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~ ~ <br />Office of the Mayor <br />.. <br />~lI <br />®~PrQ~,~ : Disease of the heart and blood vessels this year will kill <br />almost one million Americans, which nearly equals the <br />total number of deaths from all other causes combined; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, such diseases are the number one killer in the City of <br />La Pone; and <br />WHEREAS, an estimated 56,000 million Americans have some form of <br />cardiovascular disease; and <br />diseases; and <br />WHEREAS, over 54,000 Texans died last year from cardiovascular <br />WHEREAS, cardiovascular diseases will cost our Country more than $128 <br />billion this year,• and <br />WHEREAS, the American Heart Association is funding a nationwide research <br />program, as well as improving health care in the community through professional and public <br />education, as well as community service programs. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, NORMAN L. MALONE, MAYOR of the <br />City of La Porte, do hereby proclaim the month of February, 1996, as <br />AMERICAN HEART MONTH <br />in the City of La Porte, and encourage all citizens to support the lifesaving mission carried out <br />by City of La Porte American Heart Association (East Harris County Division) volunteers during <br />the month. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal <br />of the City to be a,~ixed hereto, this the 12th day of February 1996. <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br />Norman L. Malone, Mayor <br />