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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1959 Page Three Hoegh Says livery Family Needs A Fallout Shelter Civil and Defense Mobilization Director Leo A. Hoegh says everyone, even those far from a likely target, would need shel-- ter from fallout" in the event ot an enemy attack. In the introduction to "The Family Fallout Shelter," a pub-lication of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, Mr. Hoegh says: "In an atomic war, blast, heat and initial radiation could kill millions close to ground zero of nuclear bursts. Many more millions everybody else could be threatened by radioactive fallout But most of these could be saved." Mr. Hoegh pointed out that the Federal shelter policy is based on the knowledge that most of those beyond the range of blast and heat will survive if they have adequate protec-tion from fallout. The OCDM booklet contains building plans for five basic fall-out shelters. One is a project with solid con-crete blocks. Cost of the shelters ranges from $150 to $1500. Copies of "The Family Fall-out Shelter" may be obtained from local civil defense offices or by writing: Box Home Shelter, Battle Creek. Mich - - i. K LEO A. HOEGH , , , most could be saved Water (2 week supply, a mini-mum of 7 gal. per person) Food (2 week supply) Eating utensils Paper plates, cups and nap-kins (2 week supply) Focket knife Special foods for babies and the sick. , Supplies and equipment for sanitation: Can for garbage (20 gal.) Covered pail for toilet wastes Can for human wastes (10-gal- .) Toilet tissue, paper towels, sanitary napkins, disposable dia-pers, soap) Grocery bags, newspapers for soil bags Household chlorine (2 pt.) and DDT (1 qt. of 5 solution) Waterproof gloves Shelter equipment: Battery radio with CONEL- - RAD frequencies (640 or 1240) marked, and spare batteries for 2 week operation Home use radiation meters, when available Flashlights, electric lantern, and spare batteries for 2 weeks Clothing Bedding (rubber sheeting and special equipment for the sick) A first aid kit and supplies listed in OCDM Leaflet L-2-1- 2, First Aid: Emergency Kit, Emer-gency Action Writing material Reading material Screwdriver, pliers and other household tools Games and amusements for children Items outside the shelter but within reach: Cooking equipment (canned heat, or camp stove) matches Home fire fighting equipment Rescue tools I HOW TO SURVIVE IF NUCLEAR WAR COMES Substantial protection for families from radioactive fallout can now be devel-oped through construction of simple home shelters. All of the illustrations used on this page are from "The Family Fallout Shelter," a publication of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobiliz-ation. Free copies of the booklet maybe obtained by writing: Box Home Shelter, Battle Creek, Mich. California Looms As Nation's Most-- Populous State California is expected to add more than 6,000,000 inhabitants by 1970 and with a population exceeding 20 million will be the most populous state, according to statisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Other states for which rapid population gains are predicted Nevada and Arizona, with in-creases of about two thirds to lead all the states in rate of pop-ulation growth; Florida, an. in-crease of two fifths to bring its population to almost 6,000,000; and Maryland, Delaware and Michigan with increases of at least one third. For the nation as a whole,-- in-cluding the new states of Hawaii and Alaska the total population is expected to be over 208,000,-00- 0 by 1970, with the annual in-crement in the intervening years averaging 1.5 per cent. The stat-isticians base these predictions in part on estimates by the Bureau of the Census. Each of the three broad age components of the population will increase, Jbut not in equal measure. Persons at the principal productive ages 18 to 64 years will be the slowest growing group; their number is expected to rise only one fifth to about 115 million in 1970. The num-ber of persons under 18 should increase by nearly one fourth to about 74 million. At the same time the over 65 population is expected to increase by a third to 19 million. "Of particular interest is the outlook for the new states of Alaska and Hawaii. Although it is difficult to foretell the effects of statehood, it is likely that the future rate of population growth for each will be well above that for the country as a whole. By 1970 there may be about 290,000 persons in Alaska and over 800,-00- 0 in Hawaii. Also noteworthy is the relative youthfulness of the population in both the areas. Currently only about five per cent of their residents are past 65, and even this low proportion is expected to decrease some-what. On the other hand, persons aged 18-6- 4 are expected to con-tinue to comprise almost 60 per cent of the population in Hawaii and about 70 per cent in Alaska. The Secretary is scheduled to testify August 13 before the Sen-ate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, of which Senator Moss is a member. Subject of the hearing is a res-olution which points out that further delay in mining industry recovery will endanger the econ-omy and the national security, and calls for a reveiw of existing programs "to provide for in-creased production and employ-ment. Moss assailed the principle fig-ure relied on by the Secretary, the Federal Reserve Mining Pro-duction Index, which showed a drop of "only 8;6 per cent in 1958 from the peak year of 1957, calling it "an average that is misleading to the public and without meaning to individual mining operations." He stated that much of the problem of the mining industry could be traced to administration policy. "In the language of the resolution, 'Government pur-chases, contracts, loans, grants, technical assistance, barter . . . have resulted in the abnormal and artificial stimulation of for-eign metal and mineral explor-ation and development," he said. All that we in Congress are here proposing is a constructive examination of a depressed in-dustry. For a healthy economy and for national security, we should have a clearly defined metals policy that will assure adequate stocks of needed ma-terials under all circumstances," he concluded. Moss Assails Stand of Commerce Secretary Secretary of Commerce Fred-erick Mueller drew the fire of Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah because of the Secretary's an-nounced opposition to a "review of existing programs" for the domestic mining industry. Senator Moss referred to a let-ter from Mueller to Rep. Wayne Aspinall of Colorado in which the Secretary stated that with a few and "for the most part mi-nor" exceptions mining and min-erals industries had made profit in 1958, and warned against any "measures by the government to increase output" as "inflationary in character or costly to the tax-payers." "This year, anything the Ad-ministration opposes is said to be inflationary," Senator Moss said. "Apparently a continued depres-sion of the lead-zin- c industry which in ten years in Utah has suffered more than a 50 per cent decline in employment is pref-erable to what the Administra-tion fearfully called inflation," he said. Home Shelters May Save Thousands In Atomic Attack Editor's note: The Salt Lake Times this week begins a series of articles and pictures on civil defense. Emphasis will be on construction of shelters which civil defense officials feel could save thousands of lives in event of atomic attack. One thing is certain if attack comes those who are best pre-pared have the best chance of survival. How does one go about getting prepared? The following list of things needed for a home fallout shel-ter is a good beginning. How many of these items do you have at hand now? Food and cooking equipment: Muscular Dystrophy Assn. Plans Funds Campaign Muscular Dystrophy Associa-tions of America, Inc., have an-nounced the start of a nation- - wide campaign to recruit an army of citizen volunteers for the 1959 March for Muscular Dystrophy, its annual fund rais-ing appeal. Funds gathered in the house-to-hous- e drive will maintain and expand MDAA's research pro-gram into the cause and cure for the mysterious disease which claims more than 200,000 victims in this country, the majority of whom are children. Heading the MDAA campaign are Mrs. Lou Gehrig, national campaign chariman, former Post master General James A. Farley, honorary national chairman and Jerry Lewis, national chairman. Aiding them is a committee of professional, business and enter-tainment leaders who are mobil-izing support in their fields. Volunteers are being recruited among civic and fraternal asso-ciations and their auxiliaries, veteran and labor organizations, religious and youth groups. Jerry Lewis has made a special appeal to his teenage fans to sign up as "Marchers." For the sixth consecutive year the nation's uniformed and vol-unteer fire fighters are partici-pating in the March for Muscular Dystrophy. Continued support is also being planned by such or-ganizations as the Eagles, Tall Cedar of Lebanon, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars as well as service clubs and parent teacher associations. He mumbled a few words in church he was married. He mumbled a few words in his sleep he was divorced. Applicants Selected For Antelope Hunts Successful applicants were re-cently selected at a public draw-ing for the seven limited buck antelope hunts in Utah this year, according to the department nf fish and game. The department said 308 appli-cations were received for the 160 permits allocated for the seven hunting units by the Board of Big Game Control. All hunting areas were over-subscribed except for the San Raphael Desert unit on which only 12 applications were re-ceived for the 25 permits allo-cated. As in the past, Board ruling decrees that the unsubscribed permits will go unused and will not be opened to Antelope permits will be mailed this week to successful appli-cants, as will the application fee to those who were unsuccessful at the public drawing. The hunting season, first of Utah's big game hunts this year, is set for two three-da- y week-ends on all antelope units. The dates are August 22-2- 4 and Aug. 29-3- 1. IT NEVER FAILS o'clock, vviuNEe, jfEWI?1Tf yTV kids KeiLV-T- HE V SSyffil1! m&T 1 6ME'$ DfclNKS AGE COST HIM I SS. oveer A on you! J iasout 4-- fimlsj f J TQTft t y- - ' uMEHSEVEg t7a Mimm mWt,jfryA fasswsfef-CAw- e our ahead SMmMffmi WMWfrW ' :lS0FTrtE6AAEANO kW "m WjU V jL J IMl M BEHIND |