European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters saturday july 9, 1994 today a rates following arc fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound. 1.58 dutch Guilder. 1.72 German Nirk. 1.58 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 a. ,. Austrian Schilling 11.2075 Bahrain Dinar 0.37675 belgian franc. 32.56. British Pound. 1.5405 Canadian Dollar. 1.3575 danish Krone 6.251 dutch Guilder. 1.761 French franc. 5401 German Mark. 1,5715 greek drachma. 233.30 italian lira. 1,5g5.15 Kuwait Dinar .0.29545 norwegian Krone. 6.974. Portuguese escudo 164,05 saudi rial3.7503 Spanish peseta. 131.28 Swiss franc. 1.3225 turkish lira. 31,000.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $333.40 an ounce. Quot a. Silver quote 55.23 an ounce. Sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co. And the associated press c new York Exchange 1 new York a sales the 15 most Active new York a . Price and re change of Stock Exchange issues fading nationally thursday. Nam a. Volume Tail a tits. Be Leuv s a 3,702,400 23 a _3 i for molar s a Quot 3,573,300 29-,h >1 tax cos. 2,730,000 15v--2w Penney pc 2.666,500 461? Philip pct 2, 610,400 3114 a t i Compaq s 2,596,400 341 b 114 go motors. 2,575,200 so 21i Pepsico 2,559,900 30v. 14  a 2,364,300 29 a -2vi Walmart 2.150,600 �24 w i Fajr Nab. 2,150,000 6. 14 Cut Loop 2,099,200 4 in a kit Lac mind q a a a 2,084,200 .9 i Tel Max ads. 1,975.200 i to Motorola s. 1,862,000 441v h r american Exchange new York apr sates 4 . Price and net change olt. The 15 most Active new York Slock Exchange issues Tat Hipfl nationally thursday. A. A Nam volume. Last chg. Bes buys a a a a 3.702,400 25 h -3 i Ford to tar s a. A 3,573.300 29vti 1 tax cos. 2,730,000 1915 -2 a Penney pc a 2,668,500 4815 -2v Philip pct 2.610,400 31 -1 i Compaq s 2,506,400 34m 1h Gen motors a a 2,575.200 5t -1-21 Pepsico a 2,559.900 30v 1  a a a 2,384,300 29yt -2h Walmart a 2,150,600 244 t ilor Nad 2.150,000 6 14 Chicorp 2,099,200 405 i Lac mind 3 1 2.084,200 9. V Tom cads 1,978,200 56 to tic Motorola s. 1,862,000 41v vhf r Dow Jones new York apr Dow Janes closing Range of averages on thursday. High Low close change 30 industrials 3714,32 3656.04 368b.4z t p t3.&2 20 transport 1614.22 a 1582.22 1536.33 tip 3.31 15 utilities a a 161.72 178.55 100.93 up 1.85 65 stocks a 1295.13 1272,70 1285 27 a up 5.17 copyright detours mulled for information Highway Washington a its of to copy a. Recipe for Apple Cobbler from a Cookbook and Send it to aunt Jane. But Send 1,000 copies and you la be a lawbreaker. Now the government wants some of the same rules to apply to computers and the future information Highway. A a a i. Looking to the Day when electronic communications Are As pervasive As television the Clinton administration has tentatively proposed a number of changes to existing copyright Laws to protect information that May flow Over the developing electronic network. A a we re anticipating problems before they Are. Problems Quot said Bruce Lehman the . Commissioner of patents and trademarks and a key architect of a report issued thursday containing the administrations recommendations. Lehman in an interview said the administrations. Recommendations would simply extend traditional copyright Law to the future world of electronic or digital communications. In that world making numerous perfect copies of anything a. Movies books and musical recordings a could be As simple As a couple of commands on a keyboard. Under existing copyright Laws it is generally not illegal to make $ single copy of for instance a Magazine article. But it is. A violation to make so Many copies that it could undermine the magazines sales. Similarly Lehman said he does no to believe it would be illegal under the proposal to print out for friends just one or two copies of an article retrieved from a computer data base. But the report does no to make that distinction. It recommends that a the copyright act be amended to reflect the fact that copies of works can be distributed to the Public by transmission and that such transmissions fall within the exclusive distribution right of the copyright  the administrations goal is to protect against widespread copying of materials Lehman said. A a we re not talking about an individual making one or two copies off her Home computer and giving it to a family member a he said. What the report leaves open is How As a practical matter copyright protections on the electronic Highway would be enforced. Lehman said it would be up to copyright owners a from newspaper and software publishers to movie producers a to go after the violator and file a civil suit in court. That a what happens now under the bulk of existing copyright infringement cases Lehman said. He added that �?o99.9? percent of the cases Are civil and that the Federal government is not involved. To remove hazardous drawstrings Washington a drawstrings which have been blamed for a dozen child strangulation since 19s5, will be removed from the hoods and necks of Many children a clothes. The consumer product safety commission said thursday that 21 makers