European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters tuesday May 31 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 1.79 German Mark 1.60 greek drachma a a a 239.1758 note 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 currencies austrian Schilling 115655. Bahrain Dinar. 0.37680 belgian franc 33.89 British Pound .1.5080 Canadian Dollar 1.3845 danish Krone 6.4415 dutch Guilder .1.8440 French franc 5.6220 German Mark 1.6470 italian lira a a a a a it a a a a 1,590.01 Kuwait Dinar 0.29680 norwegian Krone .7.1245 portuguese escudo. 170.85 saudi rial Esse a a a a  3.75 Spanish peseta 135.30 Swiss franc 1.4055 turkish lira 31,500.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar. Gold quote $383.40 an ounce Silver quote $5-46 an ounce sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co., the associated press. United press International Washington a two of every three american adults with disabilities have no jobs but nearly 80 percent of them would like to work a new Survey finds. Most feel their disabilities keep them from jobs they would like to have. The reasons they cited included a employers wont recognize their capability to work full time. A they think no full time work is available in their line or they can to find it. A they done to have the skills education or training needed. A they can to get affordable convenient or accessible transportation. The Survey made Public last week was commissioned by the private National organization on disability. Louis Harris and associates conducted 1,021 Telephone interviews from feb. 4 to March 3 with disabled people 16 and older who do not live in institutions. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage Points. Researchers retraced a 1986 study to compare findings in such areas As employment lifestyles and political and religious participation., now As then two thirds of the disabled were not employed but the portion of that group who wanted jobs Rose to 79 percent this year from two thirds in 1986. The definition of disabled was threefold a if the problem prevented full participation in work school or other activities. A if the person said he or she had a physical disability a seeing hearing or speech impairment or an emotional mental or learning disability. A if the person Felt other people would consider him or her disabled. A three in 10 adults with disabilities have encountered Job discrimination a the Survey report said. A this represents a slight increase from 1986, when one in four disabled adults had encountered Job  and More than two in 10 who Are employed or who Are willing and Able to work a have encountered physical barriers in the workplace that would prevent them from performing effectively a the report said Quot three quarters have  the Survey found that nearly half of out of work disabled adults think employers Are insensitive to people with their disabilities. One in three who Are working reported finding unfavourable attitudes in the workplace toward people with their disabilities the study said a the most common unfavourable attitudes Are supervisors or co workers who Are afraid that the disabled employee can to do the Job experienced by almost two thirds of those who have had such encounters a said the report. The colonel comes to Shanghai area Shanghai China Kentucky Fried Chicken opened the doors of its 9,000th store worldwide Over the weekend to the sound of 100 colonel Saunders dancing firecrackers popping and a sigh of Relief from top company officials. Visiting chairman John Cranor and Asia Pacific president Tim Lane had gambled that president Clinton would extend China a most favored nation trading status for another year and give them a boost for business. Clinton came through with the crucial decision 24 hours before the grand opening of their Milestone store located in the development zone of Xudong in West Shanghai. A by permanently de linking human tights and . Economic investment president Clinton has removed the uncertainty from Pur China business a Cra nor told a news conference before the opening. A the Man decision would not have affected us in the Short term but my concern was Over the Long term. We Are delighted to have been Able to make that decision without sino-. Tension a he said. The new Shanghai outlet is of cd a 2sth restaurant in China. Right step for boots leather boots destined Tor american feet take shape at a Vord nation trading status will allow the factory which exports chinese shoe factory in the northeastern City of Tianjin. Percsi 1.2 million pairs of shoes to the United states each year to con Dent Clinton a decision last week to renew China a most fatigue to sell to the . Market. To in Paris apr the French transport ministry confirmed monday that the government will allow British airlines to offer four flights daily Between London and orly Airport outside Paris starting june 13. The move eased the latest conflict Between Eurt it can Union nations Over How fast to deregulate industries and Spur Competition. The private British airways has been a rare moneymaker in contrast to air France and other state owned carriers struggling with losses. Transport minister Bernard Bosson announced the decision reported earlier monday in Britain a financial times after a weekend meeting with British transport Secretary John Macgregor. The june 13 Date is earlier than a Promise made by the French government two weeks ago to open orly to British airlines by the end of june. British airways and its French unit Tat As Well As air u.k., Are expected to begin service. France had been reluctant to comply with an order from the european Union commission to open. Lon Don orly routes to British carriers. Bosson previously had threatened that the French government would fight the commission order in court. But the French decision comes As Paris tries to obtain eur permission to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into its air France during reorganization to Stem losses that topped $1.4 billion last year. Unions have slowed the Effort by Quot launching crippling strikes to protest planned Job cuts. France has argued that it needs to restructure the air France group before full deregulation. The groups Domestic airline air inter is saddled with Money losing routes it agreed to run in Exchange for highly profitable ones. Meantime two French airlines air outre Mer and a Ruberte Are threatening to take action in Britain to achieve Access to London a Heathrow Airport. _ planes making the flights from London to orly will not be Able to exceed 200 seats until the summer of 1995, jets with fewer than 200 seats include the Boeing 727 and 737. / a a according to the financial times Britain could go to the eur commission if France goes ahead with that limitation. Air France has had an effective monopoly on the orly London route even though British earners have been Able to Fly to and from the larger Charles de Gaulle Airport North of Paris the 12-nation european Union has also St niggle with other sectors suffering from Freer Competition and cuts in subsidies including farming and win making