European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters saturday september 9/1995 today s rates following Are fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal us British Pound. 1.59 dutch Guilder. 1.62 Gorman Mark. 1.45 note the rates Aboyo apply within the Host country. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound,.other currencies to the Dollar following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren cies v -. Austrian Schilling. 10.4545 Bahrain Dinar. 0.37690 belgian franc. 30.56 British Pound 1.5452 Canadian Dollar. 1.3427 danish Krone. 5.7540 dutch Guilder. 1.6632 French franc. 5.1075 German Mark. 1.4873 greek drachma. .238.19 italian lira. 1,623.50 Kuwait Dinar .0.30170 norwegian Krone. 6.4880 portuguese escudo. .154.31 saudi Riyal. 3.7502 Spanish peseta. 127.42 Swiss franc "v7.7.r-.,.r.i2228 turkish lira. 48,590.00 note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote $383.05 an ounce. Silver quote $5.50 an ounce sources merchants National Bank & Trust co. And the associated press new York Exchange jew York a the 15 most Active thursday., _ _ name Hanson Asmi Contech s . Ism us align Chrysler Texas list s Rwjr Nab pfc waste. For motor Walmart Compaq pc banana Iscol sales 4  Price and net change of new Yolk. Slock Exchange issues trading volume10,812,700 8,203,200 6,330.600 4,238,800,4,043,900 3,911,0003,494,300 3,390,0003,223,900 .3,119,400. .3,051,400 2,940,600 2,720,5002.646,0002.552.600 _ Las chg 16 a ftb7 /4 h 24h vi67 /4 -1tt 99v -1w 10h5714 t h 77w _1h 6 /4 of v 4v 1v. 31% vs25 5\vt t is 27 a it 32h v american Exchange new York a sales the 10 most Active american thursday. Name a Viacom . Echo Bay us Biosca Viacom to therm Olase Viacom we Royal Oakl. Colonial la to source -. 4 . Price and net change of lock Exchange issues trading volume 6,432,3003.788,500 1.482.900 1.267.800 1.101.500964,500 878,500 855,400 614.600561,800 last 1v. 10v4 55/16 . % i h 57/16 % 22. -1v4 8 h. 3v4 19%-.1 of 83/16 7/16 Dow Jones. New York a Dow Jones closing Range of aver Ages thursday  Low close change 30 industrials 4710.58 4640,14 4669.7.2 of 14.09 20 transports ,2004.33 1960.96 1976.74 up .93 15 utilities 203.73 201.29 203.07 up.13 .65 stocks 1606.16 1579.04 1590.49 off 2.18 windows 95 sales decline but still Strong new York a sales of Microsoft corps new operating system windows 95, dropped sharply during its second week of availability but demand still outruns any previous software program. Through retailers Microsoft sold $30 million Worth of windows 95 on its first Day aug. 24, according to pc data a software Market research firm in Reston a. That fell to $7 million by the follow ing sunday Rose again last week and fell to $5.5 million last sunday. The volume of sales at roughly ss5 per copy in stores through the first 11 Days reached 1.63 million copies said Ann Stephens president of pc data. D Campaign -. I -. ". By. -. New York a the Fri has begun a child pornography investigation into a Short lived Calvin Klein and Campaign that used scantily Clad Young peo ple in provocative poses the Wall Street journal reported Friday. The first thing we have to find out is if the models in the photographs were minors Justice department spokesman Carl Stern told the paper. The ads which appeared in magazines on television and on buses were pulled aug. 28 amid a juror from parents and child welfare groups. Some critics charged that at least two models were underage. Even before the protests began Stern said the Fri had raised questions about the ads and had alerted the Bureau s child exploitation and obscenity Section. The ads first appeared in Early july. V a Calvin Klein inc. Spokesman who was not identified told the journal the Justice department has not contacted us and we Are confident we did not violate any  at the. Time the ads were pulled Klein issued a statement saying the ads were misunderstood. Stuart Cameron an agent at women Model management inc. In new York said the four models he supplied for the and Campaign were older than 18. The ads shot by Steven Meisel who also took the photographs for Madonna s Book sex promoted Calvin Klein jeans and showed Young men and women in suggestive poses with their underwear showing. One print and shows a Young boy dressed Only in a Denim Vest and under Wear no jeans at All. Another showed the Fri is looking into whether any of the models featured in the suggestive Calvin Klein ads such As his one on a new York bus were minors. A Young woman with her legs spread tons such As you think you could rip apart and her White panties showing. That shirt off of you after the Model in one television spot a Young male rips off his shirt the older male says Model is in camera Range and an older that s a Nice body. Do you work male who  asks ques out $4v25 billion Init Lohf settlement Likely to be scr bed judge says. I l. ". F -. / Birmingham Ala a theft before the announcement a lawyer for plants for a wide Range of health prob Ture looks doubtful for a $4.25 billion set the women who claim they were injured. Lems including hardening of the breasts element of claims brought by women who by breast implants said a new Deal May and immunological diseases. Received breast implants a judge says. Hinge on talks with one of the de barring any extraordinary devel pendants health products maker Bristol pm ends . District judge Sam Myers Squibb co. Pointer said thursday that he will scuttle about 440,000 women h and registered the Deal by the end of the month. Claims to participate in the 1993 settlement a under the settlement probably will sex number that far exceeded estimates need the amount of Money committed by making the Deal insufficient to pay manufacturers causing both sides to women what they expected drop out he said. L plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley said Ralph Knowles a Lead lawyer for Bristol Myers has discussed More than plaintiffs said he doubted any Deal can doubling its original share of $1.15 Bil be reached. But he noted that the judge lion. The plaintiffs Hope to use a re still was giving them three weeks to come worked Dea with Bristol Myers As a up with a settlement. Framework for a new settlement wit others. Bristol Myers spokeswoman Jane Kra there Are going to be hundreds of thousands of lawsuits filed if this Deal Falls apart he said from Chicago where Mer would say Only that the company still about 500 plaintiffs attorneys Are meet is negotiating. Ing to discuss breast implant litigation. Thousands of women blame breast in while denying their products Hurt any one implant makers agreed to the $4,25 billion settlement on the condition it would resolve most claims. A later study showed that with the thousands of extra women filing claims As part of the settlement it would take $24 billion to give All the claimants what they had been promised. Complicating the situation further the largest defendant Dow Corning corp., filed for bankruptcy court Protection ear Lier this year because so Many women had dropped out of the settlement and sued it individually. Dow Corning originally had agreed to. Kick in about $2 billion. Other major defendants include Baxter International inc., and Minnesota mining & manufacturing. . Shutdown plans costly unsettling by Mike Causey Washington Post Washington the furlough that May never happen already has Cost tax payers hundreds of thousands maybe millions of dollars because of extra paperwork conference Calls altered work priorities and duties associated with contingency planning for a potential oct. 1 government shutdown. A spot Check of Federal offices con firms that Many workers have been taken off regular chores to coordinate shut Down procedures research furlough rules and determine who works and which employees will be sent Home if Congress and the White House fail to approve a Federal budget by Midnight sept. Most agencies and departments have set up groups to determine essential services and the excepted employees needed to provide them. Employees working in Agency Legal administrative budget personnel Benefit and payroll offices Are drawing up guidelines Manning furlough hot lines or otherwise dealing with what if scenarios. Employees will be paid for work per formed through sept. 30. Those called in to work during a shutdown Are to Belaid after budgets Are approved and the furlough is Over but furloughed work ers Are not to be paid unless Congress votes special Money. An office of personnel management worker said morale is terrible and lost time attributable to furlough talk Prepa ration and concern is incalculable