European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday november 9, 1993 the stars Ano stripes Page 3 Quot. 1 a a a a a a a a 7. A. A. A a a a a Evora s family upset by Lack of news by Craig Martin disappeared rom their fourth floor apart done to know what they re looking for or who she said a How to i know in a talking to Jim staff writer ment Between i-4 . On sept. 15. Her investigators Are looking at.�?�, Grant a a he said. Quot i said a i called you and Darmstadt Germany a the body was found near a water filled Rock sources close to the investigation last you called me Back. Who do you think grandparents of 2-year-old Elo Ramc Quarry a few hours later. The girl had been week said police have no suspects. You re talking to a a a 1 Kemy say the family is being kept in the battered and sexually assaulted. On oct. 19, rep. Bill Mccollum r-Fla., Quot its frustrating a he said. �?�1 want some dark about the toddler s death. Officials have not said if. They know How sent it letter to the . European come on Quot nobody a willing to Tell us anything a Elora got out of the family a apartment. Behalf of the Mckeys asking that medical Betty Grant said her son was upset during Betty Grant said by Telephone sunday the Mckeys who now Are assigned to and police reports be released to the con the Early Days of the nearly 2-month-old in from the couples Home in Orlando Fla. Fort Bragg n.c., have not been available to Gressman said Elaine Whipple an aide to vesti gation because he could not get info Quot its so comment on the Case. Shortly after the slay Mccollum. A spokesman for Neucom said nation from his Chain of command but Quot we Haven to even been told by the ing investigators said that blood tests had last week that the letter had not been re would read the answers to his questions the army that our granddaughters dead cleared the immediate family and. Others. Cei Ved. Next Day in the stars and stapes. Yet a Jim Grant said. Quot we re getting known to have had Access to the child. Quot our primary concern at this Point is we Quot the stars and stripes is the first organi nothing from our government or the Ger German police Are heading a joint invest done to want to interfere with an investigation nation that has contacted the family a Jim Man government.�?�. Ligation that includes the Darmstadt office a we want answers As to what happened to Grant said. The Grants said they and their son sgt. Of the army a criminal investigation come our grandchild a Betty Grant said. Grant said he wont accept the Quot no com Brent Mckemy Elora a father Are running commonly called Cid. The army has Solic. She said that her son has been working Mentz answers he has been receiving into Walls trying to get medical and police item some 1,500 blood samples from sol with Cid at fort Bragg and that the Grants a a i done to know what ill do next a he said reports from the army. Diers from Babenhausen a fluster and have been working with Cid in Orlando to Quot Well just have to wait and see. I guess Quot we be asked for an autopsy report Darmstadt for in testing at a German try to gain information on the investigation Well have to take a trip to and we were told it could take six months lab in Wiesbaden. Quot but All we re told is they can to Tell us the death of their granddaughter has Rato a year to get a Betty Grant said. Quot you the Grants say they think they Are being. Anything because of an ongoing i Vestiga Mically altered their daily existence Betty almost think that something happened kept in the dark because investigators have Tion a she said. It Grant said. Because they wont Tell us anything. No suspects in the Case. Jim Grant said he and his wife contacted Quot every Day you think about Elora a Brent Mckemy and his wife Penny lived Quot i done to really think they have a clue or an Arney aide at the White House and death All Day Long a Betty Grant said in the army a housing area at Babenhausen Betty. Grant said. Quot i think the asked for help. Quot whoever did this changed our lives for Paserp with Elora their Only child. Elora problem we re working with Here is. You Quot she Tell me. Anything because s helpers gathering goods for Bosnia drop by Chuck Roberts staff writer Rhein main a Germany a toys and gifts will fill the skies above Bosnia and Herzegovina later this month As part of operation provide Santa. Candy clothing Money and toys Are being collected by officials at Rhein main Abas a Way of Quot offering Joy to children in the midst of War a said chaplain capt Steve Schaick an organizer of the collection drive that began at the end of october and ends nov. 30. The Santa theme was chosen because it has become a recognizable Symbol in most areas of the a orld. The operation is not linked to any religious Faith. Items that Are donated and bought will be air dropped along with the meals ready to eat that arc routinely delivered at night by american French and German cargo planes participating in operation provide Promise. With Rhein Mains Long history of airlifting supplies throughout the world Schaick said people at the base began asking the question Quot Why not a As the Holiday season nears with no end in sight for the civil War in the former yugoslav area. Apparently a lot of people Are asking the same question in Pitburg Germany Naples Italy and Laken Heath England. Donations also Are being made at those Sites and forwarded to Rhein main Schaick said. Germans also Are contributing. There Are a few restrictions on gift donations a clothing should consist of children a clothes shoes and boots but should not resemble military style or color. A no military Type toys such As army rifles or squirt guns will be accepted. A Candy must be commercially wrapped and nonperishable. A toys cannot be larger than 24 inches in any Dimen Sion. Stuffed animals Are a Good Choice Schaick said because they Are among items children most appreciate and they land softly. Donations can be made to drop off Points on Rhein main at the base Exchange commissary Chapel and most military units and squadrons Schaick said. Cash donations will be used to pay administrative costs for operation provide Santa and to buy More items for the children Schaick said. Checks should be made payable to operation provide Santa. They can be mailed to operation provide Santa Box Santa Apo a 09057. For information about making a donation or setting up a donation Center Call Schaick at Dan 330-7501 or 069-699-7501. Outside Germany the country code is 49, and the 0 in the prefix Shoula be dropped. Ass rubble is piled up As workers gut the inside of a Barracks building at Caserma Everte in Vicenza Italy. Army pumping millions into Vicenza to give Barracks new lease on life by j. King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau Vicenza Italy a lumbered with outmoded and decaying Barracks at its Vicenza Headquarters the . Army a Southern european task Force is embarked on a six year project to refurbish them. The Cost of the project involving rebuilding 18 Barracks at Caserma Ederle is estimated at $20 million to $25 million before it is completed in fiscal 1998, according to Toro Mitchell chief of engineering plans and services for set aft a directorate of engineering and housing. The goal of the project named the Lousy Barracks policy is to make Ederle Barracks meet the army a minimum living standards. The first renovated Barracks a Wing of building 8a, has been completed and soldiers moved into it thursday. The quarters topped by a gleaming Copper roof harmonize with the local architecture of Northern Italy s Veneto Region. Each of the quarters 19 rooms has its own bathroom equipped with Shower stall toilet sink and Cabinet space. The building features 11 two person rooms for Junior soldiers. The remainder Are single rooms for noncommissioned officers. External entrances serve each room. Men and women from one of the Barracks next to be refurbished Are the new occupants. A the soldiers Are excited about the new quarters especially about the bathrooms Quot said 1st sgt. Edward Burnside who was in charge of the move. Quot the Junior soldiers had been living four to a room in their old building with 47 soldiers having to share one latrine. The new quarters will be a great morale no More than $1.5 million can be spent on renovating any one building under the the Lousy Barracks program. Quot most Barracks facilities Here Date Back at least until the 1950s, and the older ones were built Between world War i and world War ii a Mitchell said. Another renovated building is scheduled to open in the Spring and designs for three More Barracks Are being completed
