Granskou’s memo of April 18, 1963, stated in part, “We must be mindful of our responsibility toward 2,000 students, and I am concerned that we do all possible to meet that responsibility.” To carry out the College’s agenda, Duane Kringen was appointed Director of College Shelters. In that month, the College announced its intentions to outfit 16 civil defense fallout shelters on campus in the event of nuclear disaster. After I assured him there was nothing to fear, he said, “Good! I got lotsa football to play this summer.” Off he went, joining another generation plagued by concerns of nuclear war.įor the generation of Oles in the early 1960s, the outside world of the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis and Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s “We will bury you!” became all too real in April 1963. With a look of concern, my 8-year-old son, Bailey, asked me the other day if the North Koreans would send a missile to Northfield.
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