

Those that qualified for shelter status would be marked and stocked with food and medical supplies in case of a nuclear attack.ĭallas joined the survey effort under the auspices of the Dallas Civil Defense Office. That letter was an ominous one in response to the escalating tensions in the world, warning, “Nuclear weapons and the possibility of nuclear war are facts of life we cannot ignore today.” It said the government was working to improve protections for Americans by surveying all public buildings for fallout shelter potential. 15, 1961, issue showing a startling cover picture of a man in a “civilian fallout suit.” Headlined “How You Can Survive Fallout,” it also touted a letter from President John F. Subscribers to Life magazine received their Sept. Dallas Goes Underground: Fallout Shelters for Survival
