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Show F. Family Life Edition J W - ! Hi & . THE VAN NGUYEN is shown holding his daughter Linh, age 4, and displaying the only possessions he had the when arriving in the United States from Asia Ism i Festival Committee were ning now that 11 percent of our population is over 65," she says. "A great deal of wealth and influence is concentrated in that age group. There will be more money to train geriatric workers as that pressure increases." Utah College of Medicine students will know more about geriatrics if Dr. Kasteler has her way. The faculty member is spearheading a drive for curriculum changes to include CHICAGO (UPI) 1 Agency. Assisting Nelson is Gary Sadler, festival manager. He is the Eastern Division sales representative for the Phone Directories Company. Jeff Call, a BYU student majoring in public relations, is the publicity manager. Conference one-thir- We 1975. April. Nguyen Nguyen was reunited with his wife and three children in Provo. Jan 15. 1978 Nguyen said. "If it weren't for the prayers and fasts of the LDS members I might not have lived or had the strength to endure the torture in the camp My testimony and faith in the Lord enabled me to keep holding on. I believed the Lord would not test me above come " which was unable I to over- Smiling Mrs Nguyen said. he would return to us. I knew the oircaldh) began evacuating the LDS members from Saigon. His wife and three children were taken by plane to Guam, and then to Camp Pendleton, Calif. On April 30. 1975, Saigon fell to the Communists and Nguyen was imprisoned in a concentration camp. "There were about 5,000 of us in the camp. There was little food and we ate mostly rice. They tortured us and made us work without rest. We were under constant pressure and stress." After 27 months, Nguyen was released from the concentration camp, but was not permitted to leave Saigon. On Oct. 6, 1977, Nguyen and 23 others escaped in a fishing boat. The group planned on going to a refugee camp in - posterity. "State Street is famous street," T I a Leona Because we have a full staff of Interior Designers, we want to do more than just sell floor coverings. We are interested in you you're family size and lifestyle and finding a decorating motif to match them. Come in to Contract Carpets today. Let's get acquainted. Let us show you the wide range of floor coverings we carry from downright casual to outright elegant. One of them's sure to fit you and your family. MVxpTTT t overturned asphalt in her search for sizable rocks to use as book-end- of s. "A lot of people have been down this street and I guess we're searching for a piece of the rock. It's fabulous. It shows you love your city." Several hundred granite bricks from the intersection of State and Madison streets reputedly the busiest intersection in the world were made available to residents early Friday. "We started breaking ground at 6 in the mo- Ziegler, a field engineer with the construction crew. "By 7:30 they were gone. People were lined EvanvRIack Catpcfs up when we got here. There was one guy from southern Illinois. I've heard they've been selling them for a few bucks. It's hard to get some of the equipment in there because of the people." When the bricks were gone, people turned to digging for chunks of asphalt. rning," said Frank S3 13 contract tarpefcs if Interiors 3 135 South Mountain Way Drive Orem WE'VE JUST JOINED THE SEIKO FAMILY! Set for Human Aid More than 300 human service officials from across the state are expected to attend the annual Utah Conference on Q Utimon artri fioc Human uci 6 at the November Salt Lake Hilton. Senator Orrin Hatch and Governor Scott M. Matheson will keynote the conference which will focus on "Alphabet Soup Two-third- People Take Part of Street - "The committee members are coordinating their efforts with Utah Valley theater managers in providing wholesome family entertainment." Lee Nelson is coordinator of the festival. He is currently an account executive with Western Advertising "It took six days to get to Malaysia One night we were chased by a Com- 1973. Saigon. During Two Swedish tourists Jesse Stay, director of the Depart stared increduously at of ment Film Production at BYU, 'c LI"Wwill provide three films which will ? tion site in the middle of be shown at the Provo Tabernacle Chicago's busiest in- "The Mail-- ; during the festival tersection. Uncle and "The Gift." box," Ben," People of all ages, Serving in an advisory position is some in business suits, Dr. Charles Metten, director of were stooped over or on BYU's Department of Theatre and their knees, foraging for Cinematic Arts. chunks of asphalt with "Response to last year's festival $ sticks, hammers or their was encouraging," said Nelson. bare hands. This year, we hope Utah Valley "We thought they were residents will continue to support looking for fossils," said the Festival." g Eva Kjellsson, of Stockholm. "But they "A main objective of the commit- - $ are for rocks just tee is to acknowledge and endorse $ from thelooking street?" those theaters wnicn mane a con- The city's fabled State ' is being turned into Street S "J the entire family can attend and en a pedestrian mall and said Nelson. joy," residents are scrambling to get chunks of it for an- 15A Utih-Pa- ge and uprising continued in Vietnam and soon it was evident the Communists would soon take over labeled 'useless.' It's a liberation movement " Dr. Kasteler sees hopeful signs in Washington D C. Congress is considering a medical school funding bill that contains, for the first time, $3 million for geriatric training. "The political pressure is just begin nounced today by Dr. Lael Woodbury, Chairman of the Utah Valley Communications Council. festival will be "The week-lon- g Nov. said Dr. Woodbury. THE HERALD, Provo. Conflict Vu 7, and Huy 6. to do," asserts Dr. Kasteler. "A geriatric revolution has started because many influential and competent people in that age group are not willing to be Film Malaysia munist patrol boat, but were iucky and s of ali the got away refugees die in the seas or are killed by of the people the patrols Only succeed m their escape " The small fishing boat landed in Johore Barhu. Malaysia, and the tired refugees were given assistance by the International Red Cross After a three month waiting period. Koy Moore In 1970. Nguyen married and served Nguyen received permission to come to as counselor in the Saigon Branch of America. the LDS Church Having worked as an interpretor for many years, Nguyen was sent to the United States by the Vietnamese government to study English at the Defense Language Institute in San An- March. clothes on his back. The other children are: (from left) Family Film Festival Set Members of the Family By JOHN P. WAGNER, JR From the tortures of a Communist concentration camp in Saigon to the serenity of Utah Valley LDS member The' Van Nguyen has been reunited with his family after 21 years .Nguyen, a former first lieutenant in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, was converted to Mormomsm Sept 3. 1966 Raised in the Buddhist faith, he was taught the gospel by an American airman stationed in Saigon, tonio. Texas. After a six - month English Language Instructor Course. Nguyen attended the LDS General Conference in Salt Lake City. While at conference, he was ible to go through the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Upon his return to Saigon, Nguyen baptized his wife. Lien, into the church. He was called as branch president in Family's Senior Citizen's Influence, Money Growing As the number and influence of senior citizens in America increases, so will the amount of money available for geriatric work. That's the view of Dr. Josephine Kasieter, an assistant professor of family and community medicine at the University of Utah Medical Center. Dr. Kasteler has long been interested in the problems and diseases of old age. "Older people have been pushed out to the periphery of society with nothing 1, 19T8. Makes Home in Provo vi 1 y . Wednesday November s 15-1- -- UIjlLLLU LOUJlLiX and Red Tape: A Behind I the Scenes Look at Human Services I I i J h I" i iiI IVi II ii II ill i L'l H'J it'll ifi'ii'ufi i I I fi I I i I I I I II II 1 1 pJ I I 1 I 1 I I p4 1 I 1 1 I I M ft uu filMP i'i 1i n Delivery." Rhett Potter, Director, Weber County Human Services, and Dr. Anthony W. Mitchell, Executive Director, Utah Department of Social Services, will also speak during the opening ses- .u.vjrjiti.L j .id 3 DIIIV nj'JI iriHiii i iiii Mb f niiinnnn -- i GB33333 QDGEB QBOGEtf sion. 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