European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 19,1994 Money matters the stars and stripes Page 15 today s rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use. British Pound. 1.58 dutch Guilder 1.70 German Mark. 1.51 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 schilling10.9125 Bahrain Dinar 0.37675 belgian franc.31.84 British Pound 1.5430 Canadian Dollar .1.3780 danish Krone. 6.1680 dutch Guilder. 1.7405 French franc. 5.3297 German Mark. 1.5520 greek drachma. 234.40 italian lira 1,590.00 Kuwait Dinar. 0.29745 norwegian Krone .6.6341 portuguese escudo 159.22 saudi rial 3.75 Spanish peseta 129.95 Swiss franc 1.325 turkish lira 31,230.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $377.85 an ounce a Silver quote $5.13 an ounce sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co. And the associated press c new York Exchange new York apr sales closing Price and net change of the 15 most Active new York Stock Exchange issues trading nationally on wednesday. Anit a a a. Volume Lail chg. Team exams. 7 6.212,900 65% %. Merck. A a 5,617,100 34 % a Cyan 4,873,300 96% 2% Kmart 4,208,000 18 a % Compaq s a 3,579,900 37% % Gen motors it. 3,255,200 51 unch for motor s a 3,162,900 30% % Chrysler. A a a a a 3,027,000 48% % ism a a a a 2,945,200 64% % Mcdonalds s a. A a 2,772,300 26% % Walmart 2,738,200 24% % Abbott labs a a 2,490,300 31% % Pepsico 2.406,700 33% %. Coca cola a. 2,353,800 46% % toy rus a 2,299,200 36% 1% american Exchange new York apr sales closing Price and net change of the 10 most Active american Stock Exchange issues. Trading nationally on wednesday. A name. Volume till chg. Excl Ltd 624,200 13/16 -1/16 Che Ysit s a 606,200 9% % total etl. 505,800 13% unch wac third. 504,700 13% % Echo Bay. 391,400 10% a % Elan add 347,600 35% 1% try Tonga. A 304,900 1 11/16 1/16 Viacom 290,900 35% % Hasbro 279,200 31% % Royal Oak g 262,900 4 1/16 Bosses have no business prying worker poll says Washington apr Many american employees say they done to want employers to Snoop around in their workers lifestyles a Survey has found. The random Telephone Survey taken by Louis Harris and associates of new York found that workers particularly oppose the kinds of questions about off the Job lifestyles that some companies Are asking in an Effort to hold Down health care costs. A millions of workers fear that employers Are now collecting and using health and lifestyle information improperly a a said Alan f. Westin a professor of Law and government at Columbia University in new York who was academic adviser for the study. The Survey was conducted Between March 31 and april 28, 1993. But the results were withheld until thursday to coincide with the release next week of the television documentary off limits your health your Job your privacy. The program will air on Public television stations in the United states. Pollsters interviewed 1,000 adults who said they were employees of private Sec Tor companies with 15 or More workers. Also questioned were 300 senior la vol personnel executives at companies with 25 or More workers. The Survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Most workers a 61 percent of those polled a said their employers respected after hours privacy a very  an additional 29 percent said their Bosses respected off the Job privacy a somewhat Well a 8 percent said a not very Well and 3 percent said a not Well at  respondents believed employers had the right to verify information provided by Job applicants. For instance eight in 10 thought it appropriate for employers to Check an applicants educational background or find out whether the applicant had a criminal record. But they expressed less support for the inquiries Many companies Are making to help reduce health care costs. Tests for nicotine use away from work were opposed by 93 percent of the respondents and 69 percent objected to urine tests for alcohol use. An additional 69 percent believed psychological tests that measure attitudes and social preferences. Were inappropriate and 59 percent opposed the use of blood tests to determine whether an applicant had been exposed to the virus that causes aids. Minority and Low Inco hic workers were the most concerned about employer misuse of personal information. Nearly a Quarter of Black respondents said their employers had asked for information they believed was inappropriate and not really needed for employment As opposed to 10 percent of respondents Overall. One in 10 Blacks said he had chosen not to file a claim to be reimbursed by employer provided health insurance because he did not want the employer or another employee to learn the nature of their treatment. That compared with 3 percent of respondents Overall. 