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1970 July - December (Radio & Television), Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for radio and television from July to December of 1970.

Child Care Facility Locator System, Carol Lunbeck, Keith D. Maw

Publications

Instructions for using the Child Care Locator and locations of child care providers and boarding homes.

1970 January - June, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from January to June of 1970.

Lucille Vinyard Journal 1970, Lucille Vinyard

Lucille Vinyard Journal Collection

No abstract provided.

Urban Orientations, Vol. 01, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This publication includes: Why the Urban Coalition?; The Center for Urban Affairs; Nebraska, Urbanism, and the Two-Party System; Kuchel on Crime & Punishment; The W Street Clinic; Some Awkward Questions; Manchester, England, a Staff Report; Reflections on the Development of an Urban Data Bank; The Eppley Foundations and Omaha; One Liners; and Opinion.

An Inventory Of Urban-Related Courses In The University Of Nebraska System, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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An inventory of urban-related courses, programs and activities at the Lincoln campus.

Cua Newsletters Vol. 01, No.1 - Vol.1, No.8, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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Eight newsletters from the Center for Urban Affairs dating February 1970 - February 1971.

Uno Downtown Education Center, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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In September of 1971 The Regents' Commission on the Urban University of the 70's Report recommended that:

"... the Commission recommends that UNO bring educational opportunities to the people by further expansion and development of instruction in Program Centers away from the main campus ......... "

Since the receipt of that recommendation the University has established permanent and ad hoc program centers remote from the main campus (i.e., Center for Urban Education, Allwine Farm, sculpture lab and continuing studies in the WOW Building, YWCA, New Federal Building) in addition to continuing a search for a major facility in the "Downtown …

Some Aspects Of Socio-Economic And Community Factors In Planning Urban Freeways, Kwame Annor

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Urban freeways have many Impacts on their users and on the communities that they traverse or bypass. Consequently numerous interest groups become Involved in determining freeway locations. Decision makers at the state and federal levels must weigh monetary and non-monetary consequences as seen by the highway agency and, in addition, must consider the Interests and demands of other public bodies, organizations, and individuals, before reaching their decisions. A similar weighing must be applied by decision makers at the local level before they approve or object to proposed plans. As a result, decisions are difficult, time consuming, and involve many value …

1970 January - June (Radio & Television), Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for radio and television from January to June of 1970.

An Input Output Study For The Omaha Smsa, J. D. Stolen, P. C. Chang

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This study is an extension and refinement of a previous report on the Omaha Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) by Perry P. Chang. The present study makes three major changes in Chang's report, in that it obtains output and value added of industries in the Omaha area, exports and imports of the industries, certain income multipliers, forecasts of output in the Omaha area. for 1975 and 1990, and compares the three results with Chang's.

1969 July - December (Radio & Television), Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for radio and television from July to December of 1969.

1969 January - June, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from January to June of 1969.

Participatory Democracy And The Public Hearing: A Functional Approach, Sheldon J. Plager

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Teaching Communication Skills In The Context Of The World Of Work: A Pilot Project, Barbara L. Brilhart

Publications

The survey of projects was initiated by Miss Kessler, who located sources pertaining to work-orientation in the junior high school, remedial programs for drop-outs, and programs in which language skills were taught in the context of teaching units and courses in occupations. A form was mailed to various cities to obtain curricula and reports on projects.

During the summer of 1968, the author read 200 articles, curricula and project reports in an effort to gain insights into objectives, activities and evaluations of work-orientation programs. The result of this survey will be reported in three sections: (1) concepts of work-orientation; (2) …

Aging Group Consciousness And Cohesion: Some Empirical Considerations, Judy Kessler, Nancy C. Wilson

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This is the third and final evaluation of a recreation program sponsored by the Omaha Parks, Recreation and Public Property Department in public housing facilities for the elderly. John A. Ballweg (1967) conducted the first evaluation and the second was conducted by Judy Kessler and George W. Barger with the assistance of Nancy C. Wilson (1968). Major questions to be considered here are:

1. What is the extent of participation in the recreation program among the residents?

2. Have patterns of social relationships changed since the subjects moved into public housing?

3. What types of friendship groups have developed within …

Omaha Trade Area Study No. 06: License Plate Survey Of Five Major Shopping Points, Charles R. Gildersleeve, Roger E. Corbin

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This is the third of a series of continuing studies in the attempt to ascertain Omaha's retail trade area. The method utilized, as in the past, is that of recording license plate prefix numbers at the three major and two minor shopping points within the Omaha SMSA. Emphasis is placed upon the three major shopping points, Downtown, Crossroads and Westroads, for they are the best indicators of the regional focus of Omaha. The two other points surveyed were Southroads and Downtown Council Bluffs (See Map 13, Page 5). This year the survey eliminated The Center, GEM and Skagway because of …

Cohesiveness And Aging: An Empirical Test, Judy Kessler

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Relationships between persons are the strands out of which society is fashioned, An understanding of the macro-world of social behavior must be firmly grounded in an understanding of the relationships between persons in small face-to-face groups as they define their immediate social world.

