European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters saturday May 21, 1994 today a rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound. 1.55 dutch Guilder 1.80 German Mark 1.61 greek drachma. 240.5608 Nola. The rates above apply within the Host. Country. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound Othor currencies to the Dollar following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren pics. A a a. / a a a a. A a austrian Schilling 11.627 Bahrain Dinar 0.37675 belgian franc. 34.05 British Pound 1.5098 Canadian Dollar. 1.3739 danish Krone 6.4662 dutch Guilder. 1.8585 French franc 5.6555 German Mark 1.654 italian lira. 1,583.70 Kuwait Dinar 0.29785 norwegian Krone 7.15 portuguese escudo 170.83 saudi rial 3.75 Spanish peseta 136.55 Swiss franc 1.41 turkish lira. 33,000.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $301.55 an ounce. Silver quote $5.53 an ounce a Quot  merchants National Bank amp Trust co.,. A the Assoc Atod press United press Intorn Alloha new York Exchange a new York up a the 15 most Active stocks in new York Stock Exchange composite trading on thursday. Slock sales last net chg. At amp to company. 5,276,500 56tt up1% tet Tonos de my 4,760,100. 594 up 1 ism corp a. 3,771,900 6m a up vhf Etc Carp. 3.713,900 17w up Chrysler corp 2.929,100 47v4 a pfc. Motorola inc 2.835,700 47 v4 up 1 Philip Morris a 2,756,100 v 51 via off m Uniss corp 2,680,000 1154. Up a a Wal Mart stores 2,216,300 a z3y� off genl electric a 2,214,200 48w up general motors a 2,141,600 55w uple blockbuster ent. 2,067.200 26w up 1 computer Assoc 1,994,600 36 up w . 1,9.92,300 .20 4. Up1% Home depot inc a 1,983,100 44v� up % g american Exchange new York up the 10 most Active stocks in american Stock Exchange composite trading thursday. Slock sales last net chg. Cheyenne Sotter 1,124,100 20tt. Up tvs Elan corp pc 1,000,400 36w ,pp2w Energy service 674,400 315-16 unch Echo Bay mines 595,100 11 up Royal Dak mines Quot 479,400 4 a up a Iva corp 455,800 1bvi up in. Alc common corp. 375,800 29vi on tubes de Acero 1 243.700 5 up a atari corp. 242,900 47a. Oft 1-16  241,000 51a a up a r Dow Jones new York up. A Dow Jones closing Range of averages on thursday a a a High Low clots change 30 industrials 3782.92 3707.72 3758.90 up 26.09 20 transport 1628.79 1586.63 1618.86 up 24.50 15utilities a a 185.41 182.38 184.02 unch 65 stocks 1315.21 1287.06 1306.80 up 11,45 droves of Federal workers $25,000 buyout by Mike Causey Washington Post v Washington a Federal workers who proclaim that a $25,000 buyout Isnit very generous Are being drowned out by the noise of their co workers a about 12,000 since the first of april a who Are heading out the door with buyout checks in hand a taking $25,000 a less taxes and deductions a to give up a regular paycheck from a Nice Job and receive a smaller pension Isnit the Best move for someone who Isnit prepared a emotionally or financially a to have a lot More time and less Money. But virtually All agencies that have offered buyouts report no problem getting enough people to take regular or Early retirement. Some offered buyouts on a first come first served basis. They often got twice As Many takers As their were buyouts available. Most people taking buyouts have been individuals who Are at least age 55 with 30 years1 service who could retire with unreduced benefits. Early retirees take a 2 percent pension hit for each year they Are under age 55. Only one Agency the National archives and records administration had fewer takers than expected. Buyout authority came too late in this fiscal year to be Cost effective for. Most employees and most agencies. Many agencies limited their offers to High salaried $50,000 per year plus workers because they can save Money by giving them a buyout to get off the payroll. Buyouts amount to the lesser of the employees Severance entitlement a usually based on length of time employed Ltd or $25,000 less deductions. For the typical Federal employee getting the maximum $25,000 buyout the take Home total is $17,000 to $18,000, in taking a buyout the employee agrees riot to come Back to work for Uncle Sam a or the . Postal service a for five years. Those who do must repay the full amount of the buyout not just the amount they got after deductions. Starting in october the Start of the next fiscal year agencies Are expected to offer an additional 40,000 or More buyouts. If there Arentt enough takers Many younger employees or workers with Little seniority could be Laid off. Some retirement age workers could be forced to take discontinued service retirements. Workers who leave voluntarily can qualify for buyouts those who Are fired can get Severance and those forced to retire can get Lump sum pension payments if they Are off the payroll before the end of september. 