Illinois Issues
VOL. I N0.8/AUGUST 1975
ARTICLES
COLUMNS
THE STATE OF THE STATE
FOR THE RECORD
FEATURES
COVER/The Illinois State Fair will be August 8 through August 17 at the Fairgrounds at the north edge of Springfield. A calendar of the main Stare Fair events is printed on the back cover of Illinois Issues. The drawing of the main gate of the Fair-grounds was done for Illinois Issues by William H. Crook, Jr., of Springfield.
ILLINOIS ISSUES is published by Sangamon State University. The publisher/editor serves as a faculty member of the university. He is selected by a board whose members are appointed by the presidents of Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois. In addition to subscription income the magazine is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation, support from the University of Illinois and Sangamon State University, and donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of either university, the Ford Foundation or other donors.
Publisher/editor: William L. Day
Assistant editors: Caroline Gherardini,
J. M. (Mike) Lennon
Contributing editors: Leon S. Cohen
Conrad P. Rutkowski
Contributing staff: Gary Adkins
Business manager: William .1. Geekie
Marketing consultant: J. B. Spalding
Secretary: Louise Herndon
The Board
Samuel K. Gove, University of Illinois, Urbana,
Chairman
William W. Alien. Illinois Agricultural Association, Bloomington
Richard H. Carver. Mayor, Peoria Robert C. Gibson, Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago
Philip Kendall, Sangamon State University, Springfield
Mrs. Randall Nelson, Carbondale Odas Nicholson. Lawyer. Chicago
James D. Nowlan. Knox College, Galesburg
James T. Otis, Lawyer. Chicago Theodore Peterson, University of Illinois, Urbana Honorable
Samuel H. Shapiro, Lawyer, Kankakee Chris Vlahoplus, Sangamon State University, Springfield
James M. Wall, The Christian Century, Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer, Lawyer, Chicago William L. Day, ex officio member
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