European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters monday december 12,1994 today s rates following Are fixed rates a which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to us. Personnel for personal us British Pound. 1.60 dutch Guilder. 1.72 German Mark. 1.54 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 rate that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren Ciesa. ".-. -.-. Austrian Schilling. 11.133 Bahrain Dinar. 0.377 belgian franc .32.51 British Pound. 1.5585 Canadian Dollar. 1.3835danish Krone. 6.1925 dutch Guilder. 1.7723french franc 5.4275 German Mark. 1.5804. Greek drachma. 243.82kalian lira. 1,631.00 Kuwait Dinar. 0.2997norwegian Krone. 6.1925 portuguese escudo. 161.69 saudi Royal. 3.7505spanish peseta 132.44 Swiss franc. 1.3392 turkish lira. 36,865.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $376.10 an ounce Silver quote $4.67 an ounce sources merchants National Bank & Trust co. And the associated press bulgarians Plovdiv Bulgaria a hundreds of people lined up Early saturday for a taste of a big Mac while others stopped by just to get a glimpse of Bulgaria s first Mcdonald s restaurant. Although the deluxe hamburger s Price of 90 leva $1.40 was High for Many in Bulgaria where the average monthly salary is just 5,200 leva about $80the restau rant s 95 seats were filled within minutes of its 9 . Opening. Probably i can t have it everyday but it s great to have such a place in our town said 21-year old Petky Iliev one of the first customers in the mostly Young crowd for others the two Story restau rant was itself an  passers by stopped to gaze at its polished facade and Bright lights. The american fast food Chai plans to expand operations in bul Garia. The first restaurant in the capital Sofia is to open Early next year ". Tim Taylor executive director of the local Mcdonald a said the company had invested $1.2 million in its restaurant in Plovdiv 93 Miles Southeast of Sofia. By the end of 1995, the company s investment in Bulgaria is expected to total $3.7 million Taylor said. After the collapse of communism Mcdonald s moved into Hungary in 1989 and what was then Czechoslovakia in 1992. To mania expects its first Mcdonald s to open Early next year. Mcdonald s already has contracted bulgarian firns to produce its hamburger buns Anil drinks Andis looking for other local suppliers. Cold weather freezes use of Many Turboprop planes by Stephen Braun los Angeles times Chicago until last week they were the workhorses of midwestern com Muter Commerce but now they Are lined two abreast against the piercing Winter wind on the o Hare International air port Tarmac As useless and immobilized As Dinosaur skeletons. Nearly All of american Eagle airlines Fleet of 53 european built at Turbo prop planes stand Idle amid runway ice patches caused by a weekend cold snap. The planes were grounded by Friday government order Banning their use when icy weather is present or forecast. The Federal aviation administration Sowder came in the Wake of an october at plane crash in Indiana that killed All 68people aboard. The order has snarled the nation s air travel system at the most inconvenient time possible the Start of the Hec tic Christmas travel season. On saturday thousands of passenger heading through airports in the Midwest and East scrambled to find alternate flights or other forms of transportation to take the place of routes served by theatre 72 and at 42 aircraft. Despite swiftly hatched plans to shift Many of the airline Industry s 156 at planes to airports in the South up to 15 percent of the seats on regional air carriers May be jeopardized for up to another month airline officials said. It s turning the Apple cart upside Down said Mary Frances Pagan a spokeswoman for american Eagle american airlines commuter  Eagle runs a third of the nation s at aircraft and was hardest hit by the groundings. American Eagle announced saturday that swedish built turboprops Are being transferred to o Hare to take the arts place. .",.company Leroy Kundricks of Champaign 111., makes a rental car reservation Over the phone Friday at Chicago s o Hare International Airport after his american Eagle flight was cancelled. Other airlines were making plans to shift some of their at aircraft for Usein warmer climates. For example Continental express airlines said it would Send 30  at planes to airports in Florida. American Eagle officials also said sat urday that Jet routes were to Start sunday Between. O Hare and larger airports in Milwaukee Indianapolis and grand rapids mich., but that those hubs will now have fewer daily flights than they had be fore the Faa order. The rows of at aircraft lined up on the Chicago Tarmac and continuing cancellations testified to the chaps that the Faa order is bringing to Holiday travel ers and to business commuters who used the at planes As casually As suburban trains v-.-". All of american Eagle s 298 at flights to and from o Hare on saturday were cancelled. Lines were Long at american Eagle Gates after the order was issued Friday but by saturday the shutdown had left the Long terminal serving the airline Al most deserted Many american Eagle passengers were being routed on other carriers. Jetts to Faa ruling Toulouse France a the Franco italian maker of at planes called the . Government s flight ban on its Turboprop commuter aircraft unjustified and said it would conduct tests m California to prove it. Avion de transport regional said saturday that it shares the Faa s Wor Ries but suggested that the Federal aviation administration overreacted by grounding at 72 and at 42 planes in icy weather. The Faa said its decision was. Based on the company s own tests showing that ice could pose a Hazard if it built up on the planes wings. The Faa suspects that icing caused the oct. 31 crash in Rose Lawn ind., of an american Eagle at 72. Sixty eight people were killed. At said the planes meet Faa an French standards. The icing and wind american Eagle at planes sit on the Tarmac last week at Chicago s o Hare International Airport As a grader removes ice and Snow. Tests conducted by the company furnish no basis that can justify the measures taken by the Faa it said. We re going to do everything we can to get the Federal aviation administration to reverse its verdict at chair Man Henri Paul fuel told a news Confer ence later saturday. We re not going to Roll Over that Easi  fuel said High risk tests would be carried out at Edwards fab in California this week that would simulate the atmospheric conditions that preceded the in Diana crash. The tests will involve a Tanker drop Ping water on an at 42, fuel said. More than 100 flights were cancelled in Chicago alone within hours of Friday Sfax order. Ukraine turns Cash into High notes toilet paper Kiev Ukraine a Ukraine unveiled a new Bank note on Friday to replace smaller almost valueless denomination that Are being recycled into toilet paper. The 500,000-karbovanets note to be brought into circulation today is Worth $4. Introduced in january 1992 at the same value As the russian Ruble the Kar Bov nets has tumbled in value because of hyperinflation in the former soviet re Public. One Ruble today fetches 39 Karbo vanes. The highest denomination in circulation previously was a 200,000-Karbova diets Bill. Last month Central Bank officials admitted that More than 35 tons of Karbo vanes notes with a face value below 100, were being recycled into toilet paper Rolls and wrapping paper. Officials Hope All Karb zvanets Bills will meet a similar Fate next year upon the much delayed launch of a permanent National currency called the hryvnia. The government is waiting for the Economy to stabilize before introducing the new cur Rency