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Hamden Civil Defense in 1960
Future Fire Chief Concerned About Public Apathy


The article below, published in the New Haven Journal-Courier, Thursday, August 4, 1960, provided an interesting and somewhat scary Cold War snapshot of the local plans to address civil defense and public safety following an nuclear attack.
 
Batt. Chief V. Paul Leddy, Hamden Civil Defense Director, candidly expressed his own concern for what he saw as public apathy - a concern that some may see as having changed little in 50 years.

© New Haven Journal-Courier - Thursday, August 4, 1960 (Donated by G. Donald Steele)
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