Resolution 6694 RESOLUTION NO. 6694
WHEREAS, the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund is nationally known
and recognized as one of the chief financial agencies engaged
in the fight against the dread disease of cancer, and
WHEREAS, Walter Winchell suggested and founded the Damon
Runyon Cancer Fund to honor the memory of a fellow journalist
in a good work that will live for uncounted years in the hearts
of humanity, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Winchell generously has assented to the
allocation of One Hundred Thousand Dollars, minimum, from the
Damon Runyon Cancer Fund to the Dade County Cancer Clinic, and
WHEREAS, all the people of Dade County, including those of
Miami Beach, will benefit from the operation of this clinic,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Miami Beach that the City of Miami Beach express its
profound appreciation to Mr. Winchell for his great-hearted
gesture to the people of this community which Damon Runyon knew
and loved so well.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an appropriate citation be pre-
pared by the City of Miami Beach and presented to Mr. Winchell
at the Command Performance to be held December 26 under sponsor-
ship of the Miami Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Roney
Plaza Hotel for benefit of the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of December, A. D. 1948.
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