European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters saturday june 18, 1994 t 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 1.56 dutch Guilder. 1.78 German Mark .1.60 greek drachma .242.4542 note tha rates Bovo apply within Tho 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.11.5145 Bahrain Dinar. 0.37675 belgian franc.33.73 British Pound. 1.5107 Canadian Dollar .1.387 danish Krone. 6.408 dutch Guilder. 1.8305 French franc.5.586 German Mark .1.6386 italian lira. 1,606.50 Kuwait Dinar. 0.297 norwegian Krone 7.1115 portuguese escudo .170.14 saudi rial 3.75 Spanish peseta .135.38 Swiss franc 1.379 turkish lira. 31,000.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $385.75 an ounce Silver quote $5.46 an ounce sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co., the associated press United press International e new York Exchange new York up a York Stock Exchange Stock Hanson pc Exxon corp Energy corp inti Gams tech Rwjr Nabisco hid general Milors Tel Tonos de my Pepsico inc Micron tech inc Compaq computer goal electric Philip Morris. Wal Mart stores 1 us surgical co Ford motor co a tie 15 most Active stocks in new composite trading on thursday. Sale 11,164,500 4.253.900 3,202,500 2.944.400 2.807.200 2.712.200 a 2.471,100 2.228.400 2.199.200 2,177.400 1,973 1 do 1.039.900 1,799,300 .1,749,000 1.681,900 lilt 19 i 50 via 26>i 19vk 5vi 53vi 59vi 31-Vi 35 34 i 48 50 i 24vi 23 i 60vk nil dig. Off i up 1vi off 2% unch up a off i cuff up Vuk off 1 h up v4 off i up i up 1 i unch up i Oft i c american Exchange new York Dpi american Stock Exchange the 10 most Active stocks in composite trading thursday. Slack silk lift net chg. Hasbro inc a .4,030,300 2bv5. Oil 3 expo rate co la .600,900 7-16 unch Nabors Indus is 512,500 7w. Putt Viacom inc 487,600 6tk off Vuk Echo Flay mines a Viacom inc b 453,700 .104k off Vuk 429,900 31 up. Turner by dust b. 428,500 193k a up a Cheyenne Sohr 391,600 164k off a a Weatherford inc 300,600 11v. Unch Chiles it Shore a 264.400. 4 13-16 up min c Dow Jones a new York up a Dow Jones dosing rang of Jav a rages on thursday a High la clot China 30 industrials 3830.68 3771,39 3811,34 up 20,93 20 transport 1669.62 1623.49 1661.45 up 25.60 15 utilities. 186.53 184,22 104.95 off 1,31 65 stocks 1336.20 1310 60 1320.97 up 9 63 Frozen feel of fresh Birds bowls Over Chicken lovers Washington a celebrity a chef Wolfgang puck pulled out the store bought Chicken and let it hit the table with a Sharp thump. He and lawmakers a also went Bowling with broilers. A a in a surprised they let this through the Security Check a puck told members of Congress. A it is More like a weapon than a  the Chicken had been Frozen to 20 degrees still fresh by current standards at the . Department of agriculture. In fact its still fresh until it hits Zero. Puck s prop was one of several introduced thursday to show people that a a fresh on that package of Chicken May not mean what most people think. A rep. Edolphus towns d-n.y., caressed one Bird from his local supermarket and pronounced it a soft As a baby a Bottom a but proclaimed another a hard As a  puck owner of the trendy Sago restaurant in los Angeles and members of Congress from California later took part in a Media event in which they bowled with the Birds and served California Chicken California s poultry Industry put on the Bowling event which dovetailed with a hearing by towns government operations subcommittee and a subcommittee chaired by rep Gary Condit a Calif. Towns subcommittee has been investigating whether the agriculture department can fairly regulate a meat Industry that it also promotes. Freshness became an Issue last year min magic a tiny mechanical cog shown at left in comparison with an ant is displayed in Melbourne Australia by researchers who arc constructing the worlds smallest motor. Under a $2.2 million Grant the experts Are working on a motor Small enough to fit inside the head of a pin. Their deadline is 1996. Euro Disney is no. 7 must in France tourism list shows rail strike strands 100.000 commuters new York apr Motorman and conductors on the Long Island rail Road struck the nations busiest commuter rail system Early Friday leaving More than 100.000 riders to find their own Way to work. Up to 2,300 Union employees walked out Over wages after talks overseen by a Federal mediator failed to yield an agreement in the 2v year contract dispute. Gov. Mario Cuomo called on president