European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes Money matters wednesday june 22, 1994�? today s rates following arc fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use. British Pound .1.57 dutch Guilder .1.75 German Mark. 1.56 greek drachma .236.0963 note Tho rates above apply within the Host country. Figures Ore expressed in dollars to Tho 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. 11.2725 Bahrain dinar.0.37675 belgian franc. 32.91 British Pound .1.5381 Canadian Dollar .1.3885 danish Krone .6.2914 dutch Guilder .1.7965 French franc. 5.4715 German Mark .1.6015 italian lira. 1,581.35 Kuwait dinar.0.2962 norwegian Krone .6.966 portuguese escudo .166.31 saudi rial. 3.749 Spanish peseta. 133.13 Swiss franc. 1.3522 turkish lira. 31,000.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound  to the Dollar Gold quote $389.95 an ounce Sliver quote $5.46 an ounce sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co., the associated press United press International new York Exchange new York a the 15 most Active Stock Exchange composite trading on stocks in new York monday. Stock sales last net chg. Compaq computer 2,076.400 33 % up it Philip moms 2,693.500 soy up % Citicorp 2,496,600 39 % off % Tat Fonos de my 2,259,400 58 a off Vic genl electric 2,141,800 47% off i Pepsico inc. Rwjr Nabisco rid 1,947,800 a 31 off % 1,900,100 5% Urich general motors 1,609,000 53% off Uniss corp 1,806,500 9 % up % Merck $ co inc 1,656,000 30% up % coca cola co a 1,646,900 40% up % global Marine 1,621,500 4 13-16 up 5-16 Chrysler corp 1,592,400 47% off Motorola inc 1,568,900 48 % off 1 ism corp 1,559,200 61 %. Off r american Exchange j new York a the ten most Active stocks in american Stock Exchange composite trading monday. Stock a sales last. Net chg. Cheyenne softer. Hasbro inc 3,803.600 7% a off % 1,0 8,700 28 via off % expo rate co la Echo Gay mines 884.900 1 % off 1-16 633,000 11 a off % Royal Oak mines 465,100 4% up 3-16 Amdahl corp 349,000 6 % unch Viacom inc b 290,500 30 is unch Ivan corp 288.000 15 % off % nabobs Industry 276,600 7% up is Gulf cd re secs 267,300 3% up 3-1e c Dow Jones Dow Jones closing Range of a new Yerx Dpi rages on monday nigh Low clots change 30 industrials 3771.07 3711.90 3741.90 Oft 34 83 20transports 165902 1626.58 1641.59 off 1081 15 utilities 182.77 179.61 -180.66 Oft 1 8s 65 stocks 1310.80 1296 93 1306.74 off 11.11 Pentagon May help push Federal buyouts to 70,000 by Mike Causey the Washington Post Washington the 50,000 buyouts Likely to be offered Between october and March could grow to 70,000 if the defense department continues to downsize without layoffs. Buyouts a Worth up to $25,000 per employee a Are critical to the 35-and-under crowd. Most Lack seniority or veterans preference that would protect them from layoffs that Are almost certain in Many Federal agencies. Every senior longtime employee who takes a buyout Means one fewer employee will have to be fired As agencies race to meet the nearly 13 percent Job Cut ordered by Congress and the White House. Buyouts also will open up the promotion Channel in Many agencies. Jobs vacated through buyouts can be filled provided the Agency makes corresponding cuts elsewhere. Or it can a a borrow from a Pool of vacancies created by agencies that Are cutting jobs without buyouts. Most of the buyouts will take place from october to december. They must be completed by March for non Defonse department agencies. The department has the authority to offer buyouts for several More years. Most of the people getting buyouts will be in the $49,000-to-$ 100,000 pay Range. Agencies done to have to offer buyouts or Early retirement but most will. The Washington area is prime buyout territory. Buyouts by White House order Are to be aimed at Headquarters staff managers supervisors and workers involved in personnel procurement budgeting or accounting. The administration sees that group a which takes in most of the 375,000 civilian Federal employees in the area a As the class that slows decisions and the delivery of services. . Agencies Are still making buyout plans some without knowing what their new budgets and personnel ceilings will be. Their plans will be reviewed and approved or scaled Back by the office of management and budget. Some agencies wont have solid numbers or plans until the fall but experts predict 50,000 to 70,000 buyouts Overall. If it is the lower number about 30,000 will be in non defense department agencies and about 20,000 in defense. If the number is higher non defense agencies could have