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Crane for president

U.S. Rep. Philip M. Crane announced August 2 that he is seeking the Republican nomination for president. Crane represents Illinois' 20th District and is chairman of the American Conservative Union. Although he is the first candidate of either party to formally declare his presidential ambitions, he is just one in a crowd of possible Illinois contenders for the GOP nomination, including Gov. James R. Thompson, U.S. Sen. Charles H. Percy and U.S. Rep. John B. Anderson.

Thompsons have daughter

Samantha Jayne Thompson, daughter of Gov. and Mrs. Thompson was born August 3 at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield. The first child for the Thompsons, she weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and is the third child to be born to an Illinois governor while in office.

IEPA changes

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Acting Director Michael Mauzy in June named Roger A. Kanerva, Springfield, as manager, division of water pollution control. Previously, Kanerva was deputy director, Maryland Water Resources Administration. He succeeded LeVerne D. Hudson who retired.

IEPA Deputy Director Patrick E. Lynch, Springfield, has resigned, effective August 1, to enter the private consulting field. Named acting deputy director but retaining his post as manager of enforcement programs is Delbert Haschemeyer, Athens.

Gary Melvin, Springfield, resigned July 1 as manager, division of air pollution control, and moved to Arizona. Paul Schmierbach, Springfield, is serving as acting manager; he was previously the division's manager of permits.

Other appointments by Mauzy during July include John Anderson, Springfield, to the newly created post of program manager, Mine Pollution Control Program. Anderson, who was previously the IEPA's manager of administration, will be working on implementation of the 1977 Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. T.J. Mahoney, Springfield, replaced Anderson as administration manager.

Dan Goodwin, Springfield, was named to head a new policy planning and analysis group charged with coordinