European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters Friday october 7,1994 today a rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use a British Pound. 1.62 dutch Guilder. 1.69 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 a a a a. A a a a austrian Schilling. 10.868 Bahrain Dinar 0.37675 belgian franc British Pound 1.5865 Canadian Dollar. 1.3485 danish Krone 6.0505 dutch Guilder 1.729 French franc 5.277 German Mark greek drachma 235.55 italian lira 1,564.50 Kuwait Dinar 0.29725 norwegian Krone 6.7285 portuguese escudo 157 55 saudi rial 3.752 Spanish peseta 128.11 Swiss franc 1.2795 turkish lira 34,225.00 not figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar a a a Gold quote $391 80 an ounce. Silver quote $5 60 an ounce sources merchants National Bank amp Trust co and the associated press c new York Exchange new York tap a sales the t5 Mast Active new York nationally wednesday if Fly. Compaq 9. Motorola s a Micron Tacti a gone ours. Walmart. Telex ads. A a. A Quot huh Trust Merck a a. -����.��?�. Ford motor s a a a Columba Cha. A a. Gone acc s Sce corp Amo Una Sysop a a by. A a. A 4pm Price and net change of Stock Exchange issues trading volume 5 126 500 4 764 300 4 532 000 4 irs 200 3 692 100. 3697 000. 3 428 000 3,395.900 3 336 400 3 002 Eon z 869 900 2 747 boo 2 703 900 2 677 000 2.654,200 last 32 a 50 pkg. A a a h h 33w 2h-45w 23v. 60a i 34a 2/� 36 h 27a a 40 it �?2 47a h 13a a 25 a unch 11a 1 69 a a american Exchange. New York apr Silas closing puce and net change of the 10 Mast Active american Stock Exchange issues trading nationally wednesday. A a a a name volume list chg. Viacom Vit 3.640,400 1a 1/16 Lacomp. 1,808.300 38a h Echo Bay. 936,100 1314 a i chess Al 1. 649,800 91i a sp0r a t. 461.900 45 25/64 1/64 Viacom. A 453.300. 39a a a a atari a a a a a .386,600 6a a Faust or 321.900 9 5/16�?1/16 Bradl Cyre. 300.700 7a a Viacom it 297,0003 13/16 i c Dow Jones 1 new York apr Ages on wednesday Dow Jones closing Range of. Aver 30 Indus Tirats 20 transport 15 utilities 65 stocks High 3811.56 1460.62 179.28 1269,53 Low 3736.20 1426.15. 176 51 1243 67 Clou change 3787,34 off 13.79 1443.62 off 15.60 177 96 off 0.72 125922 o�7.44 Federal Retiree package escapes by Mike Causey / Washington Post. Washington a the civil service retirement system that will make it possible for half the Federal work Force to retire at age 55 after 30 years service on pensions fully indexed to inflation dodged a major political Bullet wednesday. Quot a a a a the House voted not to allow entitlement cutters to take a pre election swing at the retirement plan that covers virtually everyone in government hired before 1984 backers of Bills to raise the retire rent age or put retirees on Cost of living adjustments that Are less than the actual increase in inflation hoped to set the stage this week for major pension surgery in 1995. The idea was to give members of Congress up for re election a a free vote a meaning it would go on the record but have no effect to Cut the civil service re vote Tir ement plan which is one of the Best if not the Best staff retirement system in the country. House leaders promised the bipartisan entitlement group that they would allow a vote on several so called sense of con Gress resolutions dealing with the pension program. While they would not have been binding if passed they would have committed members who return to Congress to take action on the old pension plan. It has since been replaced by the private sector style Federal employees retirement system. Fers gives workers a reduced civil service Benefit and less than full Cost of Liying raises when they retire employees must generate one third to one half of their pos retirement income by investing in the Thrift savings plan Uncle same a in House 401 k plan. But pension cutters  Muster the votes to get a Rule that would have scheduled the sense of Congress resolutions for a vote. That Means Congress is through with efforts to alter retirement rules this year. A members who want to Cut benefits will be Back next year. They will almost certainly propose raising the retirement age smaller Cost of living raises and a plan to a Means test civil service retirement benefits by limiting annual inflation catch  to Only a part of the total pension. The average Federal employee retires at age of but workers like the option of being Able to leave earlier and resent efforts to change rules in the Middle of the game. The pension whacking will resume in february. But workers and retirees a who had feared the election obsessed Congress might do them mischief a will enter the new year with a pay raise their health insurance program intact and their pension plan unchanged. Battle of the cattle owners from All Over the Midwest line up their Guernsey Hacif part or the world Daliy expo. Earlier in the Day gov. Tommy ers for the Central National Guernsey show at the Dane county Thompson named Charity owned by Clark and Joy Vilter of coliseum in Madison wis. The Competition wednesday was Hartland wis., the cow of the year. Gap plans huge Tower on san Francisco Bay san Francisco a Gap inc., the highly successful clothes retailer has unveiled plans for a $90 million 17-Story world Headquarters on the last Clear parcel of land on san Francisco a waterfront. If approved the office Tower near the foot of the Bay Bridge would be the largest building to Rise on the waterfront in years and another Cornerstone in the Effort to revive the historic Shoreline along the Bay architect Robert Stern said tuesday. The 440,000-Square-foot building would bring under one roof the roughly 1,400 san Francisco Bay area employees of the company now working in four different locations. Golden Colo. Apr its the right Beer a for later. Coors brewing co. Has decided to end its Century old policy of providing free Beer to employees on the Job six months after an employee who got drunk at work died in a car Accident. Workers will no longer be allowed to drink unlimited amounts of Beer during Breaks lunches and the half hour after work. They will be restricted to two 12-ounce Beers in the half hour after their shift ends and drinking will be confined to specific areas. Coors spokesman Joe Fuentes said the change which was announced wednesday and will take effect monday was not related to the Accident. He said it was aimed at encouraging employees to drink in moderation. A just like our Consumers practice moderation we re asking our employees to make right choices in the workplace a Fuentes said. The Golden based brewery a whose advertising slogan is a a it a the right Beer now a has had the free Beer policy for More than 100 years. A a Coors is the Only one of the top five . Breweries to have retained the tradition imported from Europe. The other four a Anheuser Busch Miller Stroh and g. Heileman a eliminated on the Job drinking privileges in the mid-1980s. New network set to launch Jan. 16 new York apr the launch of Star trek voyager and its Mother ship the United Paramount network is set for Jan. 16 in the United states the network announced wednesday. The new network initially will broadcast five series during four hours of prime time each week on mondays and tuesdays. The schedule includes two sitcoms and two dramas along with the networks Centrepiece the latest Star trek offspring Sard Lucie Salhany who was named United Paramount president just two weeks ago