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CD Officials View Underground Office In PoughkeepsieCARMEL. N Y, Sept, 4 - Civil Defense Director, Frank G W Oakley ami Deputy Director, Dorothy M. Pederson, attended the officialopening of the new Civil Defense Commission Southern District Office, located on grounds adjacent to the Hudson River State Hospital in PoughkeepsieImmediately following the open*ing, civil defense officials from theSouthern District convened in the new facility’s Operations Room to outline plans for participation in Operation Ever Ready/’ an exercise to be conducted a! district level which is designed to improve the operational capability of local civil defense jurisdictions.The Southern District Office is an8700 square foot below ground installation, and Ls designed to re* main fully operational during either a nuclear or natural disaster Auxiliary power generators assure the facilitv adequate power for operations and communications if external sources are disrupted.Supplies of water, food, fuel and other necessities are on 4he premises in quantities adequate to sustain 100 persons—It he plannedemergency staff—for two weeksDuring normal day to day opera-♦ions. a staff of five full time civildefense employees handles routineadministrative and operational duties.Telephone, teletype, radio andother communications equipment is installed to permit transmission ofPolio Clinic AtCarmel Sept. 17thA polio immunisation clinic will be hel-d on Wednesday. September 17th. I9S9, from 2-00 to 4:00 p.m.t at the offices of the Putnam County Department of Health, third floor of t:he Count Office Building, Carmel, New York. Oral pdio vaccine willbe administered at this clinic. The basic immunization of oral Sabin vacccine includes a sen as of three doses The firs* dose is followed by a second dose at least eight weeksr-later, and a booster tlt;= given in a yearNcm York State Jaw requires that |polio vaccination be completed or in progress, for any child to be permitted to attend school. Those children a ho have not met this re-*qujrement, and are Putnam County residents, arc eligible for this clinicservice It would be appreciated if parents would bring the child’s . minimization record. Written parental consent is, required for Po-ho immunizationThofe parents who have any questions regarding their children needing polio immunization mav i e-all the office of the Health Depart* met. CArmel 5-817 or 8418.mes^a^es from the countv and citycivil defense Jurisdictions to the district office and from the districtto the State level.
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Brewster Standard
Brewster, New York, US
Thu, Sep 11, 1969
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