Word: bartholow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...builder lost a $780 contract because he couldn't start digging a small shelter for a panicky citizen the very next day. In Dallas, the Acme Bomb & Fallout Shelters Co. anticipated $100,000 worth of orders in its first month of operation. In Orlando, Fla., Shelter Builder Douglas Bartholow observed: "For two years I've starved in this business. But since Kennedy's defense talk, I've averaged two sales a day at $2,195 each...