European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters thursday december 8.199 today s rates following Are fixed rates a which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound. 1.61dutph Guilder. 1.71 German Mark. 1.53 note the rates above apply within the hos country. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar following Are Interbank rate that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren cies  austrian Schilling. 11.028 Bahrain Dinar. 0.37675 belgian franc .32.22 British Pound. 1.$655 Canadian Dollar. 1.3751 danish Krone 6.1365 dutch Guilder. 1.7545 French franc 5.3855 German Mark. 1.5675 greek drachma. 241.68 italian lira. 1,619.25 Kuwait Dinar. 0.2997 norwegian Krone. 6.831 portuguese escudo. 160.25saudi Royal. 3.7505 Spanish peseta. 131.45swiss franc. 1.3245 turkish lira. 36,600.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $377.00 an ounce Silver quote $4.69 an ounce sources merchants National Bank & Trust co. And the associated press new York Exchange Newyork a sales. 4 . Price and not change oaths 15 most Active new York Stock Exchange issues trading nationally tuesday.  volum list  ads. V 14,465,300 1bh h re Nab 9,250,100 6 to Merck 4,624,200 37w i Ati corp 3,252,000 48w it Compaq i ,._ 3,158,800 41v4 % am Barrack. 2,806,600 20v4 Micro Techi 2,786,100 43v4 i team exams. -. 2,543.900 53h a Walmart 2,480,800 22h h Philllp moral " 2,320,600 58 1 int lame. 2,280.000 15v4 Gen Mitori 2,235.800 39v4 enteral2,115,700 22h Uncha Pacheco. 1,958,200 25h a bes buy 1,928,000 31w -2h american Exchange new York a sales closing Price and net Changet the 10 most Active american Stock Exchange issues trading nationally tuesday. Name 1 volume last Cho. Efty scr 3,184,900 11 Vokroy Aloang -.  1,023,700 3k 1/18 Cheyrl. 882,600 13tt Clr Cahrm 823,000 16h Uncan Echo Bay 804,100 10 it h Pegasus id. 591,000 -11w it Lacomb to 505,700 39ttto us Biosca.  464,200 7h Vuk Barry Roi .402.800 12h -4pricecom. 296.300 it it Dow Jones new York up Dow Jones closing Rarie of wer age on tuesday Loti us Clou Chang 30 industrials 3762.10 3703.58 3745.95 up 4.03 20 transport 1447.11 1420.33 1430.58 off 12.5715 utilities 181.72 179.15 180.73 up 0.33 65 stocks 1259.04 1238,55 1250.67 off 2.31 Tel Edyne to  los. Washington a Tel Edyne industries inc. Agreed tuesday to  the Federal government $500,000 to Settle allegations that it supplied the Navy with radar test sets that contained nonconforming parts and were inadequately tested. Under the defense department s voluntary disclosure program Tel Edyne told the Pentagon s inspector general in no vember 1991 about production irregularities in the Upm-137 program. A govern ment investigation later concluded that telex one had substituted nonconforming arts in the equipment and fraudulently tested the sets. The los Angeles based company paid the government $10 million in july 1993 for defective equipment. Nominee touted .-.-, j Iff but . Savvy questioned by Martin Crutsinger ,. A economics writer Washington the Clinton administration does t plan any major changes in its economic game plan with Robert Rubin replacing Lloyd Bentsen at the Treasury  while its offensive strategy should stay the same analysts Are wondering How Good the administration will  defense with Bentsen an experienced Washington insider leaving the Cabinet. Defense most Likely will be where the administration finds itself for much of next year with republicans in control of Congress for the first time in 40 years and aggressively pushing their own pack age of tax and spending cuts. President Clinton announced tuesday at a Rose Garden ceremony that Bent sen 73, was returning Home to Texas the. President said he was nominating Rubin a former co chairman of the in vestment banking firm Goldman Sachs & co., to be the new Treasury Secretary. Rubin has won widespread Praise Over the past two years for his performance As director of the National economic Council the White House organization Clinton Cre ated to coordinate economic policy. However that was a largely behind the scenes Job and far different from the Treasury Post which makes Rubin the Point Man in pushing the administration s economic Agenda through Congress and Selling it to Wall Street. Analysts said Rubin who amassed Fortune estimated at Between $150 Mil lion and $200 million during three  Ades at Goldman Sachs will have no problem being the administration s emis sary to financial markets which took the news of the change in stride tuesday. But Rubin has Little experience with Congress whereas Bentsen spent 22 years in the Senate rising to the chairmanship of the Senate finance committee. Bentsen dismissed worries that Rubin won t be up to the task say ing anybody who can Deal with the egos on Wall Street can Deal with the egos in