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CITY
CF IOWA CITY
CIVIC CENTER 410 E. WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY IOWA 52240 (319) 354.180D
P R 0 C L A M A T 1 0 N
WHEREAS, the citizens o6 town City share wUh the citizens tile
nation oven concern bon. the Qoss 06 7,000 .in6ant6 each
yeaA who die 6xom .the Sudden In6an.t Death SyndAome
(SIDS), and
WHEREAS, SIDS is .tile sudden and unexpected death o6 an appaAently
healthy ,in6ant whose death Aema.ins unexpea.ined a6.teh..the
peh6onmanee o6 a thorough autopsy, and .is the .leading cause
o6 death .in ehiedren undeh one year o6 age, and
WHEREAS, pub
Eic necogn.ition o6 .the disease and a highex .level o6
eonunuluity avcvi.eneas .is needed box suppoAi.to SIDS parents
and .to xaLse bunds box Aeseaxch so .the cause and cuAe may
be bound, and
WHEREAS, Dx. Al6xed S•te-inschne.idM DiAectox o6 the SID Institute,
Univehsdty o6 marytand, BaZtimoxe, ImAyeand, wile be .in
Iowa City on May 23, 1980, and wtiU be speaking at .the
Iowa Dlemoniak Union, Ittino•.s Room, at 7:00 P.M. on May 23,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, John R. 8ae-meh, dlayox o6 •the City 06 Iowa City,
Iowa, do heiceby pxocea.im May 23, 1980, as SIDS DAV .in Iowa
City, and u4ge aee citizens .to suppon.t .tits wohthy cause.
1 V R
Signed .in Iowa City, Town,
.this 20th day o6 May 1980.
MICROFILMED DY
JORM MICRl�LA6
CEDAR RAPIDS •DES MOINES