of children a clothing have agreed to begin replacing the strings with buttons snaps velcro and zippers starting this fall or by the fall of 1995. A drawstrings Are a deadly Hazard a commission. Chairwoman Ann. Brown said at a news conference. The companies which include Nike inc. Of Oregon Oshkosh by gosh inc. Of Wisconsin , bean inc of Maine and Levi Strauss amp co. Of California make 20 million pieces of children swear annually Brown said. The children a clothing Industry does not keep track of the number of garments manufactured with neck and Hood drawstrings Brown said. Also unavailable was the. Portion of the Market the 21 companies represent. Brown also urged parents who recently bought clothing with drawstrings for their children or who already own such items to pull out the strings immediately. She also suggested sewing them onto the garments so that they can to be pulled or cutting the e s to mrs As s Hort a s pos sible. Thelma Sibley the Mother of a 5-Ycar-old girl who died in january after the string of her coat got  a slide at firms that won t have strings attached a Levi Strauss amp co., san Francis by the associated press these 21 clothing makers have agreed to remove drawstrings from the hoods and necks of children a garments the consumer product safety commission says. A Haddad apparel group new York. A Nike inc., Beaverton Ore. A Oshkosh by gosh inc., Oshkosh wis. Pm amp a International Chicago. A Pyramid handbags inc., new York. A baby guess guess kids los Angeles. A. A Art Zelique imports new York. A Columbia sportswear co., Portland Ore. Co. A a. A a a . Bean inc., Freeport Maine. A Walter Jerome inc., new York. A Toma outerwear inc., Seattle. A s. Rothschild amp co. Inc., new York. A Bassett Walker inc., Martinsville a. A a a Imp originals inc., new Rochelle . A Hampton industries inc., Kinston . A Cherry tree Providence . A Hanna Andersson Portland Ore. A mercantile stores co. Inc., Fairfield Ohio. A lands end inc., Dodgeville wis. A health Tex Greensboro  a school playground in Ann Arbor mich., described the announcement As bittersweet. A the bitter Side is a great remorse because i do wish that Ann Brown Washer a year ago a said Sibley who wore a pin with a picture of her daughter Nancy on her Lapel. A but my goal has been achieved. Parents will now know  Sibley who also had launched a Campaign to Alert parents to the danger still wants the commission to require manufacturers to remove the drawstrings from All children a clothing. The commission meanwhile also plans to Send fliers to schools and children a organizations this fall to warn of the Hazard i Brown who took Over the commission Post in March said she became interested in the Issue after learning that England banned them in 1976 after the strangulation deaths of three children. Garment shed threadbare sales new spy comes in from cold burial new York apr spy the Ultra irreverent Magazine left for dead in March is alive and Well with an Issue hitting Newsstands next week. The Magazine had folded in March after vhf years because of problems w Ith securing a new buyer. The new editor Jim Mauro could not be reached for details on whether a Sale went through. The fare is typically spy with a Woodstock. 90210, a pointed look Back at the festival of peace and love. By the associated press a clothing sales sprang Back to life in june ending a slump of More than a year and helping most of the nations biggest retailers report Strong business during the month. A sales figures released by store owners thursday showed that department stores and retailers that sell clothes in the mod Erate to upper Price Range did particularly Well. The results were Gratifying to the fashion Industry which has struggled the past few years first because of the recession and then because of its own failure to respond to changes in women a lifestyles. Merchandise known As hard line items such As Home goods electronics and housewares continued to do Well. Seasonal items such As barbecues and gardening equipment did Well As summer weather settled in across the country. But a basically the strength of it was the fashion business a said Walter Loeb a retailing analyst and consultant who owns his own firm Loeb associates. Jeffrey Edelman a retail Industry analyst with . Lawrence inc., a new York investment firm said department stores which have struggled to compete with discount and off Price clothing stores Are giving Consumers the values they have been demanding and fared better than the discounters did in june. Whether other retailers can sustain Good apparel sales wont be known until the next big buying season starting in mid to late August. July and the Early part of August historically have been a time for retailers to Clear out merchandise and prepare for the Back to school season. _ the Salomon Brothers retail Index the investment firms barometer of sales performance Rose 5.8 percent after a 2.4 percent gain in May. Wal Mart stores inc., the nations largest retailer said sales from stores open Ai least a year Rose 9.3 percent from last june while total sales were up 26 percent