European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes sunday december 18, 1988. An inc class i Isis the Gall Ria pm Barto in Naples and ill right Matthew Cox explains the Tine Points of the history and architecture of he Naples a la neral during the City Lour. Class gives positive Start to Naples tour by cake Miller Mediterranean Bureau Nai Les. Italy the Naples version of the Bermuda Triangle stretches Inland from Shoreline sailors residences to naval support Headquarters to Carney Park a military recreation area in the Crater of the City s extinct Volcano if sailors and their families Don t exactly disappear within those confines the area often is the  Sec during their Tours in the City officials said. -.-. With the Aini of offering new angles to Naples , the Navy s overseas duty support program runs what it Calls the True cultural relations course four Day whirlwind introduction to italian language customs and history that includes practical lips on shopping and the us of Public transportation Stu Denis spend their first two Days in arc in a class room discussing culture learning spoken phrases and mail ring the difficult Art of italian hand signals italians can convey All kinds of information with Ihler Lianas said Chris card the support program coordinator. They can Tell you where you can get a cup of Coince without speaking a word. We teach about 30 of the Basic gestures. There arc probably 93d More but we Leach what Are generally considered the most common  Navy Cape. John Paron the commander of the sup port activity at Naples usually greets the students on their first Day of class. It s just dynamite,1 Paron said describing the course to a recent inc class. It gets you onto a positive  during the last two Days of the program students get i he Chance to practice what they be Learned through visits to markets historical Sites restaurants and the City s american studies Center. Naples. Has a negative connotation card said. In the Fleet they say it s the armpit of tie Mediterranean yet it has so much to ofter the Sancarlo opera House the Royal Palace Art sculpture ruins. There s a Gold mine Here but people Don t take advantage.". To enhance he lesson jelling around is accomplished via the City s bustling transit systems it s so Cool Seaman Tina Balas i said As she stood in a packed City bus crawling through Naples congested so rets. I can l wait to come Back Here to shop. I want to learn to bargain because i m going Back to the United states with trunks of  card who went through the program herself when she arrived in Naples three years afro said the course helps new arrivals get Over the culture Shock Broughton by a Lack of familiar surroundings. Studies show hat the condition is similar to the process people go through when a loved one Dies Shock denial then after several intermediate stages they come to grips with the loss inc. She said helps people feel As if they belong  i first arrived in Naples i did t have a car so 1 could t go anywhere she said. I was stranded. The bus system terrified me. When i went through inc i fell i was t As isolated. Thanks Loire 1 had to get Oul. It forced me to walk the streets. I met people who were feeling the same Way i was. We could All relate to each  v the course visit to he american studies Center lets students speak with italians who come to the Center to learn English. During that initial visit Many inc Stu dents make friends with whom they stay in touch Long after leaving Italy said Terri Lanna an inc instructor. If the program has an obvious flaw it is its popularity. The course is required for Active duty personnel assigned to the Naples support activity and the Fleet Shore command bul personnel from other area units also attend. And As Many family members As service members sign up meld to 35 students a week the program is Back logged a most to months. Y maybe classes should be twice As Large or some thing so you Don t have to Wail so Long Balash suggested.  of 113 people questioned in a recently conducted Survey More than 95 said inc helped them adapt to Naples. And course instructors have plenty of stories proving the course s value yesterday a Guy came to me with a thank you card Lanna said. Sometimes til just be some Whereon base and someone will come up to me and say of by the Way i went 16 that place you recommended. You were right it was Cal ". Still there Are people the real victims of the Trian Gle who never Lake advantage of what Naples has to offer. Lanna mentioned a woman who lived in Naples for three years and never visited Rome less than three hours away by train or car. These people would probably do  in the states she said. These Are the ones who stay Home every weekend and would t get Oul to Sec whal a place has to offer no matter where they  still for those who want to break out inc is there to help. As Leard noted for people to be productive to be adaptable they have to be  la Grippe to strike 1 in 5 persons in France Paris a France has been hit with us worst flu epidemic in 20 years and by Christmas one in five people will have suffered from High fever aching Bones Stuffy nose and other unpleasant flu symptoms doctors say. Y the flu has hit harder and earlier. Than Ever before said or. Jean Marie Cohen head of France s. Regional groups for influenza observation Cohen a general practitioner said one in three patients he treats has "lagrippe.". Y. The epidemic is making its Way South from Northern trance where it surfaced two weeks ago to the Riviera where it is expected to Peak during the Holiday sea  than 1 million people have been struck with this years variety which doctors attribute to the a Hini virus. It is affecting mostly Young adults and school age children. The a Hini virus caused a major outbreak of flu in the late 1940s, so pc pie Over 40 arc Likely to be immune to it said Karin Estev Cosof the division of communicable diseases at the world health organization in Geneva. Cohen said the virus first appeared during the summer in Britain but did not reach epidemic proportions czech Oslo  hard hit in Early fall and swe Den is in the grip of the flu. The a la in 1 virus also Lias turned up in Canada and the United states with cases reported in Arizona Michigan Maryland Texas South Dakota and Hawaii he said. Y in the French City of Nantes on the Atlantic coast about 30 percent of school age children have been bedridden with the flu. And in some scattered towns around France schools have been .closed.1 -. "._. Some doctors said recent transit strikes can be to lamed for the flu s rapid spread in the greater Paris Region. Many of my patients have walked Miles in the cold and rain to get to work said or. Joseph Danon an ear. Nose and Throat specialist. And when they do catch buses or subways they re crammed in like sardines an Ideal Way .10 spread