Illinois Issues
November 1979 VOL. V, NO. 11
ILLINOIS ISSUES is published by Sangamon State University. The magazine's board is 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: J. Michael Lennon
Editor: Caroline Gherardini
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Editor emeritus: William L. Day
Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle,
Richard J. Shereikis
Fulfillment manager: Elizabeth A. Curl
Legislative correspondent: Diane Ross
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
Mark Gruenberg, Milton Rakove,
Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
Larry Smith, Beverly Fleming
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Marilyn Kincaid
Student staff: Cheryl A. Tinsley, Claudia L.
Woolridge, Kim E. Knauer, Cynthia
L. Knonold
The Board
Chairman: Samuel K Gove, director, Institute
of Government and Public Affairs, University
of Illinois, Urbana
John N. Collins, director, Center for
Policy Studies and Program Evaluation,
Sangamon State University, Springfield
William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield
Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan
Institute, University of Chicago
David Kenney, director, Illinois Department
of Conservation, Springfield
James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen &
Co., Chicago
Louis H. Masotti, director, Center for Urban
Affairs, Northwestern University,
Evanston
Odas Nicholson, lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, Institute of Government and
Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana
James T. Otis, lawyer, Chicago
Theodore Peterson, professor of journalism,
University of Illinois, Urbana
Betsy Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois
Bell Telephone Co., Chicago
Gerald H. Pugh, vice president and director of
government relations, Combined Insurance
Company of America, Chicago
Thomas F Roesr, vice president-government
relations, The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago
Honorable Samuel H. Shapiro, lawyer,
Kankakee
Carl Shier, international representative, Region
4, United Auto Workers
Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president,
Canteen Corporation, Chicago
James M. Wall, editor, Christian Century,
Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer, lawyer, Chicago
James C. Worthy, professor of management.
Northwestern University
J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member
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Contents
9Peoria's mayor carves a Senate course
By Lindsay Gedge
4Getting to the bottom of Chicago's deep tunnel
By Robert J. McClory
18Who makes coal policy in illinois
By James Krohe Jr.
16 DebateElectroconvulsive therapy?
NO By Robert B. Sipe
YES By Philipp E Bornstein
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Legislation - then and now
24 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
Thompson's balancing act and taxe relief review
32 WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenberg
Energy sources - choosing the lesser evil
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33 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
The tangled roots of Chicago school problems
34 POLITICS By Robert Keickhefer
Chicago casinos - Byrne's opening gambit
35 THE ROSTRUM By Robert E. Cook, CAE
Lobbies and common wealth
SELECTED STATE REPORTS_______ 8
LETTERS_______ 17
BILL SUMMARIES_______ 26
EXECUTIVE REPORT___________27
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS__________27
STATE STIX__________27
JUDICIAL RULINGS__________28
No 'palimony' in Illinois/ Implied consent/ Judicial-legislative powers/ Child custody
NAMES_______30
Wallace announces for U.S. Senate/ Burnidge sworn in as state rep/ Hardwick named director of veterans' affairs
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