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Show Resolution In recent weeks, reports have come to us from Africa concerning concern-ing a great wave of persecution of Jehovah's witnesses in the Republic Re-public of Malawi. One press dispatch reported hundreds of Jehovah's witnesses fleeing from their villages and walking more than 350 miles to Zambia to escape persecution. Another press report tells of a Blantyre businessman, M.L. Chirwa, dying after being attacked at-tacked by youth leaders of the Malawi Congress Party for refusing re-fusing to buy a party membership member-ship card and for being one of Jehovah's Jeh-ovah's witnesses. Another dispatch from Malawi tells of at least ten of Jehovah's witnesses being killed and many homes burned because Jehovah's witnesses refuse to join the nat-nation's nat-nation's sole political party. Other reports tell how, because be-cause of pressure of the Malawi Mal-awi Congress Party, Jehovah's witnesses have been dismissed from their employment and thrown out of their houses, their belongings and valuables have been confiscated, farms and domestic dom-estic animals destroyed, business bus-iness establishments owned by Jehovah's witnesses officially closed and personal bank accounts ac-counts frozen. Many of Jehovah's Jeh-ovah's witnesses have been beaten, bea-ten, tortured, robbed, raped, maimed, and murdered. Some families of Jehovah's witnesses are forced to sleep in the forest for-est and are suffering from lack of food. A radiogram report tells of more than 18,500 who fled now living as refugees in Mozambique Mozam-bique and Zambia. When crimes against Jehovah's witnesses are reported to the police, they will do nothing to protect the persecuted ones or prevent more persecution. Any injured ones going to a hospital are refused medical attention or medicine. Therefore, be it resolved, THAT we, (2,290) Jehovah's witnesses assembled in Ogden High (auditorium) in Ogden, Utah, publicly deplore the atrocities that are being committed against Jehovah's witnesses in the Republic Re-public of Malawi solely because they choose to worship the true God Jehovah and because, as conscientious con-scientious Christians and for Scriptural reasons, they will not become a part of the world and join the Malawi Congress Party or any political organizations; organiza-tions; THAT we unitedly appeal to President Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda, and the order authorities in the Kepublic of Malawi, to quickly bring an end to the cruel maltreatment mal-treatment being practiced against Jehovah's witnesses by certain of their subjects and to restore humaneness to the Republic of Malawi; THAT we call upon all honest-hearted honest-hearted people of Malawi who are lovers of justice and truth and who have regard for human values and who fear God to refuse re-fuse to have any part in the persecution of Jehovah God's faithful servants in Malawi but to do good to these devoted followers fol-lowers of Jesus Christ and not to overlook the words of Jesus at Matthew 25:40: "Truly I say to you, To the extend that you did it to one of the least of these my brotherns, you did it to me"; THAT in unity we pray and will continue to pray to the Almighty Al-mighty Ruler of the universe, Jehovah God, on behalf of our suffering brothers and sisters in the congregations of Jehovah's witnesses of Malawi, that they may be given strength spiritually and physically to endure the trials now upon them and that they may be consoled and comforted in their time of distress. THAT in love for our fellow Christian witnesses of Jehovah we are .prepared to contribute materia! aid and help to the suffering suf-fering families of Jehovah's witnesses in Malawi and the refugee re-fugee families in surrounding countries as we may be called upon to do so; THAT we are confident that the more than 23,300 Jehovah's Christian witnesses of Malawi, by the undeserved kindness of Almighty God Jehovah, will continue con-tinue to be strong in their faith and will worship Jehovah and serve the King Christ Jesus even though reproached, riduculed, taunted, persecuted, or forced into exile, knowing that their salvation belongs to Jehovah God (Psalm 3:8); THAT we highly value the examples ex-amples of faithfulness of our brothers and sifters in Malawi and that this is encouraging to us who are serving the sameGcd though living in another part of the world. We, too, are determined deter-mined to 'keep on obeying God as ruler' and we will preach the good news of the Kingdom, the only God-given hope of mankind. -Acts 5:29; Matthew 24:14. A man is about as big as the things that make him angry. A fellow was walking along the street one day with two small boys, each wailing loudly. A neighbor yelled to him, asking what was the matter. "What's wrong with the whole world," replied the man. "I've got three pieces of candy and each boy wants two!" Road Commission Awards Bid On State's Largest Single Contract The State Road Commission of Utah opened bids on the most expensive, ex-pensive, single contract ever to be awarded in Utah's history. The project, 1-215 from 1800 to 4700 South in Salt Lake County, is also the first of its kind in the world to be constructed on a National Interstate Highway System. Sys-tem. This section of Interstate 215 will be constructed on an em bankment composed of industrial waste. Seven million tons of mine tailing will be provided under a special agreement between the Utah State Department of Highways High-ways and the Utah Division of Kennecott Copper Corporation. The tailing will be classified by Kennecott and loaded by the contractor. con-tractor. Gibbons and Reed submitted a low bid of $12,848,489.00, com pared to the official engineers estimate of $14,038,832.98. The contract also includes on structure struct-ure at 21st South, one,at 3300 South, and two structures at 4100 South. Also included in the project is a section of the Salt Lake County storm drain system. That portion por-tion of the project will be financed fin-anced mainlv bv funds from Salt Lake County. The contract calls for grading, grad-ing, draining and structures on the five mile project. Final surfacing, signing and striping will be completed after the embankment em-bankment has settled and funds are available. Gibbons and Reed will be allowed 350 working days, or roughly two years to complete com-plete the project. In the contract the Highway Department has provided a corridor cor-ridor for use as a haul road along the north side of 21st South from the Kennecott tailing pond. The tailing material can be loaded with a high moisture content which will reduce dust problems in hauling. The contractor will be required to cover the embank ment as he goes. Eighteen inches of cover material will enclose the embankment to prevent erosion eros-ion and provide for plant life. The contract will be awarded upon the concurrence of the Federal Fed-eral Highway Administration and Salt Lake County. THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, THURSDAY. DEC. 7. 1972 The best way to forget your own problem is to help someone solve his. It isn't the incompetent who df"troy an organization. The incompetent in-competent never get in a position to destroy it. 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