HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-08-25 Proclamation one in every two men, and one in every three women, .will be
diagnosed with cancer in the. ir lifetime; and
~l(~(~r~a~, cancer kills more people each year than AIDS, accidents, and
homicides combined; and
~l~erea~, research has provided the first decrease in cancer incidence
and mortality in U.S. history, and we realize that by accelerating
the cure of cancer by a generation will save 100 million lives
worldwide.
t ere(ore, I, Ernest W. Lehman, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaim September 19, 1998, to be
meritan ancer ocietp
in Iowa City and encourage participation in **The March: Planting the
Seed to Conquer Cancer" event to take place on September 19, 1998, in
Des Moines, Iowa; and
'*The March: Coming Together to Conquer Cancer*' event to take place
on September 26, 1998, in Washington, D.C.
Mayor
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 25th day of August, 1998.
(:;itp of loTtoo
~ffeaS, cance ~!h more people each ye~ ~an ~DS, ac~dents and
~d c ~e; ~' '
~ff~, rese~ch prodded ~e kst ~ease ~ c~cer
nd mo~ ~ '.S. hiato~, ~d we re~e ~at
~e ~e of a generation ~ save 10' fives
world~de.
tt3~r~br~, I, Ernest'
Iowa, do hereby
,, Mayor
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. _City of Iowa City,
1998, to be
meri an
in Iowa City and encourage
Seed to Conquer Cancer"
Des Moines, Iowa; and
to t~e
'qqne March:
on September 26, 1'
to Conquer
in Washington, D.C.
"Fhe March: Planting the
September 19, 1998, in
"event to take place
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Signed in t~wa City, Iowa,
thia 25t~lay of August, 1998.
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