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UNCLASSIFIEDDoC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL NO* /ZMML7AD-711 118 15/3 b/ilPITTSBUPGm UNIV PA DEPT OF SOCIOLOGYTHE PUBLIC1S PERCEPTION OF LOCAL CIVILIAN DEFENSEEFFORTS AND FACILITIES# IU)MAR 70 dilP COHENPEARL Bd ICONTRACT: DAHC2O-67-CO0122PROJ; OCo-4B12BUNCLASSIFIED REPORTSUPPLEMEN(ARY NOTE: ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS ONAMERICANtS VIEWS ABOUT CIVIL DEFENSE ISSUES*DESCRIPTORS: (*CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMSe *PUBLICOPIvION), QUESTIONNAIRESt REVIEWS, FALLOUTSHELTERS. NUCLEAR WARFARE (U)AN OVER*hELMING MAJORITY OF AMERICANS INDICATEDIN JUNE 1968 THAT THE COUNTRY WOULD NOT BE ENGAUEDIN A NUCLEAR WAR WJTHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THEHIGHER THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASS, THE MORE OPTIMISMPREVAILED* CONSEQUENTLY PUBLIC INTEREST IN CIVILDEFENSE AND RELEVANT INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY *AS LoasALTHOUGH PEOPLE WERE MORE CERTAIN OF WHERE SHELTERWOULD BE SOUGHT IF A NUCLEAR ATTACK OCCURRED WHILE ATWORK RATHER THAN AT HOME, FEW PEOPLE HAD GIvEN THEMATTER SERIOUS THOUGHT, MOST CITIZENS KNEW NOTHINGOF aHAT WAS BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY CIViL DEFENSEOFFICERS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL. ý'EOPLE APPEARErUNCONCERNED AND REFUSED GENERALLY TO EVALUATE LOCALCIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAMS# (AUTHOR) (U)132UNCLASSIFIED/ZMmL7