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Public Awareness Of The Nebraska Regional Poison Control Center, Michale A. Montwill, Matilda S. Mcintire, James J. O'Donnell, Margaret A. Nelson, Murray Frost

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A Poison Control Center needs to continually update its impact on the community it serves. At the Nebraska Regional Poison Control Center, a telephone survey was performed to ascertain baseline data for ongoing poison awareness programs. Our data shows that 36.6% of the population would call the PCC in the case of acute poisoning. There is a need to stress that the PCC is not only a center for information but also for treatment at home. Distribution of the PCC phone number to be attached to the phone needs to be increased. Many people obtained the phone number through time …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Study Shows Steady Increase in Boat Ownership," by Paul S. T. Lee and Yeshen Chen.

A Regression Analysis of Boat Ownership for the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area

A Study Of Boat Ownership In The Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area, Paul S. T. Lee, Chen Yeshen

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Continuing increases in leisure time, income, greater mobility, levels of education, and general health have whetted and nourished the American appetite for outdoor recreation activities. Statistics indicate that almost every American engages in one or more recreation activities when he or she is at all able. Measured by the number of recreation occasions, American outdoor recreation activity increased by 53 percent between 1960 and 1965. From 1965 to 1980, it will increase by another 59 percent. With more and more Americans continuing to turn to outdoor recreation activity, pressures on public and private recreation resources and facilities far exceed previous …

The Impact Of Rural Nebraska Industrial Development On The Migration Of Rural Youth, Armin K. Ludwig, Gene M. Hanlon, David R. Dimartino

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For more than a century Americans have migrated from the rural communities in which they were raised, but by 1970 this process had begun to change. Nebraska, however, has not reflected this change, and Nebraskans have continued to leave non-metropolitan areas in large numbers. By 1976 the State stood alone among seven central and southern plains states in having non-metropolitan population losses (Miller, 1978).

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Norfolk Study Has Application for Other Cities Concerned With Residential Land Development."

Norfolk is Northeast Nebraska's regional trade, education, and health services center. At the junction of two U.S. and two Nebraska highways, the City is a prime location for marketing, manufacturing, and wholesale activities. Norfolk lies between farm land to the east and the Sandhills cattle country to the west. Metropolitan areas nearby include Sioux City, Iowa, 75 miles to the northeast; Omaha, 115 miles southeast; and Lincoln, 124 miles south. Transportation· facilities include six truck lines, three bus lines, …

The Use Of Correlation And Regression Analysis To Determine Bus Operator Hourly Wages, Murray Frost

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The purpose of this discussion is to assess the use of correlation and regression analyses for determining bus operator hourly wages. If these hourly wages in a set of cities are highly correlated with another variable, it becomes possible to predict these wages by measuring this other variable.

A Housing Allocation Formula For Nebraska Cities Of The First Class: City Of Bellevue, 1978, Jack Ruff, David R. Dimartino, Jody Josephs

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The Federal government, through its various agencies, has sponsored many different housing programs in recent years. Each. new and revised program requires state and local officials to re-examine the total housing situation within their jurisdictions. Their eligibility for Federal funding is dependent upon their re-examination of the types of housing needs in their areas, the magnitude of each need category, and the data available to document their needs. Therefore, it is desirable (if not necessary) to develop a standardized procedure by which appropriate needs can be identified, analyzed, and balanced among housing types, household types, and areas.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 08, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Single-Family Housing Counstruction in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, April Through July, 1978," by Jack Ruff and Linda Ferring.

At the peak of the construction season, July figures indicated that construction of single-family houses in the Douglas-Sarpy County area continued at the fast pace established in 1977. Despite the high rates of loan interest and inflation, new housing sales exceeded those of a year ago from April through July .¹

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Bemis Park: A Study of Neighborhood Change," by Garneth O. Peterson.

