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CITY OF 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, fifty American citizens are being held as hostages
in the American embassy in Tehran by Iranian citizens,
and
WHEREAS, this action, supported by the Ayatollah Khomeini, is
an outrageous violation of every concept of human rights
and justice, and
WHEREAS, President Carter has proclaimed Tuesday, December 18,
1979, as National Unity Day and has urged all Americans
to fly our flag as a symbol of the nation's concerns
for the fate of the hostages, and
WHEREAS, our country's flag stands for our united determination
to uphold the ideals of justice and human dignity,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert A. Veveaa, Ilayoa o6 .the City o6 Ioan City
Iowa, do heaeby phocPa.im Tuesday, DeeembeA 18, 1979, as
NATIONAL UNITY DAV in IoLoz City, and wcge a.tt citizens .to
eompty with Paesident Cahte/L's aequea.t .to di.epfay .the
Amen.i.can 6tag as a symbot o6 .this nation's unity .in owL
concern boa .the hostages.
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MAYOR
Signed .in loua City, ioaa,
.this 18th day o6 Decembea 1979.
MICROFILMED BY
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