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for the fallout shelter program, and said he would not vote to approve the program without a coordination program on all levels of government, plus matching federal funds from the federal government. Dorn proposed investigating making all future community park buildings potential underground fallout
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concerns were raised that the money would be better spent assisting the poor. Concerns were raised that the federal government should match funds spent by the County of Los
Angeles. Concerns were raised that the commission had the power to determine who would live and who would die in the event of
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referred to its proposed nuclear fallout shelter plan as being “massive”, ($ 4,119,180,401 (adjusted for inflation, $ 404 million in 1961 dollars). The program would pass funds through a member of the commission, raising concerns of a
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was a staunch advocate of the program, but was away on vacation during the unanimous vote for a review. A voter-approved bond issue was required to raise the money for the proposed program. Supervisor
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nuclear war, with access to nuclear fallout shelters going to the wealthy or the politically connected. Another concern was that the plans of the commission were unrealistic, for example, the “
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