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RESOLUTION
4 -R-69
WHEREAS, municipal governments are responsible, under the law,
for protecting the health of their citizens and promoting the safety o-
all citizens and their property; and
WHEREAS, the installation of an Anti -Ballistic Missile Site
with nuclear warheads in close proximity to our population must be
considered a serious threat to the safety of the people of this muni-
cipality:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
• Evanston, Illinois, is opposed to the establishment of an Anti -Ballistic
Missile Site in the metropolitan Chicago area; and
BE IT FURTHI.R RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution shall
be forwarded immediately to the Honorable Melvin Laird, Secretary cf
Defense; the Honorable John Stennis, Chairman of the Senate Armed Ser-
vices Committee; the Honorable L. Mendel Rivers, Chairman of the cuse
Armed Services Cotrurnittee; the Honorable Everett Dirksen and the Honor-
able Charles Percy, U. S. Senators frcm Illinois; and the Honorable
Donald Rumsfeld, Congressman from the 13th Congressional District.
/s/ John D. Em,.ery
Mayor
A'i . EST:
/s/ F. Bror.-n
• City Clark
()({! Adopted: February `Z, 3.969
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