European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page .14 the stars and stripes Money matters saturday july 23, 1994 today s rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound 1.57 dutch Guilder 1.74 German Mark note the rates above apply Wilbin Uia Host country figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to she Dollar a following arc Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign currencies ,. Austrian Schilling 11.2070 bahraini Dinar. 0.37675 belgian franc 32.88 British Pound 1,5225 Canadian Dollar 1.3780 danish Krone. 6.2440. 1.7930 5.4520 .1.5932 241.80 1,5840.29745 dutch Guilder French franc German Mark. Greek drachma italian lira. Kuwait Dinar. A norwegian Krone. 6.9454 portuguese escudo a a a a a 163.46 saudi rial a a a a a a a a a a a a a 3.75 Spanish peseta h 4 a 14 i ii Iii 131.22 Swiss franc .1.3472 turkish lira. 31,200 a note figures Are expressed in dollars la the British Pound other currencies tithe . Gold quote $304.10 an Zurica. Silver quote $5.24 an ounce. Sources merchants National Bank 4 Trust co. And the associated press c new York Exchange new York a sates of the 15 Mast Active new trading nationally at Mote Titan closing Price and net Chance a York slow Exchange issues s1-. A a Nana. Volume last chg. 4 i ism. A a b. 606,5 09 694 s5.521,300 32 4 35 a Tosca aos 1 4.164,380 3 us Wax tech 3.519,705. 2971 4i per Rustin 3442,500 32 it to Humana 1 a 3.159,300 itt Johns nuns. 2.793,600. 464 Fri Pepsico 2,436,300 30 a it Fordyc a 5 a 2430,500 31 a Uhm Cie 5 a z.3 59.909 434 ,5 telf.1e> ads 2,366,000 5517 4-t Telnet Dresp. 2.303,400 41 h 41 cadence. A 2,921,290 144 45 Cha Somanh a 2 0q3.6cd a 3 7 is -1 at amp to corp 1.957,000 51vi .4 american Exchange new York apr sales closing Price and net change of the 10 most acl Rve american Stock Exchange issues trading nationally is More than is. Name Vou irme last chg. Excl Ltd a 2.250,508 14-vi5 Viacom re. 1,034400 47 it Echo Bay. 977.490 114b 1, 32 cd Cysul s 5e65c0 a 4 a Viacom. A a 5 ib.603 334 a 41 Amdahl 532.79d cv5 a i Viacom Etc. A 459.600 1v 1/16 Nat paler. A 441,330 a vhf Viacom a -403,409. 334 14 Olsten. A a 351.600 32 a c Dow Jones new York apr Dow tones closing is Ages thursday. A High Tow Clou 30 industrials 3763.20 3664.66 373245 20 transport 161647 1532 65 1507.04 15 utilities183.63 181.86 162.10 e5 5tk a 1306.51 123042 t2b4.44 be of aver change up 5.13 up 2.53 of 46 up 1.22 violations Don t ground Magazine says new York a millions of passengers have flown in air planes unfit to leave the ground the Magazine Conde Nast traveler reported. Leaky Hydraulic pumps tangled oxygen masks and other violations brought . Airlines millions of dollars Worth of fines in the past eight years but Haven to been enough to Stop planes from taking off the Magazine said citing Federal a aviation administration documents. Every major . Airline has been fined for maintenance violations since 1986, Conde Nast said. Airline Industry executives said flying is Safe. Backup systems can prevent crashes and Only 3.6 percent of . Jet crashes Between 1983 and 1993 were attributed to poor maintenance a a we be been for the past two years and our record stands for the world to emulate a said Edmer Lis spokesman for the Industry a air transport association. A when they do happen they pay with their lives and their business reputation a the Story in the magazines August Issue was the second slap at airlines in a week. Consumer reports said in its latest Issue that almost a Quarter of commercial flights done to meet a Basic Standard for air freshness. Critics said maintenance is an easy place for airlines to save Money. A the airlines Are hurting economically and one of the fist places they Cut is maintenance. They defer a lot of maintenance jobs and Faa inspectors do a Bare minimum of inspections a said Leo Janssens president of the aviation safety Institute. Delta air lines was fined $2.5 million by the Faa in november 1992, the second largest Fine levied against an airline. The airline negotiated the Fine Down to $1.5 million. Use of on a monster protest members of the environmental group Greenpeace hang by ropes after unfurling a Banner on the world Bank building in Washington d.c., on thursday. The group claims the Bank lends Money to countries that destroy the environment and harm third world Peoples. Washington apr one person has died and Many others have become ill because 24 countries Spray arriving airline passengers