Nation: Be Prepared

New York's Nelson Rockefeller went to Washington last week, with several other governors, to huddle with John Kennedy and urge a more vigorous federal building program for fallout shelters. Rocky seized the occasion to enjoy his first post-election meal with the President. On the menu: Rocky's own New York State Civil Defense "fallout biscuits," vitaminized crackers that can sustain life for weeks on end. Rockefeller has stockpiled seven tons of them—and coffee, sugar, powdered milk, water—in a 1,000-person fallout shelter under the New York State Capitol at Albany, first shelter built at any...

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