DECEMBER 1981 VOL. VII, NO. 12
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 Illinois Humanities Council, the Joyce Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy; 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.

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 of 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, executive vice president, MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan Institute, University of Chicago. Michael J. Hewlett, partner, Hewlett & 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. Masotli, 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, Evanston. J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member.

Contents

6       East St. Louis: Down but not out
By Ben Dobbin
From left are former Mayors James E Williams Sr. and William E. Mason and present Mayor Carl E. Officer

12       Bumpkins v. slickers: Illinois' old feud
By William H. Allen

14       Saving the soil: target date 2000
By James Krohe Jr.

20       Cogeneration
By Gary L. Fowler, Albert H. Baugher and Steven D. Jansen

2       POLITICS By Barbara J. Hipsman and Bob Springer
The Democratic map: the benefits of a thin margin

4       THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Social services: angles and edges

10     SCIENCE By Julie A. Dutton
The ins and outs of hazardous wastes regulation

27     LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
For the record

33       THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
Ethics and investigative reporting

34       CHICAGO By Ed McManus
Did the cardinal sin?

35       WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Phil Crane: ambitions on the back, back burner

26       SELECTED STATE REPORTS
29       JUDICIAL RULINGS
Under Illinois law cocaine is a narcotic/ Inconvenient trial location can be grounds for dismissing a suit/Dismissing a suit on its merits and class action certification/ Double jeopardy and 30 grams of cocaine

30       LETTERS
31       EXECUTIVE REPORT
New computer system monitors Medicaid claims

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