European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters tuesday september 6,1994r�?h today a rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound. 1.58 dutch Guilder. 1.70 German Mark. 1.52 note the Ratos 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 a austrian Schilling. 10.94 Bahrain Dinar. 0.3767 belgian franc. A British Pound. 1.5474 Canadian Dollar. 1.3648 danish Krone 6.1405 dutch Guilder 1.7437 French franc 5.3254 German Mark. 1.5545 greek drachma a italian lira. 1,572 Kuwait Dinar. 0.2975 norwegian Krone. 6.8235 portuguese escudo .158.77 saudi rial. 3.75 Spanish peseta. 129.24 Swiss franc. .1.3075 turkish lira. 32,450.00. Note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $386.85 an ounce # Silver quote $5.42 an ounce a sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co. And the associated press pizza hut coming to Italy but will it play in Parma membership influence grow Union chiefs say Fresno Calif. A the United farm workers is enjoying swelling Mem Barship oils and increased representation organizers said at the unions 12th National convention the first since founder Cesar Chavez died. There is a a lot of enthusiasm a lot of commitment to carry on Cesar a work of forming a Strong farm workers Union a Union president Arturo Rodriguez said of the 500 delegates who attended the convention saturday and sunday. The Union has signed 10,000 new members this year and won seven Union representation elections the latest Friday he said. Henry Cisneros . Secretary of housing and Urban development told the delegates that Federal funding will help build new housing for farm workers. A too Many farm workers and their families and their children Are living in their cars buses even in caves a Cisneros said. A a it a just not right. We can do better than that.�?�. Chavez died in april 1993. By John Tagliabue new York times Parma Italy a they were never exactly to pizza what Gucci was to loafers. But after opening restaurants in 88 countries pizza hut was certainly As Well known. Now the Kansas based pizza giant plans to open a shop in the land where a Quot in a misty earlier age a some Anonymous chef struck on the idea of combining a thin Circle of dough with tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese to create the pizza. It was a profitable idea. Throughout Italy so called a pizza Money has financed major developments. For its first franchise to open later this year pizza hut searched All of Italy a Boot. It settled on Parma q Small Businesslike town of 170,000, situated perhaps fittingly Midway Between Milan the financial capital and Florence the Center of culture. Pizza hut which operates about 10,800 outlets around the world apparently chose Parma because a As Romeo Medici of the local chamber of Commerce said a the town a likes to Call itself a food Valley a a you know like California has Silicon Parma produces hams a some 20 million of them a year a and famous Parmesan cheese. With big companies such As the pasta maker Barilla and Parma lat a Dairy specialist about 20 percent of the local Economy comes from food production with annual business of $9 billion. For most italians having a pizza hut move in would probably seem like carrying coals to Newcastle or owls to Athens All rolled into one. But in Parma there was curiosity. Over on Strada Della Republica Ugo Parizzi 50, a restaurant owner whose son works the Kitchen while his wife Leila does the desserts bubbled As he served a customer paper thin slices of cured Parma Ham followed by a plate of Apolini Little pasta dumplings smothered in butter and a what else a Parmesan cheese. A a it a exciting something new and i will certainly go to see what its like a Parizzi said. Parizzi is not alone. After All Hadnot Luca Barilla an heir and vice president. A Floc pizza hut has restaurants in 88 countries including this one in Russia but it now May face its biggest Challenge a Selling pizza to italians. Of the big local pasta Empire told the Wall Street journal this year that american pizza was a the worlds bests and pizza hut his a favorite restaurants still there were some who recalled How painfully slow Parma was to accept even the italian variety of pizza. Over at a1 Corsaro a pizzeria just off fashionable Strada Cavour Luigi Tagliafierro recounted How his father Mario emigrated 34 years ago from Salerno just South of Naples which lays claim to being the Birthplace of pizza. A we brought the first Wood oven to Parma a said Tagliafierro whose pie sized pizzas which come in 29 varieties Are eaten from porcelain dishes with knife and Fork on tables with Linen cloths. Most of his guests Wash it Down with a Glass of the White sparkling wine that is the local favorite. For Many in Parma he said pizza remains an imported neapolitan dish. And he has seen How they react to fast food. Several years Back in the Little shop next door that now houses an upscale boutique called Nichols an italian Chain named Burghy whose hamburger shops compete with Mcdonald a in Many italian cities opened for business. Within six months he said Parma a first and a thus far Only a attempt at fast food closed. A at first the Young kids came for the Novelty of it but then the Novelty wore off a said Tagliafierro. A to succeed Here a he said sighing a a you be got to satisfy the palate of education based divisions grow Reich says Washington a a College degree is too often a wedge separating americans winners and losers when it should be Only one springboard to Success labor Secretary Robert Reich said sunday. Reich said class divisions based on education and training Are widening today More than at any time in the nations history making it All that much More import Tarot to improve Opportunity for those who done to go to College. Reich speaking on abcs this week with David Brinkley on the eve of labor Day said the Well educated have climbed higher in wages and benefits Over the last 15 years. A a. A a a a a a a but if you done to have education and training if you have a High school degree or less you have been on a very precipitous downward escalator a he said. A Reich emphasized the value of Community colleges a the great Unsung he roes of America a and of the admin san Tiona a proposals to make apprenticeship programs better and More accessible a is you done to have to go to a we do want to educate we do War to train a he said. A but the College degree itself the Parchment should not be the Only differentiation Between the winners and the on at invention convention by anti Bui the associated press Pasadena Calif. A Barry Rabin could hardly hide his glee Over the five a Kinder and gentler Staple removers he had just purchased. A look at this a he cried. A a we re going to go and unstable everything in the world a Kinder. Gentler. Bigger. Better. Faster. Cheaper. The tenets of entrepreneurial ingenuity were on display at the eighth annual invention convention who Chi ended monday. Hundreds of inventors some with half a dozen patents under their names and Many More ideas under their hats exhibited their Best creations As they vied for distributors investors and honors. _. Three Sulbie awards a shaped like what else Light bulbs a were handed out at this years ceremony a Donald Banner the former . Commissioner of patents and trademarks received one award. A Stanley Mason who created the squeeze Ketchup bottle and the first form fitting diaper was Given the lifetime achievement award. A and Roberta Toole founder of the United inventors association was honoured posthumously. The scissors like Staple remover a priced at $1 a was a hit not Only with Consumers like Rabin but also with judges who gave it the conventions business and office invention award. Winner in the food and beverage category was cell foam a Type of biodegradable cellulose that can be shaped into such products As disposable cups plates and packing material. Some Booths at the convention dispensed advice in Stead of gadgets telling inventors and would be Inver tors How to get a Patent or How to find hardest thing is to have patience and ride out the problems you encounter a said or. Samuel Merrill of Olney md., co inventor of a machine that makes it easier Tor doctors to remove the tops of skulls during autopsies. Cu9,0mg throu8h the Patent process is very very diff with so Many difficulties involved in getting a prototype Patent and patronage Why do these inventors keep churning out gizmos it s these american dream to eventually make it dig to you keep having ideas eventually one will Click a said Jim Butterfield whose shoulder supported helmets Are his second invention. A besides it keeps you from getting bored with