with a Strong pesticide says the chairman of the Senate agriculture committee. A the stuff in those cans that flight attendants Spray out Over your Heads or Send out through plane ventilation systems is not an air freshener a sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., said thursday. A it is a pesticide commonly known As Black Knight Roach killer. A we know this chemical is not Safe to be sprayed in planes a said Leahy who spoke at a news conference with transportation Secretary Federico Pena and rep. Peter Defazio Dore. Leahy said the Spray killed one person and made countless others sick. The officials released a list of the 24 countries plus the . Territory of american Samoa that require spraying in Hopes of pressuring them to Stop. The countries require airlines to Spray inside plane Cabins shortly before Landing to kill bugs and prevent the spread of disease. The countries that require spraying Costa Rica Madagascar Antigua Belize Congo Grenada Mauritius Seychelles Yemen Mexico Mozambique Cape verde the dominican Republic India new Caledonia St. Lucia Jamaica Argentina Barbados Chile Al Salvador Kenya Nicaragua and Trinidad and Tobago. Most people suffer no More than mild discomfort but the chemical can cause difficulties for people with breathing problems and chemical sensitivities Leahy said. The United states banned spraying on Domestic flights in 1979 after the National centers for disease control found it was not effective in preventing the spread of disease or insects. Passengers on . Military aircraft a including the president and members of Congress a Are routinely sprayed when they return from some overseas locations said Defazio spokeswoman Wendy Levine. Home in on new Jersey for a House Ringling Bros of form 2 new circus groups Vienna a. A Ringling Bros and Barnum amp Bailey circus said thursday it is expanding into South. America Asia and Australia. The company will create a third unit to tour South America Vii thin the next 18 months to be followed by a fourth unit for Asia and Australia Ess than two years later said Kenneth Feld president and chief executive.5 along with a division of Irvin Feld amp Kenneth Feld productions inc., a Tihe greatest show on Earth operates two units that tour 95 . Cities annually. Washington apr looking for an affordable Home the National association of Home builders has some suggestions. Try the Vineland Millville Bridgton n.j., area in the Northeast it says. Or Kokomo ind., in the Midwest. Brazoria Texas in the South perhaps. Or Denver in the West. Those markets topped the associations housing Opportunity Index by Region in the first Quarter. But avoid san Francisco the least affordable Market in the nation. And new York in the Northeast Chicago in the Midwest and Elpaso Texas in the South. Those areas were at the Bottom of the regional affordability lists. The Vineland area of Southern new Jersey was found to be the most affordable Market in the nation according to the Index released thursday the Index was based on a 174-Markct Survey covering 330,000 sales of new and previously owned Homes generally the Survey found affordability Good in most areas of the nation because of relatively Low mortgage rates. While fixed rate 30-year mortgages Rose to an average 7.56 percent in the first Quarter from 7.27 percent in the previous three months they remained Well below the double digit figures experienced during most of the 1980s. A although there Are Many places where affording a Home is out of reach for Many families the Low mortgage interest rates that we have been enjoying for nearly a year make housing More affordable everywhere a said. Tommy Thompson president of the Home builders group. Regional trends remained steady with the most affordable markets found primarily in the Midwest and in the South and the least affordable ones mostly in the West particularly California and the Northeast. The Midwest had 15 areas among the 25 most affordable. Four More were in the South and seven including two that were tied for 25th place were in the Northeast. The housing Opportunity Index measures the ability of a typical family to Purchase a Home in its own Market by comparing median family income with median Home Price. The median Means that half of the families earned More and half earned less or that half of the Homes Cost More and half Cost less. The median income nationally was $39,900 in the first Quarter and the median Home Price was $112,000,
