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Fall-out shelters polarize readers in local opinions
A local columnist weighs the shelter issue amid Cold War fears. He argues shelters may delay but not prevent harm from fallout, questions storage of food and water, and warns of neighborly conflict and panic. He recalls Lemont Illinois church segregation history and notes concern over Rep Jack Walker’s Springfield collapse.
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