Illinois Issues
VOL. I NO. 7/JULY 1975
Table of contents

ARTICLES
195/Changing the weather: Implications for Illinois
/Stanley A. Changnon, Jr.
198/A look at the state's Prison Furlough Program
/Eugene Eidenberg
200/From gadfly to wheelhorse: A profile of Harry Tiebout
/J. H. Schacht
202/Circuit breaker legislation provides increased cash grants— up to $600—for senior citizens
203/Consolidation of (county) Educational Service Regions
/0. T. Banton
204/Home rule in Illinois: No. 3. General Assembly action
/Stephanie Cole
208/Abolish townships? 'No'
/Lee Ahlswede
209/Abolish townships? 'Yes'
/TheLeague of Women Voters
210/How Illinois, an inland state, promotes global export business
/Diane L. Gottheil
214/Students in politics
/Craig Sanders

COLUMNS
222/Chicago: Daley's classroom: The Chicago City Council
/Charles B. Cleveland
223/Washington: The Capitol Hill media: New 'bosses' of national politics
/Tom Littlewood

THE STATE OF THE STATE
216/Retention of associate judges/Agency initiates appeals systems/Waste oil collection program/Hearings on conserving natural gas/Changing the license plate system/State employees/ 'Regititle' program in operation/How does his garden grow?

FOR THE RECORD
207/Grand jury reports 'stupidity' in State Fair
217/Legislative Action: Second effort in General Assembly provides tax relief for elderly
219/Executive Report
220/Judicial Rulings

FEATURES
213/Selected state reports
221/Letters from Readers
221/Names
224/Calendar

COVER/The Illinois House of Representatives. is pictured as viewed from behind the podium. Springfield artist William H. Crook, Jr., sketched the scene on the floor the afternoon of Friday, April 16.

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
Assistant editors: Caroline Gherardini,
J. M. (Mike) Lennon
Contributing editors: Leon S. Cohen
Conrad P. Rutkowski
Contributing staff: Gary Adkins
Business manager: William .1. Geekie
Marketing consultant: J. B. Spalding
Secretary: Louise Herndon

The Board
Samuel K. Gove, University of Illinois, Urbana,
Chairman
William W. Alien. Illinois Agricultural Association, Bloomington
Richard H. Carver. Mayor, Peoria Robert C. Gibson, Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago
Philip Kendall, Sangamon State University, Springfield
Mrs. Randall Nelson, Carbondale Odas Nicholson. Lawyer. Chicago
James D. Nowlan. Knox College, Galesburg
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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