European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes february 1981 stale air and overcrowding is the general Rule below decks on passenger ships housing earthquake refugees photo at in the photo Maria holds her mothers hand As she leaves ship for a downtown stroll with her an italian Mother watches Over her sick apprehensive their health will suffer from prolonged confinement aboard s photos by Gus Schuettler refugees fated to misery amid luxury by Mike Spear staff writer Italy in the port three luxury liners that ferry tourists on sunny summer holidays to the pleasure islands of the Mediterranean have become Warrens of despair for nearly Naples area earthquake even among the kids for whom a ship must hold a certain amount of fascination it is a Dank and dreary made worse by the crowded and squalid conditions in which they live below the ships Are filled with displaced peo ple who have nowhere to these Are families of labourers from the Industrial areas of the City who were forced from their Homes three months ago by one of the worst earthquakes to hit the area in on the City of Amalia a fiery and heavily wrinkled woman in her is worried that she and the others aboard the three ships will be for the government docs not care about she fairly she cannot hide her then she rolled her eyes in the neopolitan threw her hands out and you must see where we have to and with the zest of a Wom an half her she was up and moving for the ladder that leads below she was followed by a half dozen ail carry ing or towing children we have no air and All our children Are two decks Down the stale air is Damp the old woman said spitting the and obviously it has been breathed words she opened the door to one of Many the rooms that is about 4 feet by 8 to reveal two sick lying Pale and weakened under the shipboard victims already have continued on Page 9