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Word: aroostoock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1982-1982
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...cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and areas near military bases and industrial centers. Officials expect to have anywhere from a few days to a week to prepare for nuclear attack. Evacuation plans have already been placed in telephone directories in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Austin, Marquette County, Mich., and Aroostoock County, Me. By next year, 38 million Americans will have similar instructions in their phone books. FEMA also plans to restock fallout shelters and eventually train 8,200 state and local workers for emergency duty. Says FEMA Director Louis Giuffrida: "The Administration proposes to take action in a moderate, orderly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planning for the Unplannable | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

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