Illinois Issues
Established 1975
AUGUST 1980 VOL. VI, NO. 8
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,
Milton Rakove, Ed McManus,
Anna J. Merritt, Larry Smith,
Beverly Fleming, Robert Mackay
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts
Student staff: Celeste Quinn, Alden Solovy,
Cheryl A. Tinsley, Claudia L. Wooldridge,
Brian T. Townsend, John G. Martin, Janice R. Herrin
The Board
Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute
of Government and Public Affairs, University
of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Thomas F. Roeser, vice
president-government relations, The
Quaker Oats Company, Chicago
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
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
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| 4 Castle in the crossfire
By Diane Ross
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New Energy Series
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16 Energy for Illinois: past imperfect, present imperative and future conditional
By James Krohe Jr.
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ELECTION COVERAGE
8 Illinois' 1980 president primary: an assessment
By David H. Everson and Joan A. Parker
9 The primary ballot: simplify, simplify
By Paul T. David
28 Survey of Illinois Legislative Candidates
THE SENATE
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13 IRMA: the nation's largest municipal insurance co-op
By Steven E. Aavang
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Margaret S. Knoepfle
East St. Louis: staying alive
24 Science By Keith E. Jackson
Buried problems at Sheffield
26 BOOK REVIEW By Barry Checkoway
On being 'happy' or 'very happy' in middle-size cities
32 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
Will it be Republican or Democratic tax relief?
36 CHICAGO By Ed McManus
Oberman's word for Byrne: 'erratic'
37 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Illinois and Ohio contend for federal coal gasification subsidy
38 MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
Chicago cable TV: let's make a deal
39 THE ROSTRUM By Harold Dodd
The demise of family farming
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BILL SUMMARIES ________________33
EXECUTIVE REPORT/
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS _34
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STATE STIX ______________________34
NAMES __________________________35
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