The 1970's have been marked by a rebirth of inner city neighborhoods for commerce and housing. Developers in Boston, Washington and other cities have begun to rehabilitate old structures rather than destroy them, and thus preserve the visual character of neighborhoods. Residents of older neighborhoods have also banded together into homeowner's associations to lead the attempts to redevelop and rejuvenate their surroundings. 1 The viability of older central city neighborhoods has come to be recognized as essential to the economic …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Status Offenders and Non-Profit Youth Service and Advocacy Organizations," by Genevieve Burch and Carole Davis.

When the Pima County Juvenile Justice Collaboration offered free bumper stickers asking "Have You Hugged Your Kid Today?," 6,000 Tucsonians grabbed up three printings and four other local agencies began promoting the same slogan.

Auxiliary Appendixes For Juvenile Justice Program Collaboration, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This appendix contains: Auxiliary Tables; Rationale of Organizational Analysis of Local Agencies Involved in the Juvenile Justice Collaborations; Research Instruments; Bibliography; and Internal Organization of Juvenile Justice Collaborations.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The value of a community's theatre and dance groups, art galleries, symphony and other performing and visual arts is usually assessed from the perspective of the community's cultural life. The organizations which promote and facilitate artistic development are usually perceived in relation to their value only to the artists and their audiences. However, the artists and their organizations also contribute to the economy of their communities through salaries to employees, consumption of supplies, rent and purchase of facilities, and use of trans­ portation, maintenance, advertising and other service industries. To a great extent, the position of the arts in a …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Multi-Family Housing Characteristics Within the Douglas County Housing Arthority Geographic Area," by Patrick Krick, Timothy McNally, Thomas Moriarty, and Jerri Schaaf.

The Douglas County Housing Authority (DCHA) was formed in 1976 to address the particular housing needs of the modest income residents of rural Douglas County, Nebraska and suburban fringe areas outside the Omaha corporate limits. The geographic area served by the DCHA includes the suburban fringe, the five incorporated cities and villages of Bennington, Elkhorn, Ralston, Valley, Waterloo, and the remaining rural portions of Douglas County. This area is bounded …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Economic Indicators for the Midcontinent Metropolitan Areas, 1977."

Socio-economic data have long been important planning tools for policy makers, businessmen and investors. Since 1973, the Center for Applied Urban Research, with the cooperation of the Economic Development Council of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, has compiled and published quarterly data to assist readers in assessing the economic vitality of the Omaha area. In 1975, these quarterly indicators were expanded to include 25 metropolitan areas located in the eleven-state Midcontinent Region. Another revision occurred in 1977 when the Omaha subareas were …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "New Single-Family Houses Constructed in Douglas and Sarpy Counties During 1977," by Jack Ruff and Linda Ferring.

Home building has been called one of the brightest spots in the nation's economy in 1977, as construction increased 29 percent since 1976.1 Building permits issued in 1977 for residential units in Douglas and Sarpy counties indicate a 15 percent rise from 1976. The past year was the second year of increase in total permit units after the recessionary slump in construction activity early in the decade. Single-family housing permits have increased for three …

Attitudes Toward Proposed Changes At Mercy High School, Paul S. T. Lee

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As in similar schools in cities throughout the nation, Omaha's Mercy High School has been confronted with enrollment declines during the past decade, with the city expanding toward the west and as educational preferences of Omaha Catholic families change. The Board of Directors was asked to consider four alternatives for changing the basic program of Mercy High School in order to reverse this trend. The Center for Applied Urban Research was then asked to assist the Board in assessing which of the alternatives would have the greatest potential for maintaining Mercy's educational excellence.

Identification Of Prime Residential Land In Rural Nebraska, Edward W. Hauswald, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The achievement of an optimal allocation of rural lands between agricultural and nonagricultural uses requires attention to the suitability of the land for both uses. A complete study of land use would include a cataloguing and classification of those factors or conditions that make rural land suitable for agricultural and nonagricultural uses, with special attention to differentiation between the two, and an identification and classification of the rural areas suitable for rural residential development.

