European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse To. 53, no. 187 500 Friday october 21 1994 d 8693 sliding Dollar brings jitters a 2 Quot a i s. Ltd f t a Quot a f 1 Ina Tali ice sagging Dollar Exchange values Oyer the past five months the Dollar has experienced a slow decline in Exchange value against German British and italian currencies. June 20 july 20 aug. 20 sept 20 oct 20 German a Mark 1.60 1.51 1.50 1.51 1.46 British Pound $1.56 $1.60 $1.59 $1,61 $1.66 italian lire 1,606.50 1,558.00 1,573.25 1,568.00 1,533.45 americans wonder How Low the Exchange rates con go source the stars and stripes Carrier Heads to Gulf with women in Crew a Norfolk a. A it. Cmdr. Janice m. Hamby feels much safer on an aircraft Carrier than on the lightly armed support ships to which women have been relegated in the past. A the big difference for us is that we can defend ourselves a Hamby said. A i can go to the persian Gulf and feel a lot safer than someone on a repair ship or a resupply the aircraft Carrier Eisenhower departed thursday on a historic deployment As the first . Warship to carry women on an extended Mission. Tugboats pushed the giant aircraft Carrier out to sea on schedule at 10 30 a.m., even though friends and relatives who had gathered on a pier beside the ship were forced to watch from a distance because of a bomb threat. A a let a just say Well be glad when april gets Here a see women on Page 2 faculty military at . Center by Mark Kinkad staff writer military commanders and civilian faculty share the blame for an air of ethnic and religious hostility that permeates the George c. Marshall european Center for Security studies says a report by the anti defamation league of by Nai by Rith. A Overall there is significant intolerance and mistrust among both faculty and military commanders a states the 30-Page report released thursday by the Marshall Center. The report stems from an anti defamation league fact finding tour last May at the schools foreign area officer and language training Institute. The Center which is part of the . European come Structure is in Garmisch Germany. The school an expanded and renamed version of the . Army russian Institute has a record of discrimination complaints mostly involving jewish faculty members. h. Bernstein the centers director invited the jewish anti discrimination organization to evaluate conditions at the facility. A although we found no evidence of intentional anti see Center on Page 2 a amps by Christopher Alli right staff writer Ron Graham is about to put a big Down payment on a House near Hanau Germany. He is watching the Mark rate closely. a the Worth of my Money is not As much As it was three Days ago a said Graham a voucher examiner with the 39th finance det in Darmstadt Germany. With the Dollar holding today at 1.46 German Marks at military banking facilities Graham his wife and other Ameri cans in Europe Are wondering just How Low it will go. The Dollar has been St Adil by weakening against the Mark for most of the year it was l68 As recently As april and 1.63 in june. At 1.50, the Cost of their 25j000-Mark Down payment would have been $16j,667, but the 4 pfennig difference Means he will be paying $1,546 More or $17,123, for the same amount of German Marks. A i think its something you have to live with but it hurts when the rates drop a see Dollar on Page 3 historic splash Back actor Ken Metcalfe playing the role of Gen. Douglas Mao Arthur fails into the water during a re enactment of the Leyte Island Landing that liberated the Philippines from the japanese 50 years ago. The military show depicting Macarthur a celebrated a a return was put on by . And philippine Servic members. Sec Story on Page 10
