Illinois Issues
VOL. II, NO. 10 / OCTOBER 1976
Table of Contents
ARTICLES
3/The phenomenal lottery game: Instant frenzy,
instant fuss
/David Martindale
7/The battle of the budget: Sorting out the
money and maneuvers with a lame duck
governor
/Robert Kustra and Joyce Kustra
11/Harris and Partee: The story of two legislators
in quest of the executive branch
/Burnell Heinecke
14/OSHA in Illinois: The agony and
the ecstasy
/Craig Sanders
18/The drama of Oakley Dam, Act II: ... To take arms
against a sea of troubles and by opposing
end them
/Britta B. Harris
22/Congressional Update: All of the incumbents
are running
/Special Staff Report
22/Fiscal views from congressional candidates
COLUMNS
30/Chicago: Public employee pension plans in Illinois:
Is the status quo good enough?
/Charles B. Cleveland
31/Washington: Supreme Court's anti-patronage decisionbucks the federalist trend
/Tom Littlewood
THE STATE OF THE STATE
26/Economic growth and state policies
FOR THE RECORD
23/Illinois lineup for the U.S. House
27/Legislative Action
28/Executive Report
29/Judicial Rulings
FEATURES
10/Letters
25/Voter information
29/Names
32/Calendar
ART CREDITS/The Halloween cover illustration is by Martha Jones
of Springfield. A graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale,
she works at Lincoln Land Community College as a graphics artist.
The portraits ofSenators Harris and Partee on pages 12 and 13 are by
Springfield artist Ed Dyson. Robert W. Miller,also of Springfield, did the
drawing for the OSHA story on page 16. The maps on pages 19, 24 and 25
are by James Krone Jr.