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| Role of Civil Defense has broadened
! to include nuclear attacks and disasters
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crisis was in the public eye and civil
defense was a popular issue.
Since then, the building has taken
on a new meaning; civil defense has
extended far beyond the idea of
nuclear survival.
The Civil Defense Agency uses
the Underground Capitol for its of
fices.
“That is why I have the pleasure
of having a sinlt: in myoffice — as this
room (and the other offices) double
as the infirmary,’’ Johnston ex
plained. Many day to-day activities
goon in the civil defense offices such
as global communications. The
communications cento* will play an
important role in case of a disaster or
national emergency.
The radios, computers, tele
phones and other communications
systems in the room are so quick that
the book “War and Peace” can be
{Hinted within seven minutes, said
Barb Gad wood, communications
assistant for the Civil Defense
Agency
The department maintains a hot
line with both of the nuclear power
plants in the state, in case there are
any leaks or other problems with the
plants. If catastrophe struck, the of
fice would know in seconds and
could dispatch new information
about the situation. Every year, icd
eral regulation requires the plants to
have a test to give the civil defense
people a practice run.
Another important communica
tions system in the underground
capitol is “the icebox” -- a room
with a radio connected to the Emer
gency Broadcast System. The room
is built with thick walls and insulated
with copper. In case of a nuclear
explosion, this insulation would
keep out electromagnetic pulses that
cause the breakdown of communica
tions systems.
National communications, called
NAWAS or the National Warning
System, warns the civil defense of
“an attack on the United States,”
according to a Civil Defense pam
phlet.
Yet another system is called the
National News and Broadcast
“If I talk into this microphone,
the whole country can hear me,”
Gadwood said. 1 ‘For what it’s worth,
I’ve sent information to the Pentagon
before.’’
The military and the FBI have
their own communications systems
in the room. One, the Stew 2, a
scram blephone, can turn conversa
tions into “gibble garb,” Gadwood
said.
Next to the communications
room is the operations room. In the
event of disaster, the legislature
would carry out its business here.
This room was used when Grand
Island was devastated by tornados a
few years ago. People coordinating
the “what to do and how to do it”
used the room to direct communica
tion around the state.
When civil defense was first de
veloped, the idea was to protect citi
zens from nuclear attacks or acci
dents that could happen at the power
plants.
“Theories in civil defense have
vacillated from nuclear attack/pow
erplants to natural disasters,”
Johnston said. Now, the philosophy
balances both sicks of the civil de
fense issue, she said. For instance,
the civil defense coordinated relief
efforts after the Grand Island torna
dos.
In fact, only 5 percent of the civil
defense’s activities are related to the
military, Gadwood said. The re
maining 9S percent is civilian activi
ties.
Tours of the U nderground Capitol
are given by appointment, Johnston
said. Tourist information packets are
also available.
A
1 Qmlters sews poignant stories
together with women and music
By Trevor McArthur
Staff Reporter
In the myths of how this nation
was forged from the wilderness, the
best roles have been given to men.
Their brave deeds of conquering
and taming the prairie forcivilization
have been immortalized in words and
song.
“Quitters, this season s first
production for the University of
Nebraska-Liricoln Department of
Theater Arts and Dance, changes this
by featuring only actresses. It’s being
presented in the Howell Theater of
the Temple Theater Building tonight
through Saturday at 8 p.m.
For the descendants of the Great
Plains settlers, the play is a scrapbag
of our forbeareis’ lives, but the stories
of growing up, growing old, the world
of children and getting along with
others can hold meaning for
everyone.
The play presents the stories of
frontier women, their lives in joy and
tragedy. It doesn ’t ignore the men but
focuses on women. They did less
taming but certainly were respon
sible for most of the civilizing.
The story opens with Sarah
(played by Marya Lucca-Thyberg)
writing 3 letter to her six daughters.
Sarah believes she doesn’t have
much time left on earth and is going
to set about creating her greatest
work.
She asserts that “most women’s
work is the kind that fades with the
using" and that her quilts will
probably be the only thing to outlast
her. The progress on her quilt is a
recurring theme, although it
disappears at times as the plays
becomes a series of vignettes.
Saying the plot is weak is perhaps
accurate as far as the construction of
the script, but misleading on its
ultimate impact. The main story
fades out to other characters un
related to Sarah, but then constantly
resurfaces to introduce the new
segments.
The progress on the quilt is an
often invisible thread (and good
quitters make tiny stitches) which
holds the bits together. While the play
digresses and seems to wander, in the
end, the pieces form a wanning
whole.
The idea and form of the quilt
pervades everything about this play.
The story itself is a quilt, gleaned
from the diaries of pioneer women,
an anthology of memories. A quilt is
also an anthology of fabric taken
from a bag of pieces, each piece a
memory: A piece of while from a
wedding dress, blue calico from a
Sunday best
Or perhaps it should be said the
other way — life is a quilt of
memories. Each segment is intro
duced with a beautiful panel from
Sarah’s legacy quilt, then moves off
into stories about those memories.
The quill is not just a symbol of
life’s memories, but the common
element of those memories. The
stories include nights in terrible
blizzards huddled under mountains
of blankets, nights spent in log cabins
and the quilting bees where quilts
were made (and which were one of
the prime social events of the
frontier). The stories start to sneak
away from quilts but eventually have
to mention them somehow.
The play slips so naturally into
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