HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-01-16 ProclamationCUn :" ❑ /, CIVIC CENTETi 410 E WASHINGTON ST.
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10 ru.ma.e may
C. L. Brandt
PP.0 C LAMATI0N
WHEREAS, religion is a mighty bulwark for man and the basis for
- the establishment of order in the world and harmony
amongst its,people, and
WHEREAS, we live in an age in w1ich science and technology have
made the world a neighborhood and make it essential that
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we learn to live together as a world community, and
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WHEREAS, we each must do our part as individuals, as communities,
and as a°nation `to remove those barriers that separate -
men everywhere -- those prejudices that block
understanding and unity, and
WHEREAS, the members of ,the Bahali Faith of, the City of Iowa
City are joining in the twenty-third annual
observance of World Religion Day;`
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mayon C. L. Bicand.t o6 .the City o6 Iowa City,
do hereby proclaim Sunday, January '21,-1973 as ,WORLD
RELIGION DAY in the city, ,in the sincere hope that it
will'direct attention on the indivisibility of human
well-being, stimulate -;them to a renewed interest in
religion and its _dynamiclpotential;as.a.force to move
mankind'towards'.its goal.of,universal peace and unity., i
Mayor
Dated in Iowa City, Iowa
.thin 16th day o6 January, 1973