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Civil Defense

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Title Date Summary
1 UNISA wants fallout shelters investigated
Skinner--Gwynne
Northern Iowan 82:10, p.8
10/4/1985 Would like to understand locations and purposes of these shelters.
2 Immaculate Perception
Cashman--Teresa K. (Class of 1986)
Northern Iowan 81:45, p.2
3/29/1985 Argues that signs posted on campus for fallout shelters are obsolete.
3 Bring own supplies to shelter
Ove--Karen
Northern Iowan 77:41, p.14
3/13/1981 Outdated civil defense shelter supplies removed from campus and will not be replaced.
4 Fallout shelters at UNI
Cahalan--Steve
Northern Iowan 69:28, p.8
1/12/1973 Survey of surviving civil defense shelters on campus.
5 Screech!
Perry--Lon
Public Relations News Release 67:57, p.7
6/25/1971 Civil defense system has been installed in Baker Hall.
6 Students urged to assist air patrol
College Eye 59:24, p.4
3/5/1965 Professor Dreier believes that assisting the Civil Air Patrol offers an opportunity for students to do some teaching.
7 Picketers challenged to continue peace program
College Eye 58:10, p.2
11/22/1963 Suggests that we should "work actively for peace."
8 Support, apathy, protest for civil defense drill
College Eye 58:10, p.3
11/22/1963 Students, faculty, and staff offer reactions to drill; photo.
9 Civil defense drill Monday at 4:30 p.m.
College Eye 58:9, p.6
11/15/1963 Ivan Eland gives instructions for drill.
10 Gregersen again on civil defense
Gregersen--Jack (Class of 1964)
College Eye 58:7, p.2
11/1/1963 Points out that the length of time that a person should stay in a shelter is closer to thirty-six days, instead of previously proposed thirty-six hours.
11 Eland answers CD questions
Eland--Ivan L. (Class of 1949; Safety Education Fa
College Eye 58:6, p.2
10/25/1963 Addresses Jack Gregersen's request for more information about campus fallout shelters.
12 CD policy doesn't solve problem
Gregersen--Jack (Class of 1964)
College Eye 58:5, p.2
10/18/1963 Requests more information about the fallout shelters around campus.
13 Operation fallout: shelters ready for nuclear blast
College Eye 58:5, p.1
10/18/1963 Officials talk about use of campus buildings as fallout shelters.
14 SCI will equip with supplies for civil defense
College Eye 57:29, p.3
5/10/1963 Supplies will sustain seven thousand people for two weeks.
15 College prepared for Civil Defense
Alumnus 48:1, p.7
2/1/1963 College buildings selected as fall-out shelters; food and water stocked.
16 Eland prepares Civil Defense Plan Bulletin
College Eye 57:15, p.3
1/18/1963 Will be distributed in early February; gives highlights of program.
17 Civil defense will provide nuclear fallout protection
College Eye 57:10, p.8
11/16/1962 Ivan Eland talks about local plans.
18 Plans complete for on-campus fallout shelters
College Eye 56:25, p.4
3/30/1962 Awaiting Army approval.
19 Committee is studying problem of fallout shelter
College Eye 56:8, p.3
11/3/1961 Committee attempting to determine which campus buildings would provide shelter.
20 Reader questions shelters
Krueger--Lynda (Student--1960)
College Eye 56:8, p.2
11/3/1961 Discusses the practicality of building fall-out shelters; doesn't think they will help.
21 Fall-out shelter necessary for SCI
Chalfant--Richard
College Eye 56:7, p.2
10/27/1961 Stresses the need for a fall-out shelter in case nuclear war were to break out.
22 Drill today
College Eye 52:28, p.1
4/28/1961 Will hold civil defense drill.
23 SLB to give lessons: study cheating problem
College Eye 52:10, p.2
11/18/1960 Will give dance lessons; authorize committee to study cheating; will study civil defense.
24 Technical courses considered for CD leaders
College Eye 50:19, p.5
2/13/1959
25 Dormitories and off-campus
College Eye 45:25, p.7
4/2/1954 News from housing units.
26 Amateur radio serves the national and the individual
College Eye 45:14, p.3
1/8/1954 A look at the radio civil defense system; photo.
27 Teachers College is designated as defense communications center
College Eye 43:19, p.7
2/22/1952 Lengthy look at the civil defense preparations.
28 Amateur Radio Station WPGJ has recently been designated for roles in civil defense in Cedar Falls and Black Hawk County
Public Relations News Release 1952:454, p.1
2/5/1952 Among the equipment at the station is a 500 watt voice transmitter being returned by Donald Anderson, Burlington. Willis Gertner, Westbrook, Minnesota, looks on. Both are students at the college.
29 The college radio station, WPGJ, has been designated as the Cedar Falls Civil Defense Radio Communication center
Public Relations News Release 1952:458, p.1
2/5/1952 Both the city and county communications roles have received approval by President J. W. Maucker. Plans call for the construction of a steel antenna tower, 60 feet high, outside the industrial arts building at the college.
30 Two students, Richard Rossman, West Liberty, and Rex Miller, Anniston, Alabama check frequency of a code transmitter with a frequency meter
Public Relations News Release 1952:456, p.1
2/5/1952 Amateur radio station WPGJ, located in the electricity center, recently was designated for roles in civil defense in Cedar Falls and Black Hawk County.
31 Willis Gertner, Westbrook, Minnesota is checking voltages of a communication radio receiver with a vacuum tube volt meter
Public Relations News Release 1952:455, p.1
2/5/1952 Gertner is in the college industrial arts electricity center which houses amateur radio station WPGJ, recently named for important roles in civil defense activities in both Cedar Falls and Black Hawk county.
32 WPGJ, Amateur Radio Station, has been in operation for three years under the trusteeship of Raymond Matala of the industrial arts department
Public Relations News Release 1952:457, p.1
2/5/1952 Matala checks the call letters of an amateur station with students Donald Anderson, Burlington, and Willis Gartner, Westbrook, Minnesota. WPGJ will play an integral part in civil defense in Cedar Falls and Black Hawk County.
33 Four amateur radio stations, including one mobile unit, will be timed tonight in demonstrating defense communications measures
Public Relations News Release 1950:319, p.1
4/18/1951 Cedar Falls Civil Defense Director Bob Mershon will preside at the council meeting in the arts and industries building. H. G. Palmer said the amateur operators, all licensed, will demonstrate a temporary field station.
34 C. A. P. membership open to future fliers
College Eye 35:23, p.4
3/17/1944 Anyone over sixteen years of age may join.
35 New air raid whistle installed on campus
College Eye 34:37, p.3
7/16/1943 Art Mann builds whistle from spare parts.
36 Pilot training course offered; Kadesch, Cable to instruct
College Eye 32:4, p.1
10/4/1940 Scholarships will be available for nine men and one woman; part of national program; procedures for application; college credit may be available; description of the course.

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