European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 29, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9teachers target butt kickers snot shot Cincinnati apr a new line of toys with names such As puke Scooter butt kickers projectile vomit and chunk Blower has found a place in the schoolyard but the alien creatures on wheels have a group of teachers up in arms. A a they re not just Selling a toy they re Selling an attitude a said Margaret seeker a music teacher who with colleagues at Mann elementary school in suburban Loveland Ohio Are protesting Kenner products new a Savage Mondo blitzes a line of toy figures. A i think its outrageous. Everyone in America should be on the picket line a seeker said. Lighten up says Kenner. A these Arentt human figures. We re not trying to influence kids to be violent a said Krickett Neumann manager of Public relations and promotion services for Cincinnati based Kenner. A these arc alien fantasy characters. Just crazy Wacky figures on  she said thursday that the toys which do not do what their names suggest had generated about 20 complaints most from Loveland teachers. Kenner owned by toy giant Hasbro inc., previewed the series of 48 action figures earlier this month at the american International toy fair in new York following test marketing in Indianapolis. Each 1 i Inch tall Savage Mondo Blitzer figure is part of a four pack Selling for $4.99. The butt kickers include a character named snot shot Gas attack is a puke shooter Eye pus belongs to scars and spikes and loaded diaper is among the chunk blowers. National ads for Savage Mondo blitzes began this week. Neumann would not provide specific sales figures. Neumann said the character names arc a on the cutting  a but i done to think they were chosen for Shock value. We re disappointed they re taking them the Way they Are a she said. A we like to think we h ave our Finger on the pulse of what kids  Don t go far in Russia Gorbachev finds London apr after years of Power and privilege Mikhail s. Gorbar Chev says he is now shopping paying his own Bills and finding that even a former presidents Ruble pension does no to go far in Russia these Days. In an interview with Britain a Independent television news Gorbachev also said he has no doubts that russian president Boris Yeltsin is committed to Reform but that under some circumstances Yeltsin could become a too  Gorbachev a monthly pension of 3,900 rubles is huge by russian standards but its Worth Only about $55 at current rates of Exchange. A we receive All the Bills. We pay them. Out go the checks and last month we calculated wed spent 3,900 rubles. That Sall my pension a Gorbachev said in the interview which was broadcast wednesday. Raisa Gorbachev gets Only a 340-Ruble Basic pension a about $5- a eve final countdown a replica of euro Disney a sleeping Beauty Castle stands in downtown Frankfurt. Germany to promote the opening of the resort set for april 12 near Paris. The 20-Yard-High replica is on a tour of major european cities including Berlin Brussels Belgium London Birmingham and Manchester England Madrid Zurich Vienna and Milan. Though she has slaved away for 25 years a the former soviet president said. A was soon As i started going to the shops i realized that was 500 rubles gone straight away. What in a thinking now is that a enough. Its time i earned some dollars so i can support my family a Gorbachev said. This week he started writing an internationally syndicated newspaper column which should improve his Dollar Bank balance. Despite the Ruble Shock the Gorba chess Are very comfortable by russian standards. They have a Moscow apartment and a country Dacha a limousine and 20 bodyguards. They have a considerable though undisclosed outside income from books they have published abroad in Many languages and they have donated thousands of rubles to charities mainly children a Homes and orphanages. Gorbachev is president of a new foundation with More than 500 employees including service personnel. Cheap rates will launch Twa flights to Moscow new York a trans world airlines said thursday it will Start flying into Moscow next month competing with Delta air lines and injecting a dose of Price slashing airline capitalism into the skies Over the former soviet Union. Delta began flying into Moscow last year when it purchased most of the remaining trans Atlantic routes held by now defunct pan american world airways. For years pan am had been the Only . Carrier with scheduled service into Moscow a Sherme trevo Airport. Twa which is reorganizing under Federal bankruptcy Law Protection said that on March 17 it will begin twice weekly service from new York to Moscow connecting through Brussels Belgium Twa said it will inaugurate the russian flights by charging an. Introductory round trip coach fare of $598, far cheaper than current fares of $1,012 on Delta or the russian airline Aeroflot. Airlines often Are forced to match cheap fares offered by the Competition. But Atlanta based Delta said thursday it Wasny to sure whether Delta would slash Moscow fares in response to twas entry. A this is no Surprise to us a Delta spokesman Neil Monroe said. A Aback when glasnost was really at the High Point when Gorbachev and everything looked Rosy Twa had applied american had applied United had applied we had  Aeroflot a . Executives weren to available for comment. A receptionist at the carriers new York office said they were travelling. Twa chairman Carl c. Icahn said the expansion by his Carrier Marks another important step in its efforts to become a viable player in the rapidly changing Industry. Since filing for bankruptcy Protection from creditors last month Twa has also expanded its service in and out of new Yorkus John f. Kennedy International Airport where the Moscow flights will originate. A we View Russia As a major new destination for Twa offering both business travellers and russian expatriates a convenient and affordable new Way to reach Moscow a Icahn said in a statement issued through his office in mount Kisco . Cis officer who stole parts to feed family gets prison Moscow apr an army major who said he needed Money to feed his family was sentenced to 2xh years in prison for stealing spare automobile parts the itar Tass news Agency reported Friday. Maj. Vladimir Ignatenko of the Commonwealth of Independent states strategic missile forces told a military court he was unable to feed his three children unemployed wife and elderly parents itar Tass reported. It was unclear whether the stolen goods were military property. Army thefts in 1991 increased three times compared with the previous year the commonwealths chief military prosecutor told itar Tass. He said officers were responsible for one fourth of the thefts. Morale in the 3.7-million-member Commonwealth military is dropping. Both recruits and professional soldiers have complained of Low pay inadequate housing poor food and generally bad living conditions. Earlier this week three people were killed when military construction troops rioted at the Bai Konur cosm drome in the former soviet Republic of Kazakhstan. They were protesting poor food hazing and beatings