Clinton and Congress to act quickly to approve legislation forcing the employees to return to work for a Cooling off period. Paris apr despite its Money troubles euro Disney has established itself As by far the no 1 tourist attraction in France out drawing such landmarks As the Eiffel Tower and the louvre by better than 2-1. Thirty minutes by train from Paris euro Disney attracted 12.9 million visitors in 1993, compared with 5.5 million who went up the Eiffel Tower the tourism ministry reported thursday the Tower was fourth on the list after the Georges Pompidou modern Art museum with 7.9 million visitors and la Vil Lette science museum with 5.6 million. The louvre was fifth with 4.9 million followed by the Versailles Palace with 3,2 million. With 60 million foreign visitors yearly France is the worlds no. 1 tourist destination though it ranks second behind the United states in tourism revenues. French officials have launched a Campaign to make sure the Industry stays when California enacted a Law forbidding poultry that has been chilled below 26 degrees to be labelled fresh. That a near the Point where the freezing begins in turkeys and chickens. The National broiler Council and the Arkansas poultry federation said they w Ouid close California to interstate shipments of a a fresh poultry from Arkansas and other leading broiler states. The Long trip and multiple stops require that trucks often be chilled to tem Fiera turns Well below 26 to keep the Birds rom spoiling. A Federal judge in California struck Down the California Law because it conflicted with Federal Law. But agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said in february that the department would review the regulations. Improper use of pesticide blocks Cereal shipments Minneapolis a general Mills inc. Has halted shipments of cheerios and other oat cereals after learning that some of its Grain was treated with a pesticide not approved for use on Oats. The company said thursday that it has no plans to recall boxes already in grocery stores and does not know How Many boxes Are affected. It described what happened As a technical problem and said the Cereal is Safe. The company also said it intended to resume within a few Days shipments of Cereal a processed in accordance with Federal  asked Why the company has withheld further shipments if the cereals arc Safe spokesman Craig Shulstad said it was a because we were in a technical violation and if that technicality is resolved we will continue to ship.�?�. The pesticide in question is not approved for use on Oats. But it is approved for wheat Corn apples cherries beef prosperous. A operation Bonjour. Is an attempt to change Frances  As a country of Fine wine gourmet food breathtaking castles a and a Grouchy Welcome. The Campaign encourages restaurateurs waiters hotel managers and the like to swe Teit Lhoir tone if they want to keep their Market share. About 750 posters saying a a Bonjour have been put up in tourism offices subways train stations and airports around the country. Officials said they also made efforts to improve Hygiene in Public places and increase services for families with children and the handicapped. Despite a Lull during the persian Gulf War tourism remains a lop moneymaker in the nation of 56 million with 100,000 new jobs created in the sector Between 1986 and 1992. Peanuts and Many other crops general Mills said. A preliminary review by toxicologists from the Federal food  administration and the environmental Protection Agency showed the pesticide did not present a health Hazard. The pesticide is a virtually identical to another that is approved for Oats said Austin Sullivan vice president of corporate communications for general Mills. The company based in Golden Valley minn., is the nations no. 2 Cereal maker behind Kellogg co. Of Battle Creek Mich a if they the Fra and the Epa thought there was a health Hazard they and we would have pulled the product Long ago a Sullivan said. The Fra notified general Mills on june 10 that the pesticide Chlop Trifos eth was detected in a routine inspection of Grain elevators in Duluth Minn and Superior wis in its subsequent investigation general Mills found that an Independent licensed pesticide contractor had improperly used the pesticide As a substitute for Chlop Trifos Methyl a similar chemical that is approved for use on Oats. The in her treatments involving 15 million Els of Oats dated to May 1993