European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 quake hit family but we Are alive7 Italy the Garofalo family ran a hardware store Here for Many years until the night of Angelo and his ran the business with help from their two teenage Maria Luisa and shortly after on that their tranquil country town existence came crashing Down literally on top of when the Garofalo family three Story House began to move in a Way it had never moved the two teenagers were Maria was at the towns Only and who is a was at the everything came Down on top of said who was on the second floor with Angelo at the the House moved up and Down and Back and and then the Walls and roof fell Angelo and i fell with and we were we were sure we were going to All we could hear was screaming and and strange noises came from the the dogs howled like wolves All As soon As the Earth was still Maria Luisa and Nicolino made their Way Home through the rubble that had once been a Maria Luisa got there first and was already digging at the rubble where her Home she was digging and crying when Nicolino we were trapped under tworan Dahal meters about 8 feet of Filomena i thought it was All Over for Maria Luisa and Nicolino moved rubble spurred on by the Calls of their soon their hands were but they didst Nicolino threw boulders aside that night that he could not normally have Maria Luisa in a Little More than an hour they reached their the parents were battered and bruised but otherwise Unin they know they were Lucky because they were aware that others were dying under Mounds of rubble in the town at that once they wasted no they went to work helping Rescue they worked through the night and into the next today they live in a Boxcar on the Edge of it is a Stark wooden dwelling 8 feet wide and 20 feet Long that is jammed with Relief clothes and at one a huge bed that they All sleep on is piled with at the other end is a Small portable Heater and some salvaged Kitchen a cloth Over the doorway gives but Doest hold heat inside the the Garofalos Wear layer upon layer of if their quarters Are their Outlook it is very Good to be fortunate enough to be said their Boxcar is one of six being used at they arc part of a caravan trailer Community that has a Central mess facility that serves meals at noon and at the food is said but she and her family look to the still Many months when they can get Back to a Normal i wish the government would do More to help she we Are and that is the main at looks much but she has a Strong and determined she would not think of moving from is there any place More Beautiful than this she sweeping her hand toward the mountains outside the then she we will have our hardware store again one and then everything will be Allright Mike Spear their Bouse Filomena Garofalo and her children sit in their cold and crowded Boxcar Gus Schuettler tour ships House refugees Naples quake victims fated to misery amid luxury continued from Page 8 coined a word for this area below in the neopolitan dialect it is the place with no living on the water and Down Here with no air keeps the children sick All the the old woman in the morn ing when i Wake up my eyes Are it is bad for the heart to live we want to go Back to our along the companionway she opened other Cabin doors to reveal More sick Chil behind one door was a Small and filthy seamless toilet and a Shower stall con Taining human hair and Grey soap again a torrent of words came and her eyes her words needed no the rooms Are Small and jammed with personal in one that is scarcely larger than the bunk Beds clothes and food were piled a doctor comes aboard the ships each Day and tends to the if someone is seriously he May Call again during the the government said at first that we Amalia Mauro arms extended talks with women taking care of the children during the Day aboard the ships at would have to stay Here until the old woman now they Are saying a can you imagine what it will be like Down Here in August the men Are away at their jobs during the Day but the women and children re main their boredom and despair growing Only frequent walks on the City streets relieve when food was the old woman put her hands together under her Chin in the manner of this is our she reaching into a room and bringing out a pot with several pieces of cold meat and congealed Tomato sauce in the children who Are not sick go to a school nearby every other the Dou bling up is caused by the fact that other schools House quake Back on the main and breathing easily the old woman said they will forget Tell the americans to make sure we Are not already women and children were Leav ing the and it was Only 9 one of these was Maria with her 8yearold they were going into town for ice and Maria smiled at the ruler of tiny Sheik Dom Dies after Long illness United Arab emirates a one of the seven ruling sheiks of the United Arab emirates was buried in his Sheik Dom following his death after a Long Ahmed bin Rashid Al Mualla had served for 52 years As Sheik of umm Al