European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters thursday january 5, 1995 today s rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound ,. 1.60 dutch Guilder 1.70 German Mark 1.52note the rates above apply within the hos country. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar following arc Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren cies austrian Schilling 10.972 Bahrain Dinar 0.37675 belgian franc 32.08 British Pound 1.558 Canadian Dollar. 1.4051 danish Krone. 6.121 dutch Guilder 1.7482 French franc. 5.376 German Mark 1.5598 greek drachma 242.17 italian lira 1,626.75 Kuwait Dinar 0.29965 norwegian Krone 6.8027 portuguese escudo 160.03 saudi Royal 3.7505 Spanish peseta 132.31 Swiss franc 1.316 turkish lira 39,000.00 note figures Are expressed m dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar. Gold quote $378.25 an ounce Silver quote $4.71 an ounce sources merchants National Bank 4 Trust co.  _ _ and the associated press new York Exchange new York a sales 4  Price and net change of the 15 most Active new Vork Stock Exchange issues trading tuesday. Name volume last cig. Rep solos 9264000 27v4 unc i Tilv chaos 8,236,200 38v4 -2 to end Cha 7.330,900 41 to / Walmart 5541,500 20\i h merck2,604,100 38h /. Fur Nab 2 577,900 5v4 unti Yff Sockos r 2,044,400. -20v� of for motors 1981.300 27 i unch gun elect 1.874,300 50 a i let game 1,812,300 14y.-f " go motors 1.751,900 41v4 m at to corp 1,616.300 50 it cup insure 1583600 19 w Citicorp. 1,522.600 41h  1,472,800 47 a Al i american Exchange new York a sales closing Price and and change of the 10. Most  Slock Exchange issues trading nationally tuesday. Nit volum lilt chg. Viacom vat "".T2.460.500 1 3/16 1/16 let up Lucitt 1.307,000 8 t a us Briosci 903.200215/16 Ham Dahl. 645.600 11 unch Virci costs. 621,200 .9. -2lvacp  564,80019vj v. Viacom. 537,100 40 it Echo Bay 490,000 10vichflysn.j 363,100 13h a spor / 324,3004525/32 7/32 Dow Jones new York uple Dow Jones closing Range of aver. Ages on tuesday. Hloch Low close change 30 industrials 3864.72 3805,50 3838.48 up 4.04 20.transport. 1479,02 1443.62 1473.19 up 18.16 15 utilities 183,50 180.79 183.03 up 1.51 65stocks 1288.34 1265.28 1281.46 up7.05. British telecoms cutting rates to ., Canada London a British telecoms will Cut Long distance Telephone rates to the United states and Canada by about 20 percent in february the company announced tuesday. A three minute cheap rate Call will Cost about $1.78 compared with the current rate of about $2.25. The reductions Are part of a $624 million package of Price cuts agreed to last year by the company and its govern ment regulatory Agency. British telecoms which reported a profit of $4.3 billion in the year that ended March 31, 1994, said the lower Long distance charges would reduce its annual revenues by $54.6 million. 0.c. I tempts to its Cross Snow by Mike Causey Washington Post Washington if bomb shelter kits were still available Panicky Federal unions would be telling members to dig in because of the Republican takeover of Congress. Despite gloom and doom forecasts the gop game plan for Federal workers and retirees in t set in Stone. Nobody knows what changes if any will be made in Federal pay Perks pensions or Job Security. But in the meantime reality in the form of cold weather arrived tuesday. Washington now faces the annual test of what happens when it snows. While to networks make the nation s capital seem like a Bozo theme Park during snowstorms the hoopla surrounding one in t entirely an example of bureaucratic hysteria Chechnya is. Russia is a tragedy and House speaker Newt Gingrich May be at the door but Snow time is the real time. This area has the nation s highest per Cen tags of working couples and lots of single parents. Many of them work for Uncle Sam. Some commute from West Virginia and Pennsylvania or Maryland s Eastern Shore. Metro and other Public transportation not to mention employer encouraged car and Van pools have problems when the Normal workday schedule is disrupted. Metro must re Jigger schedules when morning Rush hour is delayed or the afternoon Rush hour is cancelled or As happened last year Yhun the City shuts Down because of ice and cold weather. Deciding to delay or release 365,000 fed eral workers in t an easy Call. Generally speaking Federal workers have two chances of getting a Day off with pay because of Snow slim and none. For the past decade Uncle Sam " who once closed up shop at the drop of a Flake has played hardball during bad weather. Now except in dire emergencies feds Are expected to be at work on time and stay until quitting time regard less of the weather. Those who can t make it Are expected to take vacation time. New Model and concept cars crowd the showroom floor at the North american International Auto show in Detroit on tuesday. North american Auto show revs up act previews projections Detroit a Chrysler pre viewed a car for the mtg generation tuesday As dozens of automakers Gath ered for the North american International Auto show. Other briefings tuesday were heavy on so called concept cars the vehicles that sometimes end up As real products and sometimes As designers follies. If these production vehicles arc the hardware. ,._these concept cars Are the dreams that spawned them Arthur c. Liebler Chrysler corp. Vice president for marketing and communications said at a session where the Plymouth Back pack concept car was shown. The Back pack a mini pickup Type vehicle is designed for the California life styles of the mtg generation. The video that introduced it  not have looked out of place on the All music Cable Chan Nel. There was also seriousness mixed with the spectacle economists for the big three Domestic automakers told Wall Street analysts that they expected 1995 to be an other year of booming sales for the Industry with estimates ranging from 15.6 million to 16.2 million vehicles. The 1994 total for the Industry to be reported later this week is expected to be at least 15 million vehicles up from 14,2 million in 1993.  Michael Dale head of North Ameri can operations for Ford subsidiary Jaguar said the British car maker was obviously on track from the Point of View of the business plan after losing Money since the decade began. Ford chairman Alex Trotman said Jaguar lost Money in 1994, but Ford officials said 1995 is expected to be profitable. Dale said Jaguar s . Sales were expected to total More than 15,000 vehicles for 1994, an increase of nearly 20 percent from 1993. General motors corp s Chevrolet and Gumc truck divisions jointly introduced new four door versions of the Chevy Tahoe and Gumc Yukon sport Utility vehicles. They also predicted continued growth in the Light truck Market. We continue to see record numbers of people crossing Over from cars to trucks said pm vice president Roy Roberts general manager of the  division. He said the company expects More truck buyers to be shopping in the Ultra luxury category of sport Utility vehicles with prices of More than $30,000. " other companies showed off concept cars ranging from Buick s 150-Mph, voice Cost rolled no hands driving xp2000 dream car to Acura s Cox a luxury sports Coupe that will become a new Acura Model the first car to be built in the United states by the luxury division of Honda. Tuesday was the first of three Days of Media events. The show opens to the Public sat urday. -/.-. Tuesday s events also included the for Mal introduction of the 1996 replacement for the Ford Taurus the Best Selling car in the United states. You d better get your passports up to Date if you want to keep up with us Edward Hagen locker automotive operations president of Ford motor co., said tuesday