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RESOLUTION NO. 4521
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING
45 CITIZENS OF ARCADIA AS Al1BASSADORS OF
GOOD WILL ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST
OFFICIAL VISIT OF ARCADIANS TO THEIR SISTER
CITY NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.
WHEREAS, since days immemorial people everywhere have
hoped and prayed for the end of armed conflict as a means to
settle international disputes and differences; and
WHE]~AS, international amity and world peace can be
achieved when people and governments can be held firm by a golden
chain of undel:standing, respect and friendship; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire and wish of the people of
Arcadia, California, to extend to the pepple of Newcastle, New
South Wales, Australia, the hand of friendship and comraderie as
Sister cities of the Free World; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the visit to Newcastle of 45
Arcadians from California in September of 1975 is to implement
and give meaning to the sister city relationship and to embark
upon and activiate joint programs of various exchanges and personal
contacts between the people of the Sister Cities with a view to
promote mutual understanding, respect and friendship between them;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That we, the people of Arcadia, California,
in the United States of America, by and through our 45 fellow
citizens as ambassadors of good will hereby join the people of the
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City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in an affiliation
of friendship to the end that through our various cultural,
industrial and commercial exchanges and contacts on a people-to-
people, person-to-person level, we may learn to know each other,
respect each other's rights and views, and help cultivate friend-
ships between our people, and thus join in helping build the road
to world peace on a bedrock of international harmony and accord.
That IN TESTIMONY TO THIS COVENANT we hereby affix our
signatures and set thereto the Seal of our City on this 2nd day
of September, 1975, here in the City Hall of the City of Arcadia,
State of California, in the United States of America.
1975.
Passed, approved and adopted this 2nd day of September,
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Charles E. Gilb
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loretta K. Lau er
Ma Pro-tem
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Councilman
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