European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 8, 1994. The stars and stripes Page 3parents focus on staff punishment by eff7e Bathen Start writer Pir Masens Germany a parents of a 2-year-old girl who was physically abused by playmates at her child care Center say they Are More concerned about seeing workers who May have been negligent disciplined than the boys who were involved. An army investigation continues into the april 18 incident to discover if workers at the Pir Masens Center were negligent. In the incident at least one boy reportedly age 5, inserted a 1-Inch toy Block into the 2-year-old girl s Vagina. Local officials say More than one boy was involved. A a we re not after the boys a said the girls father. A it was the Center that was responsible for the Well being a of our child. A i want the workers responsible to receive the appropriate administrative or disciplinary the stars and stripes has withheld the name of the family to protect the girls identity. The girl is an Alert and talkative child who Speaks two languages. She will turn 3 on july 6. The child smother said she agreed with care givers to move her daughter from a toddlers class to a pre school class of 3 and 4-year-Olds during a recent regrouping at the Center because she was considered advanced for her age. The incident apparently occurred in an a shaped classroom separated by Low desks into distinct activity areas. Twenty children were in the room. The parents said they also Are upset about the treat getting a lift a member of the italian army carries a wounded rwandan boy to a medical Van at Rome a Ciampino Airport Early tuesday. A total of 93 rwandan children victims of their country a bloody civil War were evacuated aboard two italian c-130 Hercules aircraft that brought them from Uganda to Rome for treatment. Mint their daughter received after the incident. An army medical team used rough handling when they performed a Quot rape protocol Quot examination said the Mother who is a medical aide. The exam included drawing blood from the child sarm and taking Oral vaginal and rectal samples with a swab. She screamed for More than an hour during the procedure the father said especially when the doctors were taking blood. A spokeswoman for the 7th medical come was unable to comment on this Case late tuesday. However spokeswoman Barbara Slifer said a for a Little child going to the doctor is a scary thing. And certainly Needles and drawing blood can be traumatizing under the Best of earlier in the evening of april 18, the child was examined by a paediatrician and a doctor in obstetrics and gynaecology at a German Hospital. Her parents then took her Home put her to bed and reported the incident to military authorities. Military officials recommended that the parents immediately have their daughter examined at the army regional Hospital at Lan Stuhl about Midnight. At the Hospital an army doctor performed the a rape protocol examination. A there was never any indication that an adult was involved a said the father who later questioned the need for the exam. The doctor had to err on the Side of caution said it. Col. Rene Robichaux chief of social work services at the army regional Hospital. The doctors a preference was to not do it a he said. However the examination was a Legal and medical necessity Robichaux explained. If the physician had not done it and a Day or two later it were determined that an adult had been involved the physician would have been held accountable he said. Child advocacy officials said they could not determine the identity of the boy or boys because the girl was too Young to give enough information to them. The command is continuing to investigate activities at the Center said Elaine Leist executive officer for the Kaiserslautern military Community Region or 415th base support in. A we Are not attempting to pin the responsibility on someone a list said. Rather the command staff is interested in finding a what do we have to do to make a sure that a situation of this nature never takes place the army a child development program policies Are among the most stringent anywhere Leist said. A even More so than stateside despite rumours in the Community of another assault at the Center Robichaux said that he had no record of any physical or sexual abuse in the past year or two. He also discounted another Rumor that the social worker who interviewed the child had been dismissed. The parents were further concerned when officials asked that the girl be interviewed about three weeks after the incident. They refused to allow the question ing. Trash or area by Dave Melancon Wurzburg Bureau Wurzburg Germany a beginning july 1, military and civilian residents living within the 98th area support group will face penalties ranging from a warning to a court martial for not properly recycling their trash. Officials said the new regulations give commanders and building leaders the muscle they need for ensuring compliance throughout the area support group which includes the communities of Wurzburg Schweinfurt Bamberg and Ansbach. A we need regulation to ensure the seriousness of the program a said Heidi Melander coordinator of the Wurzburg areas separate or Recycle trash or sort program in place since August 1992, a a it a needed for those people who need a regulation for them to comply a at Community town Hall meetings and other forums building coordinators and housing area residents throughout the area pleaded for a regulation so they could enforce the sort program. They said they were frustrated at their inability to order or threaten those who do not follow recycling guidelines residents also complained about . And German citizens living on the Economy who illegally dump their trash into dumpsters located on military installations. The rules signed in May by col. Craig b. Whelden support group commander Are some of Trie first group Jdc sort regulations to be issued in the . Army Europe said Lisa beavers oath Edith s environmental office. A education is working but the regulation is for people who refuse to comply Quot beavers said. Violations of the regulations Are punishable under the uniform code of military Justice or Adverse administrative or civil actions. A potential Adverse administrative actions specifically include termination from government quarters a the regulations say. First time offenders will receive a verbal warning and counselling. The offence will be recorded by the installations Provost marshal. Second and subsequent offenders face disciplinary or administrative actions which increase each time the offence is repeated. Officials said however that they done to expect cases so extreme that courts martial follow. According to the regulation commanders and supervisors Are responsible for administering or recommending the appropriate disciplinary actions. Under the new regulations residents May not a put the incorrect material into the wrong Container. Take their trash to a dumpster outside their housing or work area. Haul trash generated off the installation to receptacles on a military installation. A dispose of trash by those living in Economy housing at a . Installation or housing area. The regulation also spells out How differing types of recyclable trash should be disposed of and provides a breakdown of the types of recyclable materials witness search brings recess in murder trial by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Frankenthal Germany a the trial of five defendants in the Douglas Buckmaster murder Case entered a 10-Day recess tuesday so the court could try to Contact four witnesses now living in the United states. The army sergeants widow Deborah l. Buckmaster and German citizen Stefan Tanski who was her Boyfriend at the time of the slaying both refused to testify tuesday about their alleged roles in the killing. But German police who questioned them in Early 1993, took the witness stand tuesday in a German state court and cited conflicting statements in which the two accused the other of plotting the soldiers death. Police officers have previously testified that two of the defendants told them that on dec. 12, 1992, Buck master passed out from excessive drinking was beaten with a baseball Bat and thrown from his 17th-Story bedroom window in Frankenthal. His wife reported the death As a suicide. At least two of the stateside witnesses were cited in earlier testimony As having been present when the defendants now on trial allegedly discussed their murder conspiracy. Two other German witnesses including a relative of murder co defendant diet mar Seebold appeared briefly before the three judge panel tuesday but refused to testify. However Seebold a relative admitted under police questioning that he knew Tanski and Seebold had been planning to kill someone according to one of the police witnesses criminal investigator Gerald gouas6. In the police statement Seebold a relative said he knew of Seebold a and Tanskie a alleged efforts to get chloroform so they could kill someone Goa so said. The relative also admitted receiving the baseball Bat after the killing Tanski in his police statement claimed that he had second thoughts about the murder As he and Deborah Buckmaster were mane vering the unconscious battered sgt. Buckmaster out through the open bedroom window. But she urged him to let the Soldier drop so he did Guase said. A the entire planning of the deed including arrangement of the time is supposed to have been the wife a idea a Goussis said summarizing Tanskie a account. But she pinned the conspiracy on Tanski in her version of the events according to a ousts. She denied that fear of losing custody of her children in a divorce settlement could have motivated her to kill saying a judge would t award custody to her alcoholic husband Gouard testified. A she denied any involvement in the act a he said. The other police witness criminal inspector Bernd Nachtigall said he found Tanskie a statement credible but not Deborah Buckmaster a. �?o1 have the impression that mrs. Buckmaster did no to always Tell the truth a he said explaining that details in her police statements were inconsistent. However under questioning by her attorney Nachtigall acknowledged that Deborah Buckmaster was the first of the five defendants to admit even knowing that a murder had occurred. The irial is scheduled to resume june 17
