DeKalb a Bad Place to Be in a Nuclear Attack

From the July 11, 2018, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1968, 50 Years Ago.

"On an average day, there are about 35,000 people within the city of DeKalb.  If radioactive fallout from a nuclear attack (or from a train or truck accident involving radioactive materials) were to settle in DeKalb only 119 of those people would stand a good chance of surviving.

"The Rice Hotel (148 N. 3rd Street) and the Drs. Smith building (261 East Lincoln Highway) are the only buildings which have been approved by the U.S. Corps of Engineers for shelter space and are stocked."

Very Comforting Thoughts Back Then.  --CootDead