Relatively little research has been undertaken to describe and evaluate the social life of particular persons, Up to the present, sociologists have tended to investigate large scale societal and institutional patterns or small group processes usually under artificial conditions, Analysis of immediate social systems as they influence persons day by day has been neglected, Williams (1968) suggests …

The Manpower And Related Agencies Of Omaha: A Pilot Study Of Their Functions And Interconnections, Barbara L. Brilhart, Judy Kessler

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In the past few years the University of Nebraska at Omaha has become increasingly committed to the study and alleviation of urban problems, Involvement of faculty, administration, and students in the life of the community and the demand for courses in urban affairs have stimulated an awareness of the need for an organized and rapid method of information retrieval in relation to the Omaha metropolitan area,

A Strategy For Campus Peace, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Powell Speeches

No abstract provided.

1968 July - December, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from July to December of 1968.

An Input-Output Study For The Omaha Smsa, 1963: A Provisional Report, Perry P. Chang

Publications

The present report aims to show the procedures and findings of an input-output study for the Omaha Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA). This study is based on national technical co-efficients and some simplifying assumptions, with 1963 as the base year. While it is provisional in the sense that this study may be improved through the use of additional data and relaxation of certain assumptions, this report will show some interesting aspects of the area's economy and trends of its development. In the meantime, it may also reveal some of the economic problems, challenges, and opportunities which exist in the Omaha …

Omaha Trade Area Study No. 04: Milk, Grain And Livestock Source Area, Charles R. Gildersleeve, John T. Wilhelm

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The milk marketing area of Omaha, shown on Figure 1, includes all or parts of 12 Nebraska counties and 20 counties in western Iowa. Normally 80 percent of Omaha's fluid milk needs comes from the region outlined as Omaha's milk marketing area. Southwest of Omaha, the major milk producing counties of Gage, Jefferson and Lancaster are part of the Lincoln milk marketing area. And to the northwest of Omaha are some of the heaviest bulk-milk producers i.e., milk used for manufactural purposes--dry milk products, etc. Therefore, even though Wayne, Pierce, Antelope and Cedar counties are the major milk producers in …

1968 January - June, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from January to June of 1968.

Unemployment In Omaha In Relation To The Armour Closing, Kenneth Root, John P. Zipay

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On September 29, 1967, Armour and. Company announced that effective six months from that date, the Omaha Armour plant would be closed, displacing a labor force of approximately 2, 200 workers. This statement, announcing the closing of the third meatpacking firm in Omaha within the past two years, was startling and indicative of far- reaching consequences for Omaha, its people and economy. Numerous social agencies, along with the Chamber of Commerce and the Nebraska Employment Service, became involved in joining together in a united effort through the development of their own organization-- ACT, the Armour Coordinating Team. ACT is an …

Lucille Vinyard Daily Reminder 1968, Lucille Vinyard

Lucille Vinyard Journal Collection

No abstract provided.

Omaha Trade Area Study No. 05: Omaha Spheres Of Influence, Harold J. Retallick, Charles R. Gildersleeve, Donald W. Lea

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In nearly all cases, a city represents the focal point of a large area which it dominates. As distance away from the city increases the influence of the city decreases until a point is reached where another city of similar size exerts more influence. The purpose of this study is to establish and discuss the major area of dominance for Omaha.

Social Cohesion In Omaha, George W. Barger

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"How are you feeling today?" a physician asks, and the answer to that question can become the basis for a serious analysis of the general well-being of the individual. Similarly, we now ask the question: "What makes a community?" and state that the answer can lead us to important levels of analysis into the nature of the ongoing social order.

Social Participation And Life Satisfaction Of Senior Citizens, Judy Kessler, George W. Barger, Nancy C. Wilson

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This is the second in a series of three surveys relating social participation and life satisfaction as reported by residents of five high-rise apartment buildings in the city of Omaha, These buildings (towers) are available to low-income senior citizens, and are operated under the direction of the Omaha Housing Authority. Recreational facilities and activities are provided by the City of Omaha Parks, Recreation and Public Property Department and it was at their request that this study was undertaken by the Urban Studies Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Preliminary Projections Of The Growth Of The Omaha Smsa To 1990, Lawrence A. Danton

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The volume of employment in a geographic division is a significant criterion in measuring its overall economic activities. This report is designed to forecast the future course of these activities in the Omaha SMSA through the projections of labor force and employment in various industries at ten-year intervals to 1990.