Congress.". Republicans generally praised Clin ton s decision to pick Rubin and predicted Little difficulty in getting his Nomi nation approved in the Senate. I be known Bob Rubin for Many years. He s a Man of honesty and integrity said incoming Senate majority Leader Bob Dole a Kan. Sen. Alfonse d Amato r-n.y., incoming chairman of the Senate banking. Committee said he would look Forward to working with Rubin to lower the Capi Tal gains tax and to relieve the tax Burden of working Middle class  while those Are two Republican Priori ties the administration which is still de bating its budget for next year has not decided whether to support a reduction in the capital gains tax and How much Ofa Middle class tax Cut to endorse. The White House budget director Alice Rivlin said Clinton s new budget would not alter the administration s emphasis on deficit reduction. We have been on a Strong course of deficit reduction. Both Bentsen and Rubin played major roles in that she said in a Cnoc interview tuesday. A Fer Mages to tooth fair has new York a orthodontist rank Pate Calls up a picture of a patient on his computer screen. Fourteen year old Julie s big smile shows badly crooked Teeth a weak jaw and an ugly strip of gum under her upper lip. In less than a minute he has trans planted someone else s perfectly straight Pearlie into her Mouth polished them from yellow to clean White pulled Down her lip to cover the Gughis and pushed out her lower jaw. Pate s imaging software can re create a face to show Julie and More important her parents just about what she would look like after braces. His company re data design inc. In Lincoln Ala is among the suppliers hoping to impress 800 orthodontists convened in new York who Are seeking ways to boost their practices and take the fear out of getting wired. The annual meeting of the Northeast Ern society of orthodontists is a combi nation Trade show and training program. The studious Are attending seminars such As psychological aspects of facial deformity and Arch development an molar control with flexible lip bump  More interested in boosting their businesses Are getting pitched by suppliers peddling everything from wire cutters and pliers to glow in the dark re Tainer plates with pictures of the teenage mutant ninja turtles. Pate said that about 2,000 of the nation s orthodontists have bought computer imaging setups since the Jay were created in 1989. They Cost up to $20,000 but re sult in More satisfied customers he said. With the old method  have to Cut out and paste drawings or photos he said. Only about 40 per cent of the  got what they expected. With this method it s about 90percent." ? since the Early 1980s,  adults As Well As Chil Dren and people Over 18 now make up about one Quarter of the 4 million wired population said Bill Beggs spokesman for the american association of orthodontists. The association likes to talk about the therapeutic value of braces How they come Frank ate bares her Teah to demonstrate her husband computer imaging software at an orthodontists convention tuesday in new York. Can help some patients avoid tooth decay gum disease speech impairments and one destruction. " nonetheless the big reason for Shel Ling out up to $4,500 and tolerating clamped Teeth for up to three years is still looks. There health. There s  s How other people perceive you Beggs said. To make its Point the association proudly Points to such former braces wearers As singers Cher and Diana Ross. The goods for Sale this week Ranee from High tech to Low. Michael Weiner of gag International inc. In Central Islip  up one of his heat sensitive Brace wires a 6-Inch Long arched wire made of Nickel titanium Alloy that was created As part of the . Space program. The wire connects the clamps that surround each tooth pulling the Teeth into their proper place. Weiner crumples the wire into a Tingball then drops it in a cup of warm water. In seconds the wire untangle it self Back to its Normal shape illustrating How body warmth interacts with the wire to move Teeth More gently and with less pain than regular steel wires Weine said. / a Reat lakes orthodontics Ltd. In to Lavanda n.y., Battles one of the scourges of the profession with its 30-minute video taming the Tongue thrust. A speech pathologist 4eaches patient exercises to prevent their tongues from involuntarily pushing against the Back of their Teeth. Orth tech in Tampa fla., wants to give patients a Golden smile literally. The company Sells 24-Carat Gold plated braces which Cost most patients about $100 to $200 extra. Cheng crowns in Wynnewood pa., has a counter full of Multi themed retainers the Metal and plastic plates used to keep straightened Teeth in line,./youngsters can have a picture of a favorite cartoon character or sports logo embedded in the plastic