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* 2n Monday, Sopt. 9. 1968 OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
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p-Year Wait
paying
Ky Dick Dcnslry
a member of the
E; Chinese minority, in lndone-
eia. Ong Sioe Tjian. wailed
five years to gel a visa that
fft'ould allow him and his
!J * family to come to ihe United
► 6t«ies.
«. *’ They finally made it ihis
i {'summer. and Ong has be m
* K”appointed director of ihe
* f-CCJvlahoma City YMCA
. Hralih Club.
^ t-liOng said the Chinese in
’ J Southeast Asia are pei seeui-
* » ed the same way ihe Jews
- »have been persecuted
JT through history where their
'"activities have been restrict-
. ed. In fact, the Chinese are
“ i known as the Jews of the
1 Orient, he added.
In predominantly Moslem
Indonesia, the Ong’s were
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1 £ flriore in the minority be-
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47, attended
>-' Ong.
many
Ong Sioe Tjiang
Since that time they have
gone under the new name of
Games of New Emerging
Forces, and include entries
from the Near East. Africa,
South America. Yugoslavia.
i Albania and Cuba.
Although Ong had a strong
sense of dedication to his
- *,,, country and tried to help, he
;* Besides having a degree in {ounrl tho political unrest
l * physical education, Ong is a was (00 much.
\ *registered physical thera- Hp rpcalled the time when
* J; Pist. some Moslem students de-
* % !jPe has been a teacher,' cided they wanted his fami-
* c h, physical therapist, ly's home and gave them
* >&nd Boy Scout leader in In- j three days to move out.
* ’CdBnesia, with teaching expe-j “You think you have trou-;
’schools, terminating with his
^flaaster's degree from
£ Springfield College in
^Springfield, .Mass. He at-1
Ctended schools in Indonesia,]
^Holland and Sweden also.
irifcnee in Holland-
ble with students here,” he
^.SiVideiy traveled. Ongi smiled. “You don t know
IJjSJeaks five languages and
•nhsy had several articles and
* JJa-book published.
* JflHe attended the Interna-
Olympic games as an
. -{Jgbserver hi London in 1948
^jand in Rome in 1960.
j. ‘ One of the high points
s"his career, Ong feels, was
•piuS. position as chairman of
Stjjp International Track and
TBield Appeal Jury in the
*rth Asian Games, held In
Jakarta in 19G2.
how bad it can be.'
Ong and his family have
been living in Ingram, Tex-
as, this summer and will
move to the Oklahoma City
area as soon as they can find
ja home. They have 10 chil-
of diem
Ong points out that the
aim of the Health Club is to
promote the physical fitness
of its members.
Though Ong has command
of several languages and is
"Thirty countries partici- seventh generation Chinese
_ o*te in the games, including from Indonesia, he might
* SSSked-minded element from,have a little trouble commu-
■ ^EUand. Ong said. i nicating with a Chinese visi-
N?;£Ehe games have been la- tor to the Health Club — he
'•'“‘ted by some as attempts at | reads and writes Chinese,
opaganda by Red China, but cannot speak it.
it Red China was not al-
ved to participate in tho
Jmes until recently.
^Birth Control
Problem?
y.£ KEW YORK (AP) — The
^hop-designate of the Ro-
Catohlic diocese of
rooklvn says he does not
lidticipate disciplinary prob-j
• Jjhjns with priests regarding
hhc papal encyclical against
»»rth control.
.; *. sVIsgr. Francis J. Mugav-
• |}i3r> said there was “not the
l^me problem here” as at
.'•She Catholic University of
** America in Washington, I>.
.where 17 professors is-
(HJed a statement opposing
papal ban on contracep-
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 174, Ed. 1 Monday, September 9, 1968, newspaper, September 9, 1968; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc993215/m1/14/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.