4-Day strike at remembering nazi opposition a new 10-Mark Coin commemorating the nazi resistance movement Wilt go into circulation in Germany beginning july 6 to Mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on july 20, 1944. The attempt tailed. The front of the Coin left depicts the German Eagle. The Back shows an eagles Wing in chains and the phrase a the German resistance 1933-1945.�?� Paul Effort of karst in Western Germany designed the Coin which is equivalent to about $6.20. Child car seats recalled Washington a the makers of two types of child safety seats Are recalling the products because Federal officials say they Are not up to government safety standards for flammability. The National Highway traffic safety administration said the recall involves 5,000 Reno Lux seats made by lbs inc of Greer s.c., and 163,892 dream ride seats made by Cosco inc., of Columbus ind. A a Quot a. But the Agency urged parents to keep using the safety seats until replacements Are obtained. The Reno Lux seat recall involves models gt2000,. Gt4000, gt5000, gt5500 and gt7000 with Blue Tweed seat covers made Between 19s9 and 1993. Owners of the seats can Contact lbs at 1-800-4765273 or by writing pcs inc., 1 Freedom court Greer s c., 29650. The Cosco dream ride seats have the Model number 02-719-Arq with Light Blue and Pink plaid fabric made Between 1989 and 1994. Cosco can be reached at 1-800-221-6736 or by writing Cosco inc., 2525 state st., Columbus ind., 472017494. Peoria Iii a about 7,200 members of the United Auto workers Union headed Back to work at Caterpillar inc. On Friday after a four Day strike. The Law decided to end the walkout thursday after the worlds no. 1 maker of Earth moving equipment reinstated 34 of 37 workers suspended May 16 for refusing to remove balloons with pro Union slogans from an Assembly Plant. Three workers weren to reinstated because of prior disciplinary problems Caterpillar said. A the Bot Tomline is Solidarity works a local 974 president Jerry Brown said in the statement. A a our members were extremely disciplined on the picket lines during the past four Days and that a what convinced Caterpillar that their threats and intimidation   Caterpillar spokesman Keith Butterfield called Browne a statement a a self serving transparent attempt to disguise the fact that their members were deserting them in  he said More than 1,000 workers crossed picket lines this week at the three strike bound plants All of them near Peoria. Earlier thursday Caterpillar withdrew health insurance benefits for strikers and said the Union would have to pay the premiums which Cost $625 per month for family coverage. Caterpillar had also said it was recalling 150 Laid off employees and hiring new workers. The Law has 14,000 members at  going better in Albania with Coke a Tirana Albania apr albanian president Sali Berisha on thursday helped inaugurate a new coca cola bottling Plant that is the largest single foreign investment in Albania since the demise of  $9.5 million joint venture Marks a Victory for Berisha whose government is struggling to Reform the highly centralized Economy and win foreign investment for Europe a poorest country. Despite Liberal investment Laws foreign investment has remained Low partly because of fears that warfare in neighbouring Yugoslavia could spread. Civil War filmmaker opposes Disney site Washington up a prominent historian filmmaker joined More than 40 historians thursday in denouncing the Walt Disney  plans to build a Large real estate development and history theme Park near Haymarket a. Ken Burns who produced the civil War documentary series for pcs said he believes Disney a $650 million project will damage the a Beauty and character of the  it Quot because i Airi afraid that the Disney company a proposed theme Park in the Middle of the fragile historical environment of the Piedmont will in fact distract people from an appreciation of the events that took place there in the last Century i must come out in opposition to Disney Samerica a Burns said. Burns two co writers on the the civil War Geoffrey  Ward and Ric Burns also oppose the project four other historians who worked on the series already had announced their opposition. The group of More than 40 historians protect historic America announced this month. That it wanted the project built somewhere else. They contend the development threatens the integrity of one of the nation s most historically significant regions which stretches from the Blue Ridge mountains to Thomas Jefferson a Monticello. Disney Samerica theme Park would be carved out of 3,000 acres about 30 Miles West of Washington. The theme Park would occupy about 100 acres with a 27-Hole Golf course on 1,000 acres. Disney plans 2,500 Homes 2 million Square feet of office and retail space a 140-room hotel and 150-site Campground on the remainder of the land. Disney has defended the development saying it believes the site is Ideal because it is near the nations capital. The company argues that historians Are prejudging the project