The principal objective of this study is to develop an index or classification scheme of those factors and conditions that determine the suitability of rural land …

The Economic Impact Of Non-Profit Arts Organizations In Nebraska, 1976-1977, Murray Frost, Garneth O. Peterson

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What are the arts worth to Nebraska? Until recently no information has been available to answer that question. The arts provide an important cultural contribution, but they also support the economy by employing people, renting buildings, and purchasing supplies and services. The intangible attributes of artistic endeavors are commonly recognized. Economic contributions, however, have received little attention.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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National public opinion polls taken annually during the past five years by the Advisory Commission on Intergovern­ mental Relations have consistently and decisively shown the most unpopular of all taxes to be the property tax.1 Why is the property tax so unpopular?

Computers And Local Government: Low Cost Information Processing Technologies And Strategies For Local Governments: A Handbook For Workshop Participants, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This training program was developed as part of a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) grant, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, Title I-A, Community Service and Continuing Education, as amended, to the University of Georgia, Institute of Government (IG) and Institute of Community and Area Development (ICAD), in partnership with the International City Management Association (ICMA).

The State Of Black Omaha 1978, The Urban League Of Nebraska, Inc.

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No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Former Students' Responses, Murray Frost

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The study of the evaluation of Metropolitan Technical Community College and the College's needs included several sets of surveys. The purpose of this report is to present an analysis of the responses of former students of Metro Tech.

The Attraction Of Interstate Radial Freeway Corridors For New Office Sites, Murray Frost, Armin K. Ludwig

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This paper discuses the impact of Interstate radial freeway corridors upon the location of new office developments in the 1970-76 period in seven United States cities. Data indicated that in each of the seven cities, greater growth occurred outside of the downtown Core than in it. Growth of the office sites compared to previous development ranged from 12% to 110% in the Cores with an average of 24%, compared to 106% to 307% for non-Core areas with an average of 207%. Growth expressed in terms of gross square feet had a similar pattern. Of the 1970-76 office development, the greatest …

Working Together…Making It Work, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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Experiences of the National Juvenile Justice Program Collaboration of The National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations, Inc.

A Guide Toward Residential Land Development In The City Of Norfolk, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This report is designed to introduce the reader to the City of Norfolk and provide understanding of the opportunities for housing investors and developers within the City.

Directory Of Services Relevant To Children Of Divorce, Jane D. Woody

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Services available to children of divorce in Omaha, Nebraska area.

The Structure Of Employment In The Omaha Smsa: Estimates And Projections By Industry And Occupation, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar), Edward W. Hauswald

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The structure of employment by industry and occupation in the Omaha Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) 1 has been changing. Trends in various industries and occupations in the Omaha SMSA do not, however, differ ·significantly from national trends. Agricultural employment is increasing in absolute numbers, but represents a declining proportion of the Omaha SMSA labor force, as is true for the nation. Similarly, employment in the manufacturing sector has become less and less important as a proportion of all employment. State and local government and retail trade employers have all had continued long term upward increases in employees, both in …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1977, Vol. 05, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Newly Delineated Suburban Areas Set Omaha Economic Pace."

Since the Spring of 1974, the Center for Applied Urban Research, with the support of the Economic Development Council of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, has monitored the demographic and economic development of the Omaha area. A major portion of . this development has now moved into areas peripheral to the Omaha City limits. In order to examine this expansion, CAUR has redefined its subareas to monitor more closely the growth trends in both the central and outlying portions of the Omaha …

An Annotated Bibliography On Children Of Divorce, Jane D. Woody

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Articles and chapters and books relating to children of divorced parents.

Identification And Analysis Of Growth Occupations And Entry Level Positions In The Omaha Smsa With Special Attention To Minimal Training, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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Manpower planning creates a special need for information that identifies growth occupations or positions and entry level and/or para-professional positions which require minimal training. Estimates and projections of employment by industries and by occupations have been presented and analyzed elsewhere with emphasis upon general trends in such employment in the Omaha SMSA. In order to have a more specific understanding of local developments, additional information as to recent past and current occupational developments is desirable. An attempt to obtain such information was made by means of a survey of employers in the Omaha SMSA in August-September, 1977. The specific objectives …