European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters thursday february 10, 1994 of today s 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. 1.72 British Pound. 1.50 dutch Guilder. 1.9735 greek drachma. 246.2626 Noto 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 Curren cies italian lira. 1,695.75 turkish lira 17,621.60 Spanish peseta. 142.67 portuguese escudo 176.75 austrian Schilling 12.367 saudi Royal 3.7498 Bahrain Dinar 0.37675 kuwaiti Dinar 0.29725 norwegian Krone .7.568 danish Krone 6.843 British Pound 1.4625 German Mark. .1.7620 Swiss franc 1.4775 French franc 5.976 dutch Guilder. 1.9735 belgian franc. 36.30 Canadian Dollar. 1.3414 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $380.25 an ounce Silver quote $5.25 an ounce new York Exchange new York Dpi the 15 most Active stocks in Newyork Slock Exchange composite trading of tuesday. Stock Salei last net chg. Rwjr Nabisco hid. 8,232,900 7 off i scars Roebuck 6,069.100 474v off3 /4 Tel Fonos de my 4,505,400 75vi up Pfizer inc 4,212,100 59tt olf2vi general motors 4,025,500 64v4 up Wam Barrack rest 3,136,700 25tt off / Merck & co inc 2,899,000 34vi off it Placer dome inc 2,885,600 24 unch Philip Morris .2,766,100 58y Oglw Amer express co 2,464,200 30v up Federal Mogul 2,196,900 36ft up 2 Shaw industries 2,176,900 19% up v4 ism corp 2,008,800 53%. Offutt Natl Semi conduct 1,993,000 19 up1v6 at to company 1,922,300 54v4 unch american Exchange new York Dpi the 10 most Active stocks in american Stock Exchange composite trading tuesday. Stock Sain Lait net chg. Echo Bay mines 1,920,900 124 Ottto Viacom inc b 669,100 31 to off Hasbro inc 659,600 34 unch Elan corp pc 609,600 44 off atari corp. 571,700 6tt upv4ivaxcorp 473,100 35h up Pegasus Gold 351,900 19tt off i inter gel comm 331,800 4v4 up 3-16 Royal Oak mines 282,700 49-16 up 1-16 Chambers Oev a 230,800 5vt up a Dow Jones new York up Dow Jones closing Range Olav rages on tuesday High Low Clott Ching 30 industrials 3951.34 3873.67 3905.75 off 0.57 20 transport 1846.40 1815.28 1829.19 off 6.66 .15.utilities 220.34 216.52 218.03 off 1.32 65 stocks 1433.75 1407.30 1418.44 off 1.39 Ford s Mercury Capri to be taken off Market Detroit a Ford motor co. Said tuesday it will Stop building the Mercury Capri in May making the australian import the latest victim of a shrinking Market for two seat converti Bles. Capri s sales have fallen each year since its introduction in 1990. Ford said it would continue to make parts and provide service for capris. Other two seat sports cars being discontinued include general motors corp s Pontiac Fiero and Cadillac Allante. But Toyota motor corp. Said it has no immedi ate plans to discontinue its mr2 two seat or but sales have been slipping. Irs pays $500,000 to Settle lawsuit alleging persecution Miami a the internal reve nue service is paying $500,000 to a lawyer to Settle a lawsuit claiming that agents persecuted him because he defended a newspaper that reported the irs was involved in illegal activities. Miami attorney Daniel Neal Heller was twice convicted of tax evasion but both convictions were overturned on a peal once because of jury prejudice and once because of a court s finding that an irs agent had intimidated a witness into perjury. You can t imagine what it is to be in Nocent As i was and to be framed said Heller who spent four months in Federal prison. I never cheated on my tax returns never owed any Money to the irs paid All my taxes on time and was totally inno cent of the trumped up charges filed against  he sued in 1989 seeking $20 million in damages. Defense attorneys and their clients said the settlement reached late last month was not an admission of guilt. Art irs spokesman in fort Lauderdale declined to comment. Former irs agent Lawrence Plave who was named in the lawsuit said the fax Case against Heller was legitimate. He said he settled for economic reasons. Dennis Kainen who represents defendant Dore Eri Kaplan an irs agent in new Hampshire said the $500,000 is probably what it would have Cost to de fend this Case on trial and  Heller a prominent civil lawyer who once represented the now defunct Miami news claimed that the agents pursued him after he defended the newspaper s refusal to divulge confidential sources for a 1975 series about an irs investigation dubbed operation  the newspaper had reported that agents illegally monitored the lifestyles of judges and politicians. The report led to congressional investigations. Plave said the tax investigation originated through Normal channels he was assigned the Case by his Boss after it was referred to the criminal division in 1979 by Kaplan. In 1983, a jury found Heller guilty of using his firm s Trust account to conceal $450,000 and avoid paying $260,000 in taxes. But in 1986, the Lith . Circuit court of appeals in Atlanta overturned the conviction noting that jurors made anti semitic remarks about Heller during the trial and deliberations. Tried again in 1986, Heller was convicted by another jury and ended up spending four months in the Federal Pris on at Eglin fab in Florida. A year later the appeals