Illinois Issues is published by Sangamon State University, the Public Affairs University of the State of Illinois, and cosponsored by the University of Illinois
SEPTEMBER 1981 VOL. VII, NO. 9
Established 1975
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 grants from the Ford Foundation, the Illinois Humanities Council, the Joyce 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 the grantors, either university or donors.
Publisher: J. Michael Lennon. Editor: Caroline Gherardini. Fulfillment and advertising manager: Elizabeth A. Curl. Circulation director: John E. Cockrell. Editor emeritus: William L. Day. Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoeplle, Richard J. Shereikis, Larry Smith. Assistant Editor: John G. Martin.
Legislative correspondents: Diane Ross, Shelley Davis. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Bill Miller, Robert Kiecknefer, Milton Rakove, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merrill, Robert Mackay. Artist: Ed Dyson. Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts, Patricia Burtle-McCredi. Student assistants: Debra Beverly, Becky Bradway.
THE BOARD
Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago.
Members: Louis Ancel, attorney, Chicago. David E. Connor, Commercial National Bank of Peoria. William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield. Harold L. Deakins, public affairs manager, Illinois Power Company, Decatur. Robert P. Ewing, chairman of the board and president, Bankers Life & Casualty Co., Chicago. James M. Furman, vice president, The MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan Institute, University of Chicago. Michael J. Howlett, partner, Howlett & Perkins Associates, Chicago. Michael H. Hudson, vice president, public affairs, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago. David Kenney, director, Illinois Department of Conservation, Springfield. Louis H. Masotti, professor of political science and urban affairs, Northwestern University, Evanston. Odas Nicholson, judge, Cook County Circuit Court. James D. Nowlan, director, Public Administration Program, 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. Carl Shier, international representative, Region 4, United Auto Workers. Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president, Canteen Corporation, Chicago. Thomas F. Roeser, vice president-government relations, The Quaker Oats Company, 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
6 Election 1980: Downstaters decide
By Peter W. Colby and Paul M. Green
SERIES ON SOIL
10 Illinois' disappearing soil
By James Krohe Jr.
 HUMANITIES ESSAYS
19 Bilingual education and the melting pot: getting burned
By Isidro Lucas
24 Transportation and the new economics of oil
James Krohe Jr.
28 Jim Edgar and Ty Fahner: two Thompson stalwarts
By Al Manning
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Thompsonomics and the 1982 budget
4 POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
On the road again with Dan Walker
16 Legislative Action By Diane Ross and Shelly Davis
PUBLIC AID: Workfare and welfare reform PROPERTY: Mortgage foreclosures
CIVIL JUDICIARY: Two-step divorces and domestic violence
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Recommendations for solving financial problems
ELECTIONS: Illinois primary date stays the same
HIGHER EDUCATION: Loans and scholarships REAL ESTATE: Research, regulation
32 SCIENCE By Julie A. Dutton
Health, environment and energy legislation
36 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Get this name right!
37 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
The education of Jane Byrne
39 THE ROSTRUM By Paul M. Green
Poliball: full-court press v. zone defense
5 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
New members agree: Funding is the key to fundamentals
33 EXECUTIVE REPORT
Will, Carroll, Schuyler counties declared major disaster areas/Voter turnout up/Immunization compliance/First Illinois coal contract with European buyer/Capitol complex food contract/ Solar-heated homes/Thompson protests FAA move/Funds released to CDB/ Environmental Consensus Forum
34 JUDICIAL RULINGS
Justices never agreed on how many votes elect a Senate president
35 NAMES
O'Neal resigns as lieutenant governor |
