a airline attendants end bargaining spokesman Tim Smith said talks Between the fort Worth based airline and the association of professional flight attendants ended Early saturday after a negotiating session that lasted 25v1 hours. Union spokesman Ray Abernathy said the airline was inflexible regarding staffing control vacations work rules changes and new employee contributions to Retiree health benefits. Quot we Are going to begin our action immediately by launching a nationwide boy Cott of american airlines to Start drying up their business before we go on strike Quot Abernathy said. The 21,000-member Union threatened to strike on or before thanksgiving week one of the year s busiest travel times. It would be the first strike by flight attendants in americans 50-year history. American said flight operations remained Normal saturday declining comment on what it might do to combat the threatened Boycott