court again ruled in Heller s favor. The court said Plave had intimidated Heller s accountant Leonard Safra into delivering perjured testimony for the government. Federal prosecutors refused to try the Case a third time. Heller and his wife sued the accountant s firm and collected a $5 million settlement from its insurance company the new York times reported wednesday. Heller told the newspaper that the settlements would be Given to Charity. Big Bucks is the name of Ull Ehammer games i Laleham Mer Norway a Lillehammer has proved that Small can mean big at the Winter olympics. Big Money that is. The Lillehammer games have broken virtually Ever major marketing record for a Winter olympics pulling in More than $525 million through television fees sponsorships licensing programs ticket sales and other projects. The achievements for the games which open saturday Are especially Nota ble for a country that has been experienc ing a severe recession and has a Popula Tion of Little More than 4 million. It s Clear now you Don t have to be one of the giant countries to Host a financially successful games said Dick Pound the International olympic com Mittee s marketing chief. The Sale of television rights accounts for the biggest slice of Lillehammer s Rev Enue $355 million including $295 Mil lion paid by lbs. The total represents a 22 percent increase Over the $290 million in rights fees for the 1992 Albertville games in France. A record 100 nations Are televising the Lillehammer olympics compared with 86 in 1992. The Ioc Esti mates that a cumulative worldwide to audience of 10 billion people will watch the games Topping the Mark of 8 billion viewers for Albertville. Other records include $110 million generated from International and National sponsorships. $170 million in retail sales of licensed olympic products. $20 million in ticket sales. $15 million in royalties from International sales of $100 million in olympic coins. Even a Small scale auction has turned into an enormous Success. The daily auction of a to shirt with the number of Days left until the opening of the games began originally As a Lark. So far the shirts have raised almost $400,000. One reason for the marketing Success is that the Lillehammer games Are the first Winter olympics to be held in a year separate from the summer games. The olympics Are now staggered every two years mainly to boost interest in the Winter games. The trend seems set to continue for the 1998 Winter games in Nagano Japan. Last month lbs bought the Nagano broadcast rights for $375 million. Pound said Lillehammer s Success Story was largely attributed to its Licens ing program which he described As Thebes there s Ever  there Are 1,000 official licensed products ranging from clothes of children s games to Goat cheese to jewelry and cowbells. The biggest Selling items have been olympic pins. An estimated 10 Mil lion pins Worth $60 million will have been sold by the time the games end feb. 27. The licensing efforts Are highlighted by designs based on historic norwegian sym Bols and images including pictogram derived from a 4,000-year-old Rock Carv ing of a skier. Olympic officials cite one major threat to their Revenue raising efforts ambush  that s How the Ioc refers to i of or 5&& & a v a olympic pin enthusiasts in downtown Lille Hammer eager to Start trading show off a their wares from past games. Cases where companies try to pass them selves off As olympic sponsors. The Ioc which has gone to court against ambush marketers in the past is monitoring the situation in Lillehammer. The Ioc is Adamant about guarding its marketing programs which will generate total Revenue of More than $2.5 billion for the 1993-1996 Cycle. But the Ioc continues to hold out against one Commer Cial venture that could bring in hundreds of millions More. The olympics organizers resolutely ban advertising in stadiums Arenas and other Competition Sites. Turner readies film classics Channel Atlanta up Cable giant Turner broadcasting system inc. Said tuesday that it will launch its Turner classic movies Cable Channel on april 14, showing films uninterrupted and com  the Channel designed to compete with american movie classics said its first movie will be the 1939 epic gone with the wind. The new Channel dubbed Tom plans to include what it called the original Road show version of gone with the wind including the Complete overture intermission and exit music plus footage from the 1964 premiere reissue gala i Atlanta. Launching with gone with the wind is representative of what Tom will be All about truly the greatest movies of All time presented uninterrupted and com Mercial free said Brad Siegel executive vice president of Turner network television. Siegel is also heading Tom. Tom will feature close to 400 titles a month from the Tbs Library which includes More than 3,300 feature films from Mem pre-1948 Warner Bros and Rio libraries. The Channel will also in clude films from Paramount Universal Warner and Columbia. Is bought the Mem Library in 1986. It launched the cartoon network after acquiring Hanna Barbera entertainment two years ago