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...have long become used to windowless schools. It helps air conditioning, and the children approve. But last week Artesia* announced an even more singular design. Except for the flagpole, Abo Elementary school will be entirely underground-apparently the first such nuclear-age school in the U.S. Says Architect Frank Standhardt: "I consider my profession derelict on civil defense. We've had ten years of grace and done nothing about...
Asked to estimate the price of an underground school, Standhardt found it would cost only about 10% more than a building above ground. Civil defense officials offered to make up the difference. Artesians had no objections: their houses seldom have basements, and the city (pop. 11,939) has no public buildings suitable for shelter. Artesia is perhaps more mindful of the nuclear age than most cities, being 40 miles from the missile pads of Roswell and 230 miles from Los Alamos...
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