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WHE,iEAS, we find now that in the coarse of its pursuit for peace and dignity our Jewish brethren in the State of Israel have risen as ?√ß'?╜e peopi a ay to w ?√ßAS \ATZJV O' jiiu q.hq QiG |o protect taese y' _ iys ci 11107 anc - reedom-Ioving people :he world over recognize that the actions ex the State of Israel this past week have been aimed only at the survival of its people and its pursuit of life, liberty and happ , - : and EAS, we have been made aware of the terrible drain upon the economic re- sources 01 ine iree State of Israel Py virtue of its leaders navtrig' presses every man possible, every food ration available, and called upon every resource at their command to fight and protect itself against an enemy fifty times its size who had threatened its annihilation; and WHZtEAS, we recognize that the State of Israel has been the biggest bastion against uommunisrn in the Middle East and thus to have been defeated and arrni- ?√ß?√ß niiated would, have meant the death of another flame of freedom in this- darkened world; and NOW, THEREFORE, I, ORAN K. GRAGSON, Mayor of the City of Las Vegas, do hereby proclaim MONDAY, June 12th> 1967 as ISRAEL PI U. ??AY and urge all citizens to take proper recognition thereof and support this worthy cause, and pray for peace throughout the world. IN WITNESS WZZEECF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of La... Vegas to be affixed this ninth day of June, 1967. /? JCl Amrrvp or TTiLD, Oran K. Gragson, . payor ,i7 , ?√ßi/yj A//. City Clerk - \\ - 6 Pax - ' y