European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 1, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3bush Jeanina toward a Washiington a president Bush said Friday he was a feeling More positive toward a soviet request for Western Aid after discussing economic Reform plans with soviet officials at the White House. In the first indication that . Officials Are persuaded of the Kremlin a seriousness about overhauling their collapsing Economy Bush said he came away with the impression a that they Are undertaking what for them is a and what the world till see As Radical economic Reform a. \ Bush made no commitments saying he still has Homework to do but president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a personal envoy Yevgeny Primakow also came away from the meeting upbeat. He told reporters afterwards he expects Bush to ease Trade restrictions that have hampered .soviet commercial relations for decades and perhaps to approve $1.5 billion in credit guarantees that would enable the soviets to buy . Grain. A the move is in the right direction a Primakow said after the half hour meeting. Bush later invited Primakow Back to the White House for lunch. Primakow also held out Hope that Gorbachev will be invited to present his proposal for transforming the centrally planned communist system into a Market Economy with massive assistance from the seven industrialized democracies at their economic Summit meeting in London in july. The soviet officials saw Bush after a series of lengthy talks this week with . Officials and representatives of the International monetary fund and world Bank. A senior administration official familiar with their proposal said thursday the United states was not yet persuaded the Kremlin knows How to make the Iran sit Ion to a Market Economy nor that a they have the political will to accept the pain that will come with doing  the official said the plan does not constitute a a really fundamental major difference in soviet policy which has failed so far to slow the uncontrolled downward spiral of the nations Economy. The official refused to be quoted by name. But Bush indicated he was persuaded the plan would bring Reform and he was sympathetic to the need for outside Aid. A when you be had a totally controlled Economy to try to move to a Market Economy its not. Easy a the president said. A you need help along the  and the soviets made Clear they arc not As has been reported previously seeking Aid based Only on promises of fun Turc Reform with no strings attached. V a a let me be quite Frank a said one official. A we done to want to have untied Loans and credits now. Its not the main Channel to support us. It could be coordinated and it should be Sec linked connected with our move toward the  Bush speaking with reporters in the Rose Garden said he has not made up his mind yet  the Aid package or on whether Gorbachev would be invited to the Summit. But the president said a a in a feeling More positive on a wide array of specific questions. A a a a i liked what i heard a Bush added. A we have some decisions ahead of us. In a not going to prejudge those decisions.�?�. A. A . Carrier remain in Gulf Waters aboard the Nimitz in the Gulf a the . Navy will probably keep an aircraft Carrier inside the persian Gulf for As Long As american troops arc deployed in the Region according to the commander of a Carrier Battle group. . Aircraft carriers entered the Gulf after iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait at the Peak of the crisis there were four Carrier Bat in groups operating inside the waterway plus another two in the red sea. After the liberation of Kuwait in february the Navy scaled Down it Gulf presence to two nuclear powered carriers and their Battle  a we will be Here As Long As theye is potential for instability in the area a rear adm. Philip m. Quast said in an interview aboard the Nimitz the largest of the Navy a aircraft carriers. The aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt and its Bat tie group were temporarily shifted to the Mediterranean to oversee Allied Rescue operations of kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq. A the Nimitz with 5,500�?zmen aboard arrived april 17. Its aircraft Fly reconnaissance missions Over Kuwait and Iraq. Protection of ground forces and Allied minesweepers is a top priority. Around 75,000 american troops remain in the Gulf. About 40 Navy ships Are still deployed in the Region. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has acquiesced to a request from Kuwait to maintain . Ground troops in the Northern emirate for an unspecified nun Ber of months. There Are eight Allied navies conducting min sweeping operations in the Northern Gulf a japanese min sweep my contingent is in the Southern Gulf port of Dubai unit. De Arab emirates preparing to Jeyte the operations. Quast said that after a meeting with the japanese naval commander he Felt that Japan was eager to con tribute to the Effort. A it. De Barker a . Navy spokesman aboard the Lasalle the Navy command vessel in the Region said 996 mines had been destroyed by Allied minesweepers As of May 28. Between 100 and 300 mines Are left he said. _ a mine free route out of the Northern Gulf is exp a petted to open saturday. The 2,000-foot wide route is 85 to 90 percent free of mines. Scouts can sex Santa Ana Calif. Apr the boy scouts of America can temporarily expel two cub scouts who refused to pledge their duty o god in the organizations oath a state appeals court has ruled. A the 4th circuit court of appeals in a 2-1 ruling thursday overturned a Superior court order that allowed 9-year-old twins Michael and William Randall to. Stay in their scout pack until their Case was heard later this year or in Early 1992, a i really think the justices made a big mistake a said William. A i think they re no cease fire in effect Over desire for military games toys Chicago apr the shooting ended three. Months ago but the Boom in persian Gulf War toys and games continues. Manufacturers and marketeers say sales of middie East Battle games and scale models of weapons. Like the Patriot missile and a-10 warthog warplane still Are running Well ahead of a year ago but do Mand is slowing. Some companies plan to launch new desert storm models As much As six months from now in Hopes that Public interest will carry into the Christmas season. A i think  do real Well a said Thom Walla Confounder and partner of Hobby town Usa a Lincoln  franchise with 45 stores in 19 states. A a it was a popular War and people arc going to remember that a he said. A a it a not like Vietnam. Where it was an unpopular War and nobody wanted to Deal with  indeed the Industry has had a hard time keeping up with the continuing demand for Gulf War items. Str inc. Of Lake Geneva wis., recently ordered a second printing of its strategic simulation game a a line in the Sand a after the first edition sold out generating dose to $500,000 for the company said spokesman Tom Mclaughlin. A. A a it a the Best Selling War game we be Ever produced a he said. Walla said demand for scale models of the warthog plane jumped �?o1,000 percent minimum when the Gulf War fighting began in mid january. He said his stores  get the kits quickly enough from manufacturer Scvell Monogram inc. To meet demand. Scvell Monogram posted a 37 percent gain in first Quarter Revenue partly because of War related sales the company revealed this week in a secures and Exchange commission filing. A based in Morton Grove 111., Scvell Monogram claims a 60 percent share of the . Model kit Market. Its first Quarter sales surged to $27 million from $19.8 million a year earlier and it earned $673,p00 compared with a $1.5 million loss in the first Quarter of 1990. \ preside a to Theodore. J. Eischeid said military Bob Wilke manager of a Hobby town Usa store in Colorado Springs colo., shows off some of the Best Selling War toys handled in his store. Model kits act bunt for about one third of the Rev Ell Monogram Catalon l in said the company already was making models of 14 of the 17 Gulf War aircraft when the War began so it stuck desert storm stickers on those items and watched sales take off. T ins who won71 pledge duty to god breaking the  the boys father James  boy scouts earlier this year after his sons were told they could not participate in troop activities unless they pledged their a duty to  a we have a Legal right As a private organization to set membership guidelines a said Cay tie Daniell a National spokeswoman for the boy scouts. A duty to god is an essential part of the organization and has been in the oath for 81 years and we have no intention to change that a Daniell said the Randalls who live in Orange say they wanted to omit the reference to god in the oath which reads a i Promise to do my Best to do my duty to god and my country to help other people and to obey the Law of the pack. A Randall said that although he objects to the requirement he does no to consider himself or his children to be atheists. He said his sons Arentt sure if there is a god. A they should be Able to make the decision about god when they Are old enough to do so a he said. It in april an Orange county Superior court judge ruled that the boys cannot be barred from attending scout meetings until a trial decided whether leaders can legally expel them. The appeals court overturned that decision. Last week a los Angeles judge ruled that the Constitution gave the scouts the right to bar Timothy Curran who is openly homosexual from becoming a scoutmaster. Superior court Sally disco said the private organization was free to Tell its members that homosexuality is wrong. Curran said he would Appeal