Illinois Issues
VOL. III, NO. 1/JANUARY 1977
Table of Contents
ARTICLES
3/ Is a state job secure? The administration is a-changin'
/Al Manning
6/ Walker, a lone wolf governor: Comparing him to other Illinois governors
/ Robert P. Howard
8/Walter V. Schaefer: Retiring justice of Illinois Supreme Court
/ Ed Nash
11/Tale of three cities: Comparing the quality of life in Decatur, Peoria and Springfield
/ Daniel M. Johnson, Doh C. Shin and Robert V. Hillman
16/ Economic Disclosure Statements: Sweeping reform meets picayune reality
/ Special Staff Report
18/Pollution complaints: Where to file them and how the state processes them
/ Sue Treiman
17/Who files and what must be disclosed
Economic disclosre statements filed with 57 of 102 county clerks as of April 30, 1976
20/ Talent bank for women
/ Richard H. Shapiro
21/A mystery in our schools: College grades go up, but achievement test scores go down
/ Mark Heyman
COLUMNS
30/ Chicago: Can Dr. Stein make the new medical examiner's office work in Cook County?
/ Charles B. Cleveland
31/Washington: What Carter's election is likely to mean to Daley, Thompson and Illinois' senators
/ Tom Littlewood
THE STATE OF THE STATE
24/ Position papers detail Thompson stance
FOR THE RECORD
25/ Elections: Democrats win clear majority in General Assembly
27/ Executive Report
28/Judicial Rulings: Board of Elections sent back to legislature
and governor's removal powers restricted
FEATURES
15/ Selected State Reports
29/ Names
29/ Letters
32/Calendar
ART CREDITS/The cover portraits of outgoing Gov. Dan Walker and incoming Gov. James R. Thompson were drawn by Ed Dyson of Springfield, and Justice Walter V. Schaefer's portrait on page 9 was drawn by Dyson, who has opened his own studio in Springfield. He also drew the cartoon illustration on page 17. Spring- field artist William H. Crook, Jr., drew the cityscapes of Decatur, Peoria and Springfield on pages 12, 13 and 14. Graphics designer James Krohe Jr. of Springfield did the graph on page 21.
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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
Managing editor: Caroline Gherardini
Associate editor: J. M. (Mike) Lennon
Contributing editors: Leon S. Cohen
Stephanie Cole
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Contributing staff: Kenneth E. Mitchell
The Board
Samuel K. Gove, University of Illinois, Urbana,
Chairman
Philip Kendall, Sangamon State University,
Springfield, Vice Chairman
William W. Allen, Illinois Agricultural
Association, Bloomington
Richard E. Carver, Mayor, Peoria
Robert C. Gibson, Illinois State Federation of
Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations, Chicago
Mrs. Randall Nelson, Carbondale
Odas Nicholson, Lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, University of Illinois,
Circle Campus
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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