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IS THERE A DEFENSE?—An atomic explosion such as the
one pictured (center) left nothing but strewn wreckage of
buildings and bodies when it leveled Hiroshima (left) in.
1945. Despite the devastating, destructive force it unleashes, the
safe at right proves that shelters can be built to withstand its
power and radiation. The structure, built of steel
.pnd concrete
Nk• as above the ground and only several hundred feet from the
point of explosion.
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CORE CONCEPT—One of the basic concepts devised by University
researchers for incorporating atomic shelters into new buildings
is the core concept illustrated above. The center area, surrounded
by heavy walls, contains toilets, storage space, visual aids rooms,
etc., and suffices also as emergency shelter.
Apartments--
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lot of temporary housing was
built on university campuses.
However, the undergraduate
married enrollment has drop
ped and in the last 10 years the
trend has been for an increas
ing number of married grad
uate students, Mueller 'said.
Other universities are now
building permanent housing units
for graduate "students, Mueller
said citing the large housing de
velopments of Purdue and Michi
gan State.
The housing project here also
includes five fenced-in play areas
for children with laundry and
storage facilities in each unit.
The new apartments include
one large room which is sub
divided into a living-dining area
and a kitchen, an all tile bathroom
and one or two bedrooms.
Miller said the apartment build
ings should all be completed by
September 1 and the landscaping
finished later in the fall.
!l il t
e has
A lot of Americans are over- Civil Defense has been changed. emergency Protection as a shel
.
looking the important conceptbeen moved directly under ter.'
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President. ; Allan F. Dill, assistant pro
of defense in their headlong The Veterans' Administration fessor of architectural engineer
rush to advocate more and! nomr provides loans for shelter, ing, is deputy director of the
!construction. project and seven others are
bigger missiles and offensive!, "In addition to structural prob-1 studying the enviornmental re
uirements and planning aspects
r"7?:' 1 weapons as the best method;lems, there are many psycological .
for integrated shelter concepts.
; and sociological problems that.
of preventing atomic annihila-Imust be considered in the de-' They' are Melvin Ispnberg, as
tion, says Gifford H. Albright, as
, ,
Isign of shelters," Albright said. :sociate professor of architectural
engineermg, Walter H. Hill and
sistant professor of architectural: Because of radiation people !R o l - L
vO. nge, assistant professors
engineering. - , may have to occupy these shel- lof architecture,and graduate as-
When the A-bomb first became, ters for extended periods of !sistants in architectural engineer
known to the public, they thought, time. Therefore there are archi- r ing Albert Reynolds, Lester Bov
there was no way to survive the; tectural and engineering prob
'er and Roger KaneSs. Other staff
staggering force it unleashes and terns of space detemination,
members are working on struc
the only hope for survival in the heat elimination and adequate ' l tural aspects of the shelter prob
atomic age was to maintain th& air, food and water supply." l eill.
superior offensive force, Albright'. Several tests have been made; The researchers have developed
said. !in various places where groups two convertible shelter concepts
But just as methods of pro- lof people have gone into a shelter ; on which they are concentrating---
tection against weapons have ti:, see if they can subsist for a!the core concept and, the plaza
been devised down through the ;period of time and endure not,concept.
ages, since the shied stopped I only the isolation from the outside In the core concept, toilets,
the sword, protection against
i world but also the close continuallstorage rooms and other facilities
atomic weapons is now being i contact with each other. which do not. need outside light
developed. 1 The latest of these tests took,are designed with heavy walls
"People are beginning to rea-place in Pittsburgh where 30 peo-;in the middle of a building so
lize how relatively simple it is t o !ple spent 2 weeks sealed in a:that they can also suffice as shel
protect oneself against radio-ac-! 12 by 20 foot cubicle. Though lens.
Ituef and Sommerfeld In plaza conceptrooms
tive fallout and survive an atomic there were personality clashes, the are
To Speak in Colorado attack," said Albright, who was frayed nerves, unpleasant odors, clesigned under a plaza for a type
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responsible for test projects attasteless food and even a teen-,of room such as storage or visual
Two faculty .members of the,aids.
! the Eniwetok and Nevada atomiciage love triangle, the 30 vOlun-
College of Home Economics, Mrs. test sites from Feb. 1956 to June!teers showed. that human beings,
Ruth R. Ruef, assistant dean for; '1958 can live like sardines for two ,
research, and Miss Edna Som-i" !
merfeld, assistant dean for con-' Albright is now director of a' weeks and still survive as human,
tinuing education; will speak be-15 119,000 research and study pro_ beings.
fore section meetings of thelgrant here at the University study-, There is another illusion most I
American Home Economics As-mg atomic shelters. 1 people have that Albright and I
sociation's annual meeting in "Those of us who advocate more his crew would like to dispel.
Denver, Colo., June 28 to July . ; concentration on defensive meth-! 'Most people think that shel-
Miss Sommerfeld will report onl c ' ds are fighting a gaining battle,"iters must be 'underground sepa
a local experiment concerning the said Albright. irate units, usable only as shel
interpretation of Home Econom-' Civil Defense is receiving !ters," he said.
ics to the public. I greater financial support from I "But our job is to figure out
J the federal government and !how atomic shelters can con-
Penn State's new Beaver Sta- more emphasis is being placed iveniently and. inexpensively be
dium is 80 rows high on each side.' upon its role in the protection !incorporated into new and pres-
The closed end of the horseshoe against atomic weapons. ;ently existing buildings, serving
remains as it was, 35 rows high.' The administrative status of thews rooms for daily use as well as
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