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MAYOR
EDGAR CZARNECKI
COUNCIMEMIEKS
C. l 'T.n' RRANDT
PENNY DAYIDSEN
CAROL &PIKASE
). PATRICK WHITE
CIVIC CENTER, 4 10 E WASHINGTON ST.
IOWA CITY. IOWA 52240
- - - 319-364.1000
P R O C L A M A T 1,0 N
DENNIS KRAFT, ACTINO CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, in January, 19730 the Vietnam Cease -Fire Agreement was signed
in Paris; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of that agreement called for the return of
American Prisoners of War and an accounting of the Men Miss-
ing in Action; and
WHEREAS, today, almosttwo years later,_the fate of 1,300 of our men
prisoners or missing in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, or China is
unknown; and
WHEREAS, there is no evidence that the Communists intend to comply
with the provisions of a return of all Prisoners, an account-
ing.of the men Missing in Action, and return of the remains
of those who.died on foreign soil; and
WHEREAS, VIVA (Voices In Vital America) and the National League of
Families has undertaken the task of bringing to focus attention
on theplight`of our Prisoners of War and Missing Men; and
WHEREAS, the focus is' -in the form of a rededication for freedom.
NOW,
THEREFORE, I, Edgare Czan.neeki, Mayo& o6 the City o6 Iowa City,
do heheby pn.oceai.m auppoxt 6o& the e66ont6 o6 .the 6amiti.ee
and 6hi.end6 o6 .the AmeAican Pxidonen.6 o6 Wan and Mizzing .in
Action in Southea6t A6ia, and..eaU upon att c tizen6 to
6uppont thin ,cau6e and he. -p bxung .to the attention o6 Amen,i.ca
and the woiLtd, the ptight o6 oun. Pnizonene o6 Wan and M.i zin.g
in Action.
Dated .in Iowa City Iowa
thi,6 25th day o6 November,` 1974
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