European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of today s rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use Gorman Mark 167 British Pound. 162 dutch gut Dor .1.86 greek drachma 236.5676 not the rates above apply with to Tbs Best country figures Are in Dohra to is British Pound other currencies to the loiter. Following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign currencies italian lira  1694.00 turkish lira  14,045.20 Spanish peseta a  141.25 portuguese escudo Imam Inisss 175.20 austrian Schilling 12.041 saudi Riyal .3.761 bahraini Dinar. 03767 kuwaiti Dinar. 0.2983 norwegian Krona  7.4395 danish Krona. 6.709 British Pound.1.407 Gorman Mark pm it  a ask it 1.7127 Swiss franc. 1.4633 French franc5.854 dutch Qullar a  1.9235 belgian franc. 35.76 Canadian Dollar. 1.3322 a note figures Are expressed lie dollars to the Briah Pound other current of to the Dodar Gold quota s30s.5o an ounce \ Silver quote 19.09 an ounce l american Exchange new York up1 York Stock Exchange Stock Eastman Kodak Amway Asia pack Tig holding Kwh limited inc Glaxo Hof Kiai Merck amp co inc entry we credit entry wide Mage general motors Archer Daniels Boeing co British telecoms ism corp  circuit qty str a the 15 most a the stocks in new composite trading on wednesday. 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The draft which offers More than 40 major recommendations describes the current personnel system As almost broken a hiring is Complex and Rule bound managers can t explain to applicants How to get Federal jobs. The Job classifies Tom and pay systems Are . The draft written by vice president a1 Gore s National performance review sets up the framework Tor legislation that the administration will Send to Congress next Spring. The administration s proposals if adopted would represent the most significant change in the personnel system since the civil service Reform act of 1978. Paperwork and forms that require a meticulous handling Quot dominate a personnel system burdened with a incomprehensible procedural and regulatory requirements Quot according to the draft. It also suggests that Federal managers and personnel specialists can escape responsibility for hiring decisions by blaming poor choices on the Complex system. Hiring is Complex and Rule bound managers can to explain to applicants How to Gat Federal jobs. The Job classification and pay systems Are  a National performance review report on employment practices once hired by the government most employees Are placed in one of 450 Job categories and ranked on the general schedule which outlines 15 pay ranges that correspond with 15 work grades. The draft report describes the general schedule As virtually obsolete and a Barrier to creating efficient Job assignments. The report describes personnel administrators As focused on achieving Ever greater precision in Job classifications in Siead of trying to provide the flexibility needed for agencies to accomplish their  complexities of the classification system create frustrations that invite Rule breaking which in turn erodes the Deal makers russian and american officials look Over a russian d-57 rocket engine that the Lyulka engine design Bureau has an agreement to produce for Aero Jet an american company based la Jolla Calil the officials who met in Huntsville Ala. On tuesday Are from left Melvin c. Mcllwain of Aero Jet engine designer Anatolij g. Plus John Mccarty of Nasa and Anatoly a Andreyev of the Lyulka engine design Bureau. Aero Jet officials said the engines perform better than . Engines and could be used in launch vehicles such As the Delta or Atlas rockets. Court bursts perfume s Bubble Coal miners end seven state strike Granville . A Coal miners weary of picketing and paltry strike Benefit checks returned la their jobs thursday in seven Stales Afler a bitter seven month walkout. On tuesday the United mine workers Union ratified a five year contract with companies belonging to the bituminous Coal operators association. Thai ended a strike that had left up to 17,500 miners Idle in West Virginia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania and Virginia since May 10. Paris apr in a Duel Between two famed French luxury items an appeals court wednesday sided with Champagne producers and ordered Yves Saint Laurent to Stop Selling his perfume with the bubbly a name. Outside France the perfume will keep the Champagne name though growers have filed lawsuits in Germany and Britain h goes on Sale in the United slates in Spring after a Valentines Day promotional Kickoff officials said. While the i Are Couturier lost the Appeal the extra publicity front the court Battle did no to hurl sales of the Fig Ratiee. An conf Vure company officials said the perfume warn at lire Cash Register. To keep Selling die seen he Dysli Utica Wilt simply a the Champagne Label off the bottles when the order takes effect dec. 31, company officials said. A it wont have a name Quot said spokeswoman Catherine Chevalier though the designers Label will remain. The Label change will Cost about $1.7 million said Jean Paul Leon director of finance at government owned Eltz Salofi Parent group of the designer House. The court could have ordered an immediate sales ban. But giving the designer until after Christmas to comply will give Holiday shoppers time to snap up the endangered Champagne bottles As collectors items perhaps further boosting sales. A a the company spent $17 million to launch the perfume in if rope Africa and the Middle last in september. Systems credibility the draft report says. The report also Calls for improvements in the awards and Bonus system employee training the senior executive service and labor management relations. The draft essentially follows the outline provided by Gore s original report. Under the proposal the office of per sonnet management would give up control Over the testing and hiring of Job applicants phase out the Federal personnel fan at and act As a consultant rather than As a watchdog. Federal agencies in turn would set up their own recruitment programs enjoy greater flexibility in setting pay rates and be expected to make a More timely offers of  a decentralization of responsibility for recruitment and examining is expected to increase managers participation in and control Over the staffing process thereby reducing their ability to blame the system for unsatisfactory outcomes. Managers will become even More accountable for adherence to Merit principles Quot the draft report said. The report also proposes extending probationary periods from one year to a maxium of three years and eliminating a time in Grade Quot requirements which propel people through the ranks. United offers control of firm to workers Chicago apr United airlines has tentatively agreed to give its employees 53 percent ownership of the company in Exchange for $5 billion in wage and Benefit concessions two unions said wednesday. A after seven years of perseverance we Are now closer than Ever to realizing an employee owned United airlines Quot said Roger Hall chairman of the executive Council of the air line pilots Assoc a lion s local. Spokesman Michael peat of the International association of machinists and aerospace workers told members in a recorded message that an agreement had been reached a in principle. The airline s Parent company said a Board meeting was scheduled for thursday to discuss the offer. A Ual corp. Spokesman did not return messages seeking comment. The tentative Deal was reached late wednesday in new York Between the airline the machinists Union and the air line pilots association. The association of flight attendants also was invited into the buyout Deal the other unions said. The flight attendants dropped out of the talks sept. 30 in a dispute Over unit eds opening a flight attendant base in Taiwan that Cost 60 Union jobs. Flight attendants Union leaders planned to meet thursday to discuss the Deal said a woman who answered the phone at the unions Chicago area Headquarters but who refused to give her name. The Deal would easily make United the largest employee owned company in the nation the National Center for employee ownership said. The agreement would give the three unions 53 percent ownership of the air Jine and would Rise to 63 percent depending on Stock. Performance the pilots Union said