Lögberg-Heimskringla - 05.09.1968, Blaðsíða 3

LÖGBERG-HEIMSKRINGLA, FIMMTUDAGINN 5. SEPTEMBER 1968
3
ln Agony, In Ánger and In Grief
By GUS SIGURDSON
ASSASSINATIONS:
President John F, Kennedy, Nov. 22nd 1963.
Civil-Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King, April 4th 1968.
Senaíor Robert F. Kennedy, June 5th 1968.
The agony, the anger, and the grief! —
Why should these youthful lives be cut too brief
To carry out their purpose as they chose
By dedication for a cause? Who knows
What hatred lurks behind a bullets force
That finds its target in a noble life?
What evil hate must guide it on its course
To numb the hearts of children and of wife?
What agony, what anger, and what grief,
It stirs the very world like a leaf
That blows within a cold and dreadful storm —
And yet the love of God will keep it warm —
Nourished by love, yet cannot understand
The ways of hate. If love filled every heart
When evil roams and stalks throughout the land,
Such love would stop all shooting at the start.
This grief, this anger, all this agony
In these enlightened times, need never be,
If we but understood the laws of God
Far better than the gun, the fist, the rod.
These men who wisely fought and bravely lost,
Armed only with love, and faith in human right,
Gallantly died and paid the terrible cost
To prove love conquers all — wins every light.
The grief, the agony, it lingers on!
The anger slowly dies, until its gone.
The world wipes its tears and smiles again;
Yet underneath it all, the wounds remain
To plague us by the spirits of these dead,
Who left this life while proving love must rule.
A world based on love and wisely led,
Will banish hate, and educate the fool.
the courteous co-operation of
the Gimli Chapter of the Ice-
landic National League, and
the Festival Committee, who
have arranged- your schedule
honoured Sir; in such a man-
fter as to make this luncheon
possible.
In conclusion, I wish to ex-
Press on behalf of Mr. K. W.
Johannson, President of the
Betel Home Foundation, and
the Board of Directors, our
Warmest personal greetings to
you, h e r r a Sigurður Sigur-
geirsson, and to your good
''vife frú Pálína Guðmunds-
dóttir. The staff of the Home
and the residents alike, join
in this expression of greeting
and welcome. We trust that
you will thoroughly enjoy
your visit and carry home
''vith you, happy memories of
these few days spent as a
visitor in Manitoba.
Við biðjum yður að bera
kærar kveðjur til vina og ætt-
ingja á gamla landinu, og það
er von okkar að kærleiks-
höndin austan hafs og vestan
^oegi styrkjast með ári hverju
okkur öllum til blessunar og
þroskunar um ókomin tíma.
Aug. 2nd. — 1968,
J. V. Jónasson,
Administrator,
Betel Home Foundation.
FréHir frá íslandi
Framhald frá bls. 1.
siglingu kringum Vestmanna-
eyjar og síðan var setzt að
borðum, þar sem haldnar voru
ræður í tilefni áfangans. Töl-
uðu þar m. a. Sigurgeir Kristj-
ánsson, forstjóri bæjarstjórn-
ar, Magnús Magnússon, bæj-
arstjóri, Þórhallur Jónsson,
verkfræðingur, sem h e f u r
haft yfirumsjón með verkinu,
ráðherrarnir Ingólfur Jónsson
og Eggert G. Þorsteinsson, al-
þingismaður Guðlaugur Gísla
son og Björn Fr. Björnsson,
fulltrúar frá danska fyrirtæk-
inu NKT, Páll Þorbjörnsson
kaupmaður og Erlendur Árna
son, oddviti í Landeyjum.
Það var hátíðlegt í Vest-
mannaeyjum þennan dag.
S n e m m a um morguninn
drógu menn fána að hún á hús
um sínum og skip lágu í höfn
fánum prýdd. — Þessi vatns-
hátíð í Eyjum endaði svo með
matarboði bæjarstjórnarinn-
ar, en að þeirri veizlu sátu tæp
tvö hundruð manna. Hefur
þar trúlega ekki skort mat og
því síður drykk.
Vísir 23. júlí
ÍSLAND AUÐUGAST
NORÐURLANDA 1966
— segir í skýrslu frá SÞ
ísland er auðugast Norður-
landa, eða var það að minnsta
kosti árið 1966. Nýútkomin
hagfræðiárbók Sameinuðu
þjóðanna sýnir, að þjóðartekj-
ur á hvern íbúa árið 1966 voru
2066 dollarar á íslandi, 1808 í
Danmörku, 1554 í Noregi og
1475 dollarar í Finnlandi. í
bókina vantar upplýsingar frá
Svíþjóð um þennan lið, en í
skýrslunni yfir brúttóþjóðar-
framleiðslu, bæði á markaðs-
og framleiðsluverði er ísland
feti framar en Svíþjóð: 2.837
— 2.732 dollarar á íslandi
2.388 — 2.386 dollarar í Sví-
þjóð.
Norðurlönd eru þó ekki allra
fremst að þessu leyti. H v e r
Kuwaítbúi hafði að jafnaði
3.257 dollara árstekjur og hver
Bandaríkjamaður 3.153 doll-
ara tekjur 1966. Indland er
neðarlega á skrá með 79 doll-
ara þjóðartekjur á hvern íbúa,
og Ethiópía enn neðar með að-
ins 44 dollara. Meðaltalið fyrir
heiminn í heild er kringum
540 dollarar.
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Minnisf
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