European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 20, 1995 Money matters the stars and stripes Page 21 today s rates following arc fixed Rales at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound 1.61 dutch Guilder 1.68 German Mark 1.50 a note tie rates above apply within Tho. Host country flour of Are of Prossos in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate  the . Dollar to foreign Curran a cies a. 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Up 2.57 15 utilities 1bb.83 185.67 107.65 upon i 65 stocks 1333.26 1309.02 1323.95 up 1.00 Chang Oti 1.5b justices Rule frequent can sue Over club Washington a people can sue. Airlines that retroactively restrict their Fri Quant Fiir club benefits the supreme court ruled thursday. The 6-2 decision allows an Illinois class action lawsuit to proceed against american airlines inventor of the immensely popular frequent flier plans now offered by every major airline. A Federal airline do regulation Law docs not bar lawsuits Over frequent flier plans from state courts the court said. Federal Law does not allow states to enact Laws regulating airlines but it docs let state courts decide breach of contract lawsuits filed by airline customers jus lice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for the court. A a a a a. A. A a remedy confined to a contracts terms simply holds parties to their agreements a in this instance to business judgments an airline made Public about its rates and services a a she wrote. A this distinction Between what the state dictates and what the airline itself undertakes confines courts. To the parties bargain.1�?T the decision upheld Art Illinois supreme court ruling that let frequent flier club members sue american Over a citric ions it imposed on the program in 1988 in an Effort to hold Down costs. The airline limited the number of seats used on each flight for free or discounted tickets and said passengers no longer could use such tickets on heavy travel Days around Christmas and thanksgiving. The airline said it had reserved the right to change the benefits it offered. But club members accused american ofom strike could have Long reach Flint Mich. Apr a strike by workers id a major general motors corp. Parts Plant threatened thursday to disrupt Auto production nationwide. A a Quot a the strike by 6,800 workers began wednesday at the a Delco East Plant which supplies spark plugs filters cruise controls and instrument clusters to dozens of Assembly plants. At Issue Are production increases that forced most Union workers to put in More overtime hours than they wanted. Strong demand for cars and trucks has Many . Auto plants running at capacity. Similar complaints led to two pm strikes last year that interrupted the flow of parts and forced other Auto plants to close. A most of these Guys have been working a lot of overtime a said Al Woodham a pm autoworkers for 31 years. A a they re  the United Auto workers accused pm of violating its contract by refusing to hire As Many As 500 More workers to reduce overtime. The Union says the Long hours pose health and safety hazards. A these contract violations put a completely unnecessary Strain on workers and on Union management relations Quot said Steve Yokich a Law vice president in Detroit. A they Are also bad for customers because these Joanne Mccann shouts As she pickets wednesday at Gmys a Delco East Plant in Flint Mich. Kinds of problems put Quality production at  after the strike began wednesday morning negotiations took place for three hours before breaking for the evening. More talks were to scheduled for thursday. Breach of contract saying the airline improperly reduced the value of travel Miles they had saved. Americans attorneys or guck that the lawsuit was barred by the 1978 airline deregulation act which preempts state court lawsuits Over issues related to airline rates routes or  Over frequent flier benefits fall into that category and should be handled by the Federal department of transportation the airline s lawyers said. But lawyers for the Fri Quant flick club members said that would leave customers with no Way to seek monetary damages because the transportation department lacks authority to award them. The club members who sued were not asserting a right to a particular rate or service their lawyers said.2 networks hit airwaves in the states Pasadena Calif. A up and its flagship show Star trek voyager trounced we in the first Battle Between the fledgling to networks but both were philosophical wednesday. A one week not a year makes Quot said Lucie Salhany president of up the United Paramount network. Up posted a 9.9 average rating and a 14 share for its first two nights of programming monday and tuesday in weighted average Quot overnight ratings from major to markets Salhany said. A National ratings Point represents 954,000 to households share is the percentage of to sets in use tuned to a specific broadcast. The we network in the More representative National figures for its debut last week scored a 1.9 rating and a 3 share. Jaime Kellner the we chief who helped launch Fox broadcasting co. Eight years ago said his networks Low Vic worship was expected and Mir Rord foxes launch. Quot its a Tortoise Type business plan Quot Kellner said of w13. Up no a sendoff included the latest 5far trek spinoff on monday and the dramas Marker and the watcher on tuesday. National ratings will be available next week. We is offering four wednesday night comedies the Wayans bros., the Parent Hood unhappily Ever after and muscle. Reviews generally were harsh a fact remarked on by series stars. A you know this is kind of like an ugly baby christening. No ones being honest said Bobcat Goldthwait who provides the voice of a talking stuffed Rabbit on unhappily Ever after. Hot dog new wieners luncheon meats Are fat free m _ by the new York times new York a and now  hot dog. T a it Oscar Mayer foods corp., the $2.3 billion packaged cat division of Kraft foods on wednesday introduced its new a fat free line of frankfurters Bologna Chicken and Turkey breast. A a i he product introduction which will / Cost More than $10 million uttered new r vide acc for the mainstreaming of americans Low fat obsession in what May be ice inbred As the Quot week of the Couch  it came Only a Day after frito Lay inc. Hud it would spend $225 million to make Low fat products a third of its projected $6 billion Salty snack business by 1998. To be distributed nationally in april the Oscar Mayer free line is the first big food product introduction since Oscar Mayer a Parent the Philip Morris cos inc., merged its lagging Kraft and general foods operations Jan. 4. It also is the first major new product under the regime of James Kilts the new executive vice president of worldwide food for Philip Morris. The no fat hot dog was introduced at a Swank Manhattan restaurant. A Wie nor Mobil one of Oscar Mayer a six 23-foot-Long, Orange and Buff hot dog shaped promotional vehicles greeted visitors outside the restaurant. Inside the attendees were serenaded with a Medley of tunes including the Oscar Mayer Wiener seng Quot of i wish 1 were an Oscar Mayer Wiener. Quot and the Oscar Mayer Bologna song a my Bologna has a first name its of a a a. A a. It is hardly unusual for companies to Hawk their wares  members of the news Media a proverbial free lunch. But Quot this lunch really is free a fat free Quot Rick scarce general manager of the Oscar Mayer division said of the Buffet that offered an array of the new hot dogs and packaged meats. Taste will be the crucial test for the new products said Terry Bivens an analyst with Argus research. Quot Philip Morris is clearly trying to Spruce up. The food operation a laggard in recent years Quot he said. A this could be a Good product line for Oscar Mayer but it All depends on whether Consumers respond to inc  the new Oscar Mayer hot dog has Zero Grams of fat and 40 calories in comparison with the 17 Grams of fat and 190 calories of the full fat Oscar Mayer Frankfurter. A package of eight fat free hot dogs will Cost from $2.99 to $3.29