Local history: Akron’s demise awaited in underground bunker in 1950s
Col. Fred G. Cain, civil defense director, points out details of a giant map to Summit County commissioners (from left) Oren D. Carter, John Poda and Ralph C. Kibler at the underground control center in April 1951. The bunker was beneath the old county jail in downtown Akron.
(Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Radiation, anyone? Akron Assistant Law Director John R. White inspects a Geiger counter after receiving a state shipment of civil defense equipment in 1953. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Do you remember the signs for air-raid shelters? There used to be 200 of them in downtown Akron and 300 elsewhere in Summit County.
(Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
