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The Hereford Brand-Sunday, February 7. 1982-Page •B
Refugee Freedom ‘Easy’, Finding Jobs Different!
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1. RETIREMENT PLANNING WITH SPECI AI ISTS We take
retirement seriously. That's why eac h retirement spec ialist is trained to
make sure you get the most benefits from your IRA
2. HIGH INTEREST RATES. With Security federal, you won't have to
wonder what rate you’re earning at any given time. You'll know it. And
the r urrent rates are higher than they've ever been!
3. FREE TRANSFER FROM CHECKING OR SAVINGS. You ran instruct
us to automatically transfer from your < her king or savings account to
your IR.A. account. We'll be happy to oblige
4 FREE PAYROLL DEDUCTION TO IRA Whether you're an employer
or employee, we ran work out a way to automate ally dedur t from your
payroll to your I.R.A. We'll even e onduc t free employee seminars to
explain this service.
5. INSURED SAFETY WITH THE PANHANDLE'S LARGEST Your
Individual Retirement accounts are insured safe to $100,000 00 And
Security Federal is the largest and oldest savings and loan assoc iation in
the Panhandle or High Plains area.
6. FULL FAMILY FINANCIAL SERVICES From Security Checking that
pays interest to home loans to investments to personal loans you get
full financial services from Security federal!
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quiesced, vowing to sell their
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Galveston Bay., where the
Americans claimed tin \ lets
were ignoring rules regal
ding boat and catch size
Cassidy said that while
ethnic hostilities are a pro-
blent in general," he was
more concerned about
depression
You left your home, • u
might have been tortured.
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RETURN PREPARATION
Bookkeeping for Individuals and
Companies. Year End Reports-1099's
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left । n erybly behind They
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FANTA: West Francis at Gray nEnErOnD IOI7W "arh Avenue
AMARILLO: 15th and Folk 45th and Tre kla 31055 Georgia
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your famly miht have been
murdered It seems the area
• •I 1.11 west depression appears
to tie in youn men between
the ates at lit and 30 \ lot "t
ingle men come over, they
(In the Texas coast, resent-
ment between American and
Vietnamese fishermen btled
over into violence that was
quieted only by a federal
court order
The refugees tiled suit after
Viet boats were set afire,
cross burnines were reported
and the Ku Klux Klan sup-
ported the Americans by
marching in several rallies
The refugees finally ac-
runnine the wa er in ..our
heme." s.ad attorney Falph
Iones, a memher of the
Episcopal Church of the In
carnation's commi.tee to
oversee the resettling of a
Cambonltan family of six
.Iones said several parish
members volunteered just
out of the blue" to show the
refusees other aspects of
American life by taking them
to the library, the 20 and
movies.
We’ve had people lake
them to their homes and ac-
tually bring out the labels of
every thing they put into a
product to show them what it
consists of so that someday , if
they want to, they can make
it themselves," he said
The key to survival,
however, lies in mastering
English Most refuszees learn
rudimentary English in reset-
tletnent camps. but once they
are in the United States, they
tend to settle near other
refugees where they are
more likely to rely on their
native languages
Faced with a shortage of
teachers who speak the
languages of Southeast Asia,
some local officials have
created English immersion
programs such as the one
spensored by the Dallas In-
dependent School District
Dr Dam Trung Phap. the
program’s director and the
former dean of linguistics at
Saigen University , said alnut
260 Indechinese children had
joined the program by the
beginning of the spring
semester, with more enroll-
ing all the time
Each da i they r vice 30
minutes of intensive
English," said Phap. whefled
Vietnam after the Com-
munist takeover in 1975
When they are proficient
orally, we will start teaching
them reading and writing
Then we can start teaching
them content areas, such as
oh ial studies ami sience
When Asian children come
to American seheis, Phap
said, they are shockeg at
first They say. Dus isn't .1
st hol: this is a playground
in the Ear East. they are
afraid of their tearhers
Several local school
distriets provide similar
English classes in the even-
ings for refugee parents
Once a refugee can com
munie ate. he can obtain a
better -pay me job and bein
to rise atnve what .Iones
termed the killer" problem
of economies
His church's family has
not 1 iad to buy clothes
because we've had so main
tonated but I would say
without the donations they
could not hack it." Jones
said
But he added he s seen the
mother put a dollar in the
collection plate at church
when it passed by Thal tin
does me it really does That
dellar to her means a hell of a
lot of money "
The adjustment process is
complicated by prejudice
from other refugees as well
as Americans
For centuries, the Viet
namese and Cambodians
have been antagonistic and
the hostility has flared with
Vietnam's takeover of Cam-
bodia
You go to an English class
md all the Vietnamese sit
together ami all the Camb-
Ilans sit together and the
Dials and Laotians may be
between them all," Jones
said
Phap, however, said while
that may be true of parents’
lasses. his young students
have displayed less an-
N sally t ARPENTER
Amuriated Press Writer
Dallas IAP Laan le,
a young widow, lost all her
• aluables hi thieves when she
fled Vietnam with her three
< hiidren in 1980 But she sur-
vived the hum journey by an-
ti ipating the freedom and
opportunity she knew
awaited her in the United
States
Freedom she found imn-
mediateiy it was a year and
a half before she found a job
Ms l.e says learning
Fnglish was tile major bar-
rier between her and employ -
ment She had to dep ad on
friends and refugee aid pro-
trams for survival until last
October, when she bezan
working as a secretary .it
( atholic • Illes of I )allas
Still she longs for a ear. for
a 1 apartment with a
dishwasher
I am so poor now. she
said, but I don’t feel so bad
aboul H berause we throw
away everything but now
we have freedom
Ms Le and the other
Southeast Asians who over-
come phy steal dangers to flee
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with our culture and our
ways," said Don Cassidy, ad-
ministrator for migration and
refugee services for Catholic
Charities For example. just
taking care of a house often
becomes a very difficult
challenge, especially for a
man And the children tend to
tear things up a little more
They re used to living in an
environment where it's kind
of dirty, and everything's
made out of bamboo "
An estimated 560,32:
refugees from Vtetnam.
Laos, Cambodia and
Thailand have settled in the
United States since 1975. ac
cording to the VS Depart-
ment of Health and Human
Services
They represent about a
third of the number that fled
Southeast Asia Although
many more petition for
refugee status in the United
States < ach month, 14,00 are
arcepted
Those most likely to he
taken are refugees wh work
ed for the I S gon eminent or
those who have family here.
Cassidy said Thue without
family ties must be spon-
sored, usually by IS churh
organizations
Abut 10 perrent of the In
dochinese 50,546 have
settled in Texas, which is se-
cond only to California in
number of refugee residents
Many have moved to
Texas after being settied
elsewhere i apparent 1y
because of the favorable
climate." said Linda Gordon
of the Department • Health
and Human Services in
Washingten The government
estimates at least 1,000 In-
dochinese have come to
Texas through such secun-
dary migration
Sponsors provide the
bridr e that allows refuzees’o
overcome the i ultural d.
ficulties that permeate even
the smallest details of
Ameri an life
Prionity objectives are ob-
taining lodging and
necessities, finding jobs,
registering for school,
meeting health needs .mil
learning to use appliances
Sometimes. It's just a
matter of teat hint a refugee
how to use the bus system, or
how toshopat a urwcery store
or use a laundromat or even
as simple as using a toilet ot
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Nigh, Bob. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 152, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 7, 1982, newspaper, February 7, 1982; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1451260/m1/21/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.