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Fallout Shelters Split View Amid Nuclear Fear in Maine and Illinois
In pine forests near Maine and a Decatur Illinois home, families prepare fallout shelters amid debate over enduring need. Civil defense advocates cite high risk and new federal agency plans while skeptics warn against reviving 1950s anxieties and assume limited protection from a nuclear strike.
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Maine
Asa E. Phillips Jr
Phillips
America
Massachusetts
The
Order of Patriots and Founders
Russia
Illinois
A. Webber Borchers
Borchers
United States
Decatur
U.S
Soviet Union
Civil Defense
Carter
Congress
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Administration
E. Eric Jones
Illinois’ Emergency Services and Disaster Agency