Civil Defense Administrator Leo Hoegh (who replaced Peterson last July) has, like the Gaither committee, virtually abandoned the blast-shelter idea in favor of fallout shelters.

Civil defense classes became standard in public schools. ... A long-secret network of tunnels 100 feet below the streets of London could be the city’s next big tourist destination.

The director of the Office of Civil De fense Mobilization has one of the most thankless chores in Washington. The public yawns whenever civil defense is mentioned, and Congress finds the OCDM ...

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