OFFICERS President Leo Struif, Mayor, Alton
First Vice-President Charles Wellner, Mayor Naperville	Sergeant-at-Arms William H. Winterhoff, Supervisor Thornton Township
Executive Director A. L. Sargent, 537 South Fourth Street, Springfield Vice-Presidents
AURORA Commissioner John P. Thill	FREEPORT Mayor Glen Kunkle
BEARDSTOWN Mayor Glen Tillitt	GALESBURG Mayor Leo Morrison
BELVIDERE Mayor Lester Cunningham	JOLIET Mayor James T. Hennessy
BLOOMINGTON Mayor O. Lloyd Welsh	KANKAKEE Mayor Edward Madison
BROADVIEW Village President Merritt Braga	LANSING Village President Evert C. Shulte
BROOKFIELD Village President Dan Kulie	MELROSE PARK Village President Andy Frenzel
CAIRO Mayor Paul Baur	MT. CARMEL Mayor J. Roy Dee
CALUMET CITY Mayor Stanley Bejger	MUNDELEIN Village President John J. Noel
CENTRALIA Mayor H. B. Blanchard	OAK PARK Village President J. Russell Christianson
CHAMPAIGN Mayor Virgil Lafferty	PEORIA Mayor Robert D. Morgan
CHICAGO Mayor Richard J. Daley	PINCKNEYVILLE Mayor William Cunningham
CLINTON Commissioner C. E. Corrington	RIVER GROVE Village President Harry J. Smith
DANVILLE Mayor G. N. Hicks	ROCKFORD Mayor Milton Lundstrom
DECATUR Mayor Clarence A. Sablotny	SKOKIE Village President George D. Wilaon
DEKALB Mayor Clayton Pooler	SPRINGFIELD Mayor Nelson O. Howarth
DOWNERS GROVE Mayor H. B. Groves	TAYLORVILLE Mayor Joseph McAdam
EAST ST. LOUIS Mayor Alvin Fields	WAUKEGAN Mayor Robert E. Coulson
EVANSTON Mayor John Kimbark	ZION Mayor Lee R. Fleming
Past Presidents Ex-Officio
DIXON Mayor William V. Slothower	HARVEY Mayor A. E. Turngren
JACKSONVILLE Mayor Ernest L. Hoagland	MOLINE Mayor Paul C. Johnson

City Water, Light and Power Plant, Springfield Illinois ............. 45 [Cover]

City Hall Gossip ...................................... 47

Civil Defense Aid to Smaller Cities ............ By B.F. Hillenbrand 48

What They Say.......................... 49

From One of Our Subscribers .............. 49

What Every Lawyer Should Know About Municipal Bonds .......................... By Paul D. Speer 50

Recent Opinions of the Attorney General ........................... 53

Answers to Questions ............. .T. A. Matthews, J.D. 54

Cul-de-Sacs Examined by Planning Officials.................. 56

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