upward of 50,000, with 20,000 More going to defense civilians. The Pentagon the first Agency to get buyout authority from Congress already has paid about 37,000 civilian workers to leave. Most were eligible for regular retirement age 55 with 30 years 60 with 20 years or 62 with five years of service or Early retirement at age 60 with 20 years or at any age with 25 years of service. Most agencies have the authority to offer Early retirement any time to any employees they choose. Some Are offering buyouts and Carly outs others Only Early outs. Many agencies Are waiting until october to offer buyouts some that offered Only a few buyouts this fiscal year will double or triple the number of offers a and expand them to include lower Grade workers a in the next fiscal year. Fans Rush for Simpson cards . Simpson football cards have become hot items since his arrest. Raleigh . Apr before last week Many Hobby shops across the country Hadnot sold an . Simpson football card for years. But sales picked up after the football Hall of Famer was arrested on charges of murdering his second a wife and her Friend. A Many dealers Are reporting they sold out every . Simpson card on saturday morning As soon As the shop opened a said Bob Lemke the sports division publisher of Wisconsin based Krause publications which puts out Price guides on sports cards. Simpsons no. 32 Topps 1970 Rookie card with the Buffalo Bills was going for a Little More than its Normal $125 asking Price. Autographed footballs photos and Simpson jerseys also were Selling out Lemke said. A pretty much As soon As the hype started people started coming a said Southern California dealer Jack Petruzzelli whose Simpson cards and figurines sold out. Before that the Simpson items were collecting dust he said. Lemke said most dealers probably wont be buying Many Simpson cards. The asking Price will be too High and the Market could drop drastically. A if he were acquitted there would be a real Strong demand for a Short period of time a Lemke said. A the Only other thing that would cause demand would be if he were convicted and executed. If he were to get a life sentence people would just forget about  Jim Mclauchlin of the new York based sports look a trading card Magazine said there was a similar surge of interest after former new York Yankees manager Billy Martin died in a truck Accident in 1989 after a night of drinking. The Simpson Case is another matter. Martins a death was kind of sensational but if you want to talk about something without precedent this is it a Mclauchlin  loosening collars on dress codes Cleveland up a the nations business est Are slowly moving toward More casual dress codes for their workers but suits will not disappear Industry week Magazine reported monday. The Magazine in its june 20 Issue said an increasing number of businesses across the United states arc turning away from the conservative often drab business attire that has Long been the Rule. Although the trend away from forma business Wear probably will accelerate Many still believe the suit will endure Illus Treweek Magazine said. A the rulers of corporate and political America Wear suits a always have and always will a said John Malloy author of dress for Success. A look at any important corporate gathering or at any meeting of National or world leaders and the time honoured suit is the garment of Choice a he added. Even so a Survey of offices nationwide reveals More sneakers and fewer wingtips striding through corporate corridors. It took the brute Force of Hurricane Andrew to bring casual dress to the Miami Headquarters of the Burger King corp., where two years ago the company found a a it a hard to enforce a dress code when people Are living out of plastic  other companies have slipped less catastrophically irom traditional office attire into something More com tort Able the Magazine said. At the aluminium co. Of americans Pittsburgh Headquarters dress Down Freedom was tied to signing up for United fund participation in 1991. Two years ago . Grace amp co. In Laid Back Boca Raton fla., adopted a similar incentive for Charity. Avistar International  downtown Chicago Headquarters relaxed its dress code in response to employee suggestions while the Amer tech corp., also in Chicago lightened up business attire to a engender a free thinking culture a a company official told Industry we Eek. Why is business loosening up its collective Windsor knot a a it a surety a morale Booster and it does no to Cost a cent a Levi Strauss amp  Bradford w Illiams told Industry Cek