Well, here's a photo showing the installation of the City of Elyria's civil defense tower. It ran on the front page of the Chronicle-Telegram on April 18, 1953.
It notes, "NEARLY READY FOR SKYWATCHERS – Yesterday afternoon the Ground Observer Corps skywatch shelter was put into place on its supports and now all that is needed are a telephone and power facilities and the skywatchers, part of the civil defense program, can go to work.
"At the base of the tower, which is located at Elyria's new recreation field on West street, are left to right, Douglas Nichols, supervisor of the Post; Dan W. Kothe, Elyria Safety Service Director; G. Ralph Terry, president of City Council. Directly in front of the tower is Paul Rouse, Chief Observer, who donated the crane and crew to put the shelter in position on the supports."
You never know, we may need to revive that Ground Observer Corps program someday.
Anyway, the front page has many other items of interest: unusually cold weather for Ohio, including several inches of snow; part of the profile of Charles W. Scheide, a photographer who recorded much of life around Elyria over the decades; a report on an atomic bomb test at Yucca Flat near Las Vegas; and a report of truce talks with North Korea in an effort to end the Korean War.
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I see there's another article about the local cathouses.
Dad used to talk about how the atomic atmospheric tests in the southwest caused brilliant sunsets in this part of the country. He said that they "never went back to the way they were before."
The way Joe Biden lets the Chinese fly spy balloons all across the country I think it's time to re-establish the Ground Observer Corps once again.
Biden?
Ha!
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3853310-why-trump-officials-were-unaware-of-chinese-spy-balloons/
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