4.8 million found to Lack phones Washington a while most americans take their Home phones for granted the government says one House in 20 still lacks this Basic form of corp my Nica Tion. More than 4.8 million households 5.2 percent of the country Lack phones according to a census Bureau analysis of its 1990 National Survey. Residents of Mississippi were most Likely to be phone less at 12.6 percent of households. At the other end of the scale just 2.1 percent of households in Massachusetts Lack phones. As recently As. 1960, about 11 million households were without phones the Agency said. Most of the phone less were renters the Bureau said with men living alone being the least Likely to have a phone. Younger people were More Likely to be without phones than older people. Asian and Pacific islander households were most Likely to have phones Only 2 percent lacked them. Among White households 4 percent Lack phones Fol owed by 13 percent in Black households and 23 percent for households of american indians eskimos and aleuts. No connection the percentage of american households without. Telephones by state based on the census Bureau s analysis of 1990 data percent. Percent percent 12,6 Mississippi 5.9 Indiana 3.7 Maine 12.4 new Mexico 5.8 Idaho 3.6 Nebraska 10.9 Arkansas 5.6 Wyoming 3.5 North Dakota 10.3 West Virginia 5.4 Nevada 3.5 Washington 10.2 Kentucky 5.4 Virginia 3.4 Iowa 9.1 South Carolina 5.3 Florida 3.4 new Hampshire 8.8 Oklahoma 5.2 Missouri 3.2 Maryland 8.7 Alabama 5.0 new York 3.1 Delaware 8.6 Texas 4.7 Ohio 3.1 new Jersey 8.5 Arizona 4.6 Illinois 3.1 Rhode Island 8.3 Alaska 4.5 Oregon 3.0 California 8.3 Georgia 4.5 Vermont 2.8 Wisconsin 8.3 Louisiana 4.4 Kansas 2.6 Connecticut 7.1 North Carolina 4.2 Colorado 2.6 Hawaii 7.1 Tennessee 4.2 dist fool. 2.6 Pennsylvania 6.9 Montana 4.1 Michigan 2.4 Minnesota 6.0 South Dakota 4.0 Utah 2.1 Massachusetts source a. A amps Susan Harris British rockers sue Reebok Over song use new York a a British Rock group has sued Reebok International Ltd. For using one of its songs in a sneaker commercial after fans accused the band of Selling out. A a the group Jesus amp Mary Chain says one of the a planet Reebok commercials used reverence a song composed by band members James Reid and William Reid without its permission. Reebok based in Stoughton mass., had no comment. In an april letter to Reebok and the Chiat Day advertising Agency big music publishing said the group has a vehemently resisted any commercial use of their  big publishes the groups music. The lawsuit was filed monday in Manhattan Federal court. Airline grounds sheep headed for saudi London apr religion and animal rights collided in the cargo holds of British airways jets where live sheep from Australia began their journey to ritual Slaughters in saudi Arabia. After sensational coverage by the tabloid press dubbing the practice a Baa Baric a and complaints from customers British airways said wednesday that it would kick the sheep off its jets. The carriers no. 2 executive Robert Ayling defended a an excellent record for the Safe Carriage of live animals a but said the Carrier was reacting to passengers. Who expressed a Strong views objecting to the Carriage of sheep for  the British airways ban would apply Only to sheep destined for Slaughter and not to other living things such As lobsters that often Are transported by air an airline spokesman said. British airways was not alone in flying live sheep destined for rituals in the middie East said the spokesman. The sheep apparently were flown from Australia to Singapore then moved onto ships bound for saudi Arabia although the spokesman said British airways was Only responsible for the flights and had no Complete itinerary for the sheep. The airborne animals contributed very Little to the carriers Bottom line he said and Public complaints were a obviously enough to push British airways out of the business. Several airlines contacted by the associated press a a including the Middle Eastern Carrier emirates a said they do not carry livestock As cargo. No one was available for comment at saudi arabian airlines said a receptionist in London. A spokesman for the saudi embassy in London did not return a re porters Telephone message. Animals intended for use As food Are generally not shipped by air but controversies Over air transportation of other animals Are not new to the Industry which has been attacked by activists opposed to the shipment of Birds and tropical animals. Air France has come under fire for flying monkeys that Are used in laboratories. But the Carrier is staying in the business because researchers say the Monkey experiments ultimately save human lives according to London based spokesman Bernard Mccoy. Air France flies horses sheep and pigs out of Britain but they generally Are top class animals destined for Breeding Mccoy said. The Royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals was a a delighted to see British airways Cave in to Public pressure said spokeswoman Charlotte  suggested that saudis a should rear their own  a religious practices need to be taken into account but we also have to take into account the suffering of the animals a Morrissey said