European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 1, 1994 the stars and strikes Page 3 v a St. Ltd it. 1? . A is a Marian Hamilton Kevin fair 7, and sister Becky 6, beat a strategic Retreat from incoming Waves at tic renovated american Beach at Camp Darby  lot better by Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau Camp Darby Italy a surfs up again at Camp Darby As More than 800 patrons of the american Beach celebrated the summer reopening of the recreational area saturday by kicking around some new Sand. The newly renovated Beach is Courtesy of mar workers at Camp Darby who put a new face on the area and saved the government some $20,000 by doing the work themselves a local official said Quot All of us did most of the work through self help a said Giovanni Zepure the morale welfare and recreation offices outdoor recreation director. Quot i would figure that we saved about $20,000. Last year we had to have a contract and it Cost us about that much Money a More than 800 people turned out for the Start of Beach season at Camp Darby on Italy a West coast Between Livorno and Pisa. Most of the visitors were military families from Germany hailing from Baum older Ramstein a Atzingen and Darmstadt the renovated area at american Beach is 100 Yards Long and goes Back 180 Yards from the water. Some of the changes were relatively Small. Workers moved the Boardwalk about 10 Yards to the left to relieve overcrowding around the army and air Force Exchange service snack bar at the rear of the Beach Zepure said r other changes were not so Small. Quot we have 90 percent Brand new equipment umbrellas and chairs All purchased for this years grand opening a he said. A we also have two new paddle boats volleyball nets playground equipment and picnic  although mar workers did the majority of the work themselves some unexpected help also came in the form of the Mississippi is National guard which has members stationed at Camp Darby for training said spec. Robert Robertson weekend Beach manager. A we had a bad storm Here May 2022 with a lot of wind and they really saved us a he said. Quot they brought a Survey team Down and helped us Lay the umbrellas and get them  a More renovations Are planned for the. A amps Marian Hamilton toddlers Scott Hammil left and Cameron Carter enjoy at Day at the american Beach. Camp Darby Beach area Zepure said. A the Beach is getting old. You re looking at a facility Tsiatis 28-30years old a a the next round of renovations will redo a Beach building that houses dressing rooms bathrooms and showers and another building that houses the Beach manager the Beach attendants and the snack bar. For the first time the Beach will have a full complement of lifeguards. Six lifeguards Are on duty every Day. Camp Darby did this by employing an Independent italian contractor to hire qualified lifeguards Quot its always Tough to get qualified lifeguards especially in a place like Camp Darby he said. Quot they the lifeguards Are All really motivated. They All speak  the Beach is open daily until labor Day weekend from 10 . To 7 . Entry costs $2 per adult $1 per child Over age 6 those under 6 enter free and $5 per car. A Beach umbrella with a table and two chairs costs $5 per Day to rent season rental is $190, paddle boats Cost 55 an hour and would by sailors have to be Over age 15 to rent one. The site is flanked by an italian Beach on one Side and a italian police Beach on the other. A we feel very Safe Here a joked Zepure. A says by Craig Martin staff writer Lester Lawson or. Save he got More than he bargained for on memorial Day when he bought a package of planters Caribbean crunch snack mix from the Worms Germany shop Pette for his 1-year-old son Lester Iii. He says he found a 2-Inch Utility use Blade inside the package. Quot it was like that from the factory a the specialist from the 5th signal in said tuesday Quot the fruits and stuff were baked onto  he said he reported his find to a store employee who gave him another bag of the treat and told him to write a letter he said. Quot he told me to write to the company and complain a Lawson said. The mix packages have not been pulled from army and air Force a a Exchange service shelves pending the outcome of an investigation by 7th medical come veterinarians according to a 7th medical come official. Veterinarians Are responsible for investigating issues of food Quality on military installations. Cafes officials in Germany said it is company policy in cases of suspected product tampering for managers to notify the product supplier the staff veterinarian and or the Quality Assurance office. Quot  determine if the product should be pulled from shelves or not a said Carrie Higley Krowka a spoke Swo. Man for cafes Germany. Lawson said he was fortunate he opened the bag and not his toddler. Quot my boy could be been seriously Hurt on this a Lawson said. Quot i guess god was looking out for us my wife Rebecca freaked out. Quot you see this on to and you done to think it will happen to you a he said. Quot its such a big Blade for a Little  Lawson reported the incident to the military police in Mannheim. Quot Cid As the army criminal investigation come is known said there a not much they can do a Lawson said. Barbara Slifer spokeswoman for the 7th medical come said it would be a Quot Day of two before a decision was made whether to pull the item off the shelf. The knife Blade is the Type commonly used to open boxes. Tell How Trio by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Frankenthal Germany three people charged with the murder of army sgt. Douglas r. Buckmaster had planned the act in detail for several weeks witnesses testified tuesday in a German state court. German citizen Veronika Haak charged As an accomplice admitted to the to acc judge panel mat she had driven two German men pie mar Scebold and Stefan Tanski to the Buck masters apartment in Frankenthal on dec. 12, 1992, knowing that they planned 10 kill the Soldier by hitting him with a baseball Bat and throwing him out a window Haak 22, said she had heard the two discussing the plan earlier that evening while they drank several bottles of Beer at task is residence about 50 Miles away near Heilbronn. They hoped to make Buckmaster a death look like a suicide she said. At first German police actually did conclude that the Soldier had jumped from a 17th-floor window in his government leased apartment on Lucas Cra Nach Strasse. Later additional probing by army investigators and German officials Leo to murder charges against Tanski Scebold and the soldiers american widow Deborah l. Buckmaster. Another German co defendant in the Case Sven Dannecker 23, said he Lent the other two men the baseball Bat that night knowing that their plans were Quot not an athletic  when judge Gerold Kraayvanger removed a Blue and Silver aluminium Bat from a paper bag and displayed it Dannecker identified it As the Bat he had Lent that night. Dannecker said Tanski and Seebold also had approached him and other people Many times in nightclubs offering to pay $1,000 for chloroform so they could overpower somebody he said he heard them mention plans to kill someone but he did t take the threat seriously. A a in be known diet mar a Jong time and i did no to think that s what would happen a he said adding that he thought his friends just wonted to use the Bat to Quot teach somebody a  a but Haak said Seebold had told her he was offered $25,00 to kill Douglas Buck master. The Money was 10 have come from a $250,000 life insurance payoff that Buckmaster a a wife would receive. Seebold did not testify tuesday morning. But a criminal police investigator who had interrogated him took the witness stand. He quoted Scebold As saying Deborah Buckmaster wanted to kill her husband because she was afraid she would lose custody of her children in a divorce settlement and because she wanted the insurance Money. She has two children with Buckmaster and one from a previous marriage. According to Sec bold a statement Tanskie a motivation for the killing was to be Able to move to the United states and live with Deborah Buckmaster and her children the investigator said. Also Haak testified that Tanski had expressed concern about Douglas buc pm Aster s allegedly having beaten his wife and children Haak and Dannecker also described Tanski As obsessed with America and anything american the police investigator said Seebold gave the following account of the murder a Deborah Buckmaster said she would go out to dinner with her husband and coax him into getting drunk. A while the Buck masters were out Tanski let himself and Seebold into the High Rise apartment building with a key. They hid on a Balcony donning rubber gloves commonly sold in Germany to prevent the spread of the aids virus. A the Buck masters returned Home and Douglas Buckmaster fell asleep on a Couch. Seebold and Tanski approached the Soldier Whf was completely covered with a Blanket and used the Bat to hit what they thought was the Soldier s head. Then the said ice made a snoring sound. Deborah Buckmaster and Tanski urged Seebold to hit him again. He struck Buckmaster two More times. So Deborah Buckmaster uncovered her husband and saw he was bleeding. She wiped up some of the blood with a Towel. She Scebold and Tanski carried and dragged Buckmaster to a bedroom window Lanski opened the window then he. And Buckmaster a wife placed Buckmaster on the Windowsill and pushed him out. The trial is scheduled to resume Friday. It