European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday september 19,1994 a at a glance Kimberly Aiken left gives up her miss America Crown to Heather Whitestone 21, who won the title saturday in Atlantic City no. Whitestone the former miss Alabama is deaf and she used sign language to Tell the crowd a i love you a alter winning the title. See Story on Page 12. Talking Tough Pat Robertson pledged that his activist Christian coalition would not be deterred by Republican moderates who Quot done to stand for a Page 6 colleges May lose out colleges that bar military recruiters because of the armed forces ban on homosexuals Are in danger of losing millions in research Grants. A -7 7-7 7 a a a page9 big ticket trouble the luxury car Market in the United states is in turmoil and automakers Are trying to do something about it. 7\ a a a a Page 11 pc Index 3 Abby Ann Landers a a l 21 automotive a a11 classifieds. 24 -28 comics 1 a. 21 -23 commentary. A a a 15 faces in places. A a a 12 focus 17 -20 Horoscope. A26 Jumble. A a a 1 26 letters Al v a 1 a a 1 a a a 1 a 9 f a 1 a a 14 Money matters. 16 sports. 28 �?�36 to listings. A 35 weather. A a 13 from Page 1 be made until the end of september. The investigation began March 28 when a Mother made an official complaint that her 2vi year old son had come Home from the Smith Barracks child development Center in Baumholzer Germany with a Bruise on his Arm that the staff could not explain. The following Day Glenn approached Jean Stewart the social works services representative investigating the incident. Stewarts 51-Page log of her preliminary investigation is included in the documents. A a speaking at that time under the condition of anonymity because he said he feared reprisals from co workers Glenn told Stewart that he had witnessed fellow care providers mistreating children. He alleged that he had seen co workers yanking children by the arms and pushing them using profanity and mentally intimidating children. Glenn singled out two care givers As the worst offenders. He said that he had typed a formal res in ration feb. 9, saying he did not want to work with a child abusers a but that his supervisor had persuaded him to stay. On March 30, stewarts team interviewed care providers at the Smith can Ter. The nature of some of the questions caused employees to suspect that Stewart already had spoken to an a insider a according to stewarts log. The interviews also confirmed some of Glenn a allegations but stewarts impression was that the matter was based largely of personality conflicts Between Glenn and other staff members. A we Are not supposed to draw imaginary figures for the children or Lay Down with them or carry them on our shoulders All of which Mike did a a co worker said in a sworn statement to the army a criminal investigation come or cd. A week later on april 6, Stewart was approached by one of the two workers that Glenn had singled out the care provider expressed concern about Glenn s behaviour with children at the Day care Center. He also appeared to have singled out one child for attention. A a it a like he has a fixation with the girl a the care provider said. V on april 8, Stewart interviewed the 3-year-old girl at the Smith Center in the presence of the child smother who Stewart said helped translate the girls baby talk. The girl Drew a preschoolers picture of herself including her genitals and rectum which she called her Quot Coo Chick and the child was Able to name All of her Day care workers including a emr. the girl indicated that she liked ail of her Day care providers except for or. Mike Stewart asked Why inc did no to like or Mike. Quot i done to want to Tell you Why a the girl responded according to stewarts log. Stewart said she asked the question several different ways always getting the same response. In a sworn statement to the Cid the girls Mother said the responses were Quot in a baby talk manner but still indicated that the girl did not. Want to talk about it. Noted by Jon Connor and Vince Crawley staff writer although military officials said in May that investigators turned up no evidence of physical or emotional mistreatment of children other than the allegations against former care giver Mike Glenn the documents handed Over to German authorities give some credence to Glenn a original claim of physical abuse by his co workers in Baum older Germany. With regard to Glenn a allegations of physical abuse by co workers the social works services representative investigating the incident Jean a. Stewart included these findings in her preliminary report a children have been a physically and roughly handled during a quiet time a a. They Are being grabbed by the legs and flipped Over and then pushed Down to the a children have been a grabbed by the upper arms hard enough to possibly cause a children have been a picked a profanity has been used in the presence of children. A a a discriminatory comments have been made to a Spanish a withholding of food or playtime has been used As a form of punishment. It a ,7 a a a a a a a a a Stewart said most of the incidents involved the two women Glenn singled out. The stars and stripes is withholding their names. In a follow up interview april 11, also with Stewart and the Mother the girl was asked if any of the care workers had made her feel bad or cry according to stewarts log. Each worker was named in turn. A the made me cry a the girl said of the worker she called or. Mike. A the put his Finger on my Coochie a the girl said when asked to explain further according to stewarts log. A it Hurt a she said. The girl told Stewart that she had said a no very loud a and that or. Mike a was mad very loud. I cried the girl then demonstrated what had happened using anatomically Correct dolls to indicate sexual touching Between the adult and child. The mothers sworn Cid statement dated two Days after the second interview varies in some of the details of the interviews. According to the Mother the girl did not Volunteer that she had been touched by Glenn but instead was responding to a question by Stewart. The mothers statement also says Many of the girls statements in stewarts log were responses to a yes or not questions. Throughout the interview the girl also said phrases in baby talk that the adults had trouble understanding. On april 18 and 20, the child was interviewed by Perrotta the army child psychiatrist. Perrotta and Cid agent Alan a Derson spoke with 28 children and unlike Stewart videotaped the interviews. In his report Perrotta noted that the girl was a a very suggestible child. Questions need to be very carefully Perrotta noted that the child a vague responses were caused by anxiety when the topic of sexual abuse was brought up. A although the credibility of the girls statement was not enhanced during her two interviews with me Quot Perrotta con eluded a her statements and behaviour did not in any Way diminish the credibility of her interviews with Jean in another incident involving a 3-year-old boy that allegedly occurred while Glenn and his wife Ulrike were providing Nursery care at Baum older Chapel no. 2, interviewers said the boy made Quot no specific a it was not possible to obtain direct verbal confirmation from the child that abuse had occurred a it. Col. Rene Robichaux chief of social work services at Lan Stuhl said in a document. A did Mike touch your butt a the boy was asked. A yes a said. A did Anthony Fitzgerald the Cid agent operating the video camera touch your butt a a yes a the boy said. The interview was then terminated. The third key child in the Glenn investigation a 5-year-old girl was interviewed by Perrotta on april 20, a few hours after his second inconclusive interview with the 3-year-old girl. 7 a after the interviewer mentioned Glenn a name the 5-year-old a spontaneously stated that the alleged perpetrator touched her a Perryt tax a report said. The girl said that Glenn touched her a a privates on at least two occasions at the Neu Briecke child development Center where Glenn worked in 1993, according to the report. The child gave details of two encounters and said it a Felt in a subsequent interview she said there had been Only one encounter but she changed few of the other details. A Glenn and his wife consider the documents a a Gold mine because they say they show no Concrete evidence of sexual abuse committed by the former infantry sergeant who previously served in Baum Holder for five years. A it Means Baum older officials lied to their Community a Glenn said. Mike Glenn was fired july 22. _ the Glenns also said the compilation fails to translate from English to German crucial interviews conducted by team officials and Cid agents. Without knowledge of these inconclusive interviews the paperwork is biased and could adversely of Tec the German criminal investigation the Glenns said. A. It col. Harold t. Stott jr., commander of the 222nd base support in has banned Glenn from military bases in the area. Glenn said he believes the ban was imposed so Community residents question Why he is still in the area considering the allegations against him. Arnhem Netherlands apr British and Quot american Veteran paratroops sunday re created their historic Parachute drops of 50 years ago during the ill fated operation Market Garden. When they landed in 1944, troops had to Dodge German soldiers. This time the vets had to pick their Way through Young dutch autograph seekers when they reached the ground. Quot it was rough that Day plenty of bullets around a said 73-year-old Joe Berry from Wimbledon England recalling his Landing at Ginkel Heath near arnhem in Southeastern Netherlands. Drop Over arnhem bad weather had forced the veterans to Caneel commemoration jumps planned for saturday. Because of a Busy Road in the area they were not allowed to jump Over Gin Kcal Heath the drop zone used before the Battle of arnhem and had to make do with a nearby civilian Airfield. Fifty veterans jumped throughout the Day at tenge Airfield 34 in tandem and 16 alone. Earlier five american veterans from the 82nd airborne div jumped once More Over the Groesbeek Landing zone near Nijm Egen where they landed 50 years ago., a Quot. Quot the veterans leapt from a modern Cessna Light air plane and landed without problems organizer Henk Van Loon said. Veterans from the . 101st airborne div Hope to jump later this week Van Loon added. They were due to leap saturday at their wartime Landing zone at son near Eindhoven. During operation Market Garden More than 30,000 British and american paratroops dropped into the occupied Netherlands with orders to secure five River Crossings in the area. Prince Charles the heir to the British throne paid tribute to victims of the a tic of arnhem at an emotional memory service sunday morning at the Wooste Beek War cemetery near arnhem. T1 Battle inspired the Book and film Bridge too far. No Rous out Day a Convoy of Abo 600 authentic world War ii vehicle rumbled slowly through the Southe dutch Countryside from the belgian be Der to Nijm Egen cheered through eve Village along the Way. Cheering dutch crowds also delayed to Convoy 50 years ago a As they did Sunda the vehicles ran More than two hours b Hind schedule
