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Show 03 lo 'With Tom Griffiths- We are hearing new expressions expres-sions these days, such as "there is a light at the end of the tunnel," and "the war is over." For a long time the Viet Nam thing was not a war, but now it is over, suddenly it has become a war. Generally, the American people peo-ple are not outwardly emotional, emotion-al, but there is a feeling in the land of humiliation and sadness. As I contemplate the Viet Nam affair, I think of a poem I learned as a boy. It was called, "The Charge of the Light Brigade." There was one line in particular that comes back to me. "Not through the soldier knew someone had blundered." I don't know why the leadership leader-ship of our nation should be afraid to take decisive action. Let's go back to the Cuba affair. We could have stopped the advance ad-vance of Communism if we had taken a firm stand, but no, we allowed that disgraceful Bay of Pigs disaster to occur bringing Castro to power and causing the death of many of our Cuban friends. Then came Viet Nam and some of that nastiest political moves in the history of our country. Senator Goldwater running for the office of President Presi-dent said lets send all of our power in and end this conflict. But Lyndon Johnson called him a war monger and made that never to be forgotten statement that our boys would never die on foreign battlefields. His political strategy paid off and he became President. But it wasn't long until our boys were fighting and dying on foreign soil. Even then, the war could have been won if we had thrown our power into the conflict. As for President Ford, he is in a sad situation. His country has spent billions of dollars and seen thousands of fine young men lay down their lives only to see the communists emerge victorious. But, I can't agree with him when he says that Russia and China were not guilty of the Communist victory. Without their tanks and rockets, they could not have won the war. So, the war is over, but I don't believe we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Already the communists are rattling their sabers in Korea and I believe it will not be long until they are on the march again. President Ford has openly avowed we will stand by our friends. The question is, does he mean it, and will be become involved in other conflicts that will call for our boys to fight and die in far off lands. It is about time we realize the vow of the Communisis that they will conquer the world is no idle threat, for they are on the march and their stride is long and confident. I realize I am not an authority on foreign affairs, but as 1 follow fol-low the tide of events, I cannot help but wonder. For example, the victorious Communists have already started a building program. New highways linking the north and south will be built and more jobs provided for the Vietnamese. I realize that many people will say, "If you are so smart, what would you have done?" In the early days of the conflict con-flict I remarked on several occasions, oc-casions, "let the Viet Cong take over, they may be sorry when they have to feed those millions of hungry people." Well, the tunnel is still there, but the light on the other side is not too bright. We can only hope with time it will become brighter. Anyway, we now have the world's biggest and most powerful power-ful battleship. The U.S.S. Nimitz has been launched. It cost 684 million dollars, not counting the price of the one hundred aircraft air-craft that will be aboard her. I know 1 should be impressed and have a feeling of security, but somehow this feeling is missing, for with Russia ruling the oceans with her submarines armed with atomic missiles, in time of war the Nimitz would not last long. I am sorry, but I have othf.r things to worry about. I planted my carrots, beets, and spinach, and immediately they were covered by six inches of snow. No sign of any growth as yet. Spring? Bah, humbug! r Economists say a college education edu-cation adds thousands of dollars to a man's income - which he then spends sending his son to college. VIVIAN MURDOCH Vivian Murdock Graduates From Y Cum Laude Mrs. N. Carl (Vivian) Murdock Mur-dock of Alpine, graduated April 18, from Brigharn Young University, Uni-versity, Summa Cum Laude. She received a bachelor's degree with a major in Social Work and a minor in Public Administration. She has been attending school off and on over the past 11 years. She started as a freshman in 1964 when her oldest daughter started at BYU. She has been a member of the honor society Phi Kappa Phi. She was chosen as woman student member of the Evening School Advisory Council. S.e has been recipient of four scholarships, two for evening and two for day classes. For the past three and a half months she has been serving a social work internship at Utah State Training Train-ing School. Mrs. Murdock has found time for church and community service ser-vice even though she has been busy with l.er education. She has been MIA president, first and second counselor in the Relief Society, Junior Sunday School coordinator, chorister and teacher. She has served as secretary for the Republican Party, been frequent judge of elections and is presently a student staff member of the Utah County Commission Task Force on Human Resources. Mrs. Murdock and her husband hus-band are very proud of her accomplishments ac-complishments but both feel their children are their best asset as-set and their greatest source of joy. They are: Merrilee (Mrs. Lenard Wendel) Alpine. BYU graduate; James M., Alpine, BYU graduate; Brent, Dugway, U.S.U. graduate; Dennis, Provo, attended BYU; Gary. Alpine, Al-pine, attended BYU; Mrs. Steven (Maria) Marquardt, Salt Lake City, attended LDS Business Busi-ness College; Annette, Alpine, attended Southern Utah State University, Cedar City; La Von, Provo, attended Dixie College at St. George and graduated from Utah Technical College as an LPN; Tina, Provo, is a student at Utah Tech. College; and Nathan, Kenneth and Curtis are still at home. She also boasts eight grandchildren. She is the daughter of Mrs. Arch Grey of American Fork and the late Albert Merikofer. Shelley School To Hold Final P.T.A. Meeting AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN THURSDAY. MAY 8", 1975 The Shellev Elementary School P 1A will be held Thursday. Thurs-day. May S, (tonight) at 7:30 p.m An outstanding program by Mr. Peterson's third grade and Miss O'son's fourth grade will be presented. The guest speaker for the evening will be Dr. Lynn Scor-esby. Scor-esby. Flections of new officers will also be held. All Shelley School patrons are encouraged to attend. I uti can find a path with no obstatles, it probably doesn't lead am u here. Students Win Stereo -4 . - - ' ' i . :l i f '-r.- . Students at American Fork High School must have a sweet tooth ... but not as much as someone else. They recently participated in the KRSP M&M Mars Contest, collecting 300,000 M&M or Mars Candy Bar wrappers or facsimi-lies facsimi-lies for entry into the contest. When all were counted, the students had won second place . the winning school submitted abi ut sm.ooo. Students at the American Fotk sehoo! feel they came out on top however as they won an AM-FM Stereo-Radio with two speakers and 103 albums. First place was a concert. The equipment has been used in the lunchroom during lunch hours. Permanent resting place has not been decided as yet. 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