European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes Money matters saturday August 13,\4994 of 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. 1.59 dutch Guilder. 1.70 German mark1.51 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 .10.917 Bahrain Dinar. 0.37675 belgian franc.32.62 British Pound i 1.5474 Canadian Dollar. 1.3828 danish Krone. 6.167 dutch Guilder. 1.752 French franc. 5.3293 German Mark .1.5526 greek drachma. 232.75 italian lira 1,584.50 Kuwait Dinar. 0.29815 norwegian Krone .6.8317 portuguese escudo. 159.65 saudi rial .3.75 Spanish peseta.129.39 Swiss franc. 1.302 turkish lira. 31,160.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $377.70 an ounce. Silver quote $5,19 an ounce a a a sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co. And the associated press new York Exchange new York a sales the 15 most Active new York nationally thursday. Name a a a a. A a Tel Max aos Evans with n. Compaq s a. Merck. R a a a Gap a a a Micro tech s it Una ride a for motors gone acc s ism Dillard r get up Upjohn housed let s a a Pepsico 4 . Price and net change of Stock Exchange issues trading volume 3.845.500 3,390,000 3,368.400 3,333,600 2.838.200 2.567.200 2,548,000 2.464.500 2.413.800 2.375.800 2,120,300 1.939,900 1.898,900 1.867.200 -1,821,800 chg. I lilt 63 a 2014 unch 35 a 32 i .41 i 4% 42h 1 33h h 29h h 47h i 64h i 26 Ith 321 unch 35v h 37 3 311 unch c american Exchange new York apr sales closing Price end net change of the. 10 most Active  Exchange issues trading nationally thursday Nama volume last chg. Ivan up a 908.900 19 a a Spur 881,200 45 31/32 11/64 Chrystl s. 837,600 91 a Spectra vision 578,200 31 m Amdahl a 574,800 61 Lacomb. 543,600 3613/64 19/64 by times 426,800 231 h combo Eva 328,800 21/16 -1/16 Twa voting. 308,500 1 3/16-3/16 excl Ltd 301,200 1m unch Dow Jones new York. Apr Dow Jones closing Range of averages on thursday 30 industrials 20 transport 15 utilities 65 stocks High 3785.86 1608.65 189.76 1314.37 Low close change 3728.56 3750,90 Oft 15.86 1582.89 1592.09 off 11.50 187.65 off 1.71 1301.45 off 7,62 186.53 1293.77 Roach trap s trappings fail Epa standards Chicago a the . Environmental Protection Agency halted sales of a cockroach trap because a new package design does no to meet Federal child resistant standards. A i he Epa warned Consumers not to use raid Max Roach bait and asked so. Johnson amp son inc. To initiate a voluntary recall. The company failed to of la n approval to Market the pesticide in its new package. The package has Broad openings for Roaches to enter. The openings appear to be Large enough to allow a child to touch the pesticide the Epa said. Communications Reform backed by Senate panel. By the new York times. Washington a after negotiating at least a temporary cease fire Between feuding Industry groups thursday the Senate Commerce committee overwhelmingly approved a sweeping Bill to rewrite a 60-year-old communications Law. If enacted the legislation would allow local Telephone and Cable television companies to enter each others businesses and it a Fuld gradually free the seven a baby belly companies to offer Long distance service. After weeks of arduous negotiations the committee approved the measure by a vote of 18-2, a margin that greatly increases the likelihood that Congress will enact S.C. a measure in september. But even though the House overwhelmingly passed a similar Bill in june final passage is hardly assured. Any substantial opposition could still kill the measure Given the limited time left before Congress adjourns and the ability of individual senators to tie up legislation through procedural tactics. Thursdays vote became possible after sen. Ernest Hollings d-s.c., who is chairman of the committee and principal sponsor of the Senate Bill and sen. John Danforth r-mo., brokered a bitter dispute Between the Bell companies and Long distance carriers like at amp to corp. And Sci. The Bell companies have insisted that they be allowed to provide Long distance service from which they have been barred by the antitrust consent decree that broke up the Bell system in 1984 As part of a Deal to open their monopolies to new  Long distance Industry argued that the local companies should be kept out until they faced Teal Competition in their own markets. Local phone companies also had threatened to oppose other provisions particularly ones that would not allow them to enter the Cable to Market As quickly As they want. A a we re playing catch up Ball and Consumers Are paying the Price a Hollings said. A this Bill creates More  customers at a los Angeles department store look through the newly arrived shipment of wonder bras on thursday. Wonderbra West stays abreast of times by the san Francisco examiner san Francisco a trumpets Are heralding its arrival. Opera tenors Are singing its praises. Extra guards Are on hand because nobody wants a riot. It was to be delivered to Macy son thursday by a Cable car full of 49ers cheerleaders Emporium was taking no S.C. chances a it was to use an armoured car. All in All its quite a Welcome for a 30-year-old piece of underwear. But this Isnit just any underwear. Its the cleavage producing bundle of wires straps elastic and fiber fill known As the wonderbra. On Sale in Britain for 30 years it made its . Debut in new York in May and began taking the nearly $3 billion . Bra Industry by storm. Now its making its West coast debut. More than a Mere undergarment the $26 wonderbra a boosted by a combination of rapidly shifting fashion tastes limited Supply and $10 million Worth of relentless hype a has become a marketing phenomenon a tempest in a a cup. This week san Francisco department stores Are hopping on the promotional steamroller greeting the brass arrival with unprecedented a and unabashed pomp and circumstance. A i can to think of any product that a had this kind of drama associated with it a said Lou Capecci manager of the emporiums Market Street store. On thursday morning in a careful orchestrated Roll out that was to feature everything from an opera Singer to a Mored trucks to a a wonderbra cab car a Macy s and Emporium were each to it ceremonially receive shipments of Severa Hundred wonderbra. Each store planned to give away oni each to the first 50 customers in line buyers who show up too late will be is sued rain checks Complete with a toll Frei hot line number to find out when Mon Are on the Way. It s All part of a $10 million promotion a Campaign by Parent company Sara let intimates yes the cheesecake people. Distributed by scrupps Howard news service Continental chops one Way fares by 50% Houston apr Continental airlines has slashed one Way fall fares by 50 percent or More on Domestic and International flights. Domestic travel for tickets bought Friday through aug. 26 must be completed Between aug. 27 and dec. 10, the airline announced thursday International bar gain Hunters must travel Between sept. 5 and dec. 10. Tickets from new York to los an Geles for example Cost $159 each Way or 50 percent less than the regular discount fare of $321 each Way. Other Sample fares los Angeles to Orlando fla., will go for $149 each Way instead of the $298 one Way fare. Chicago to Baltimore will drop 56 percent to $39 each Way instead of $89 for the same flight. For Domestic travel round trip tickets must be purchased within 24 hours of making a reservation and Are non refundable. A Friday or saturday night stay is required. Continental is also not permitting Sale fares on nov. 23, 27 and 28. Thanksgiving is nov. 24. American airlines said it would match the fares in competing markets most major airlines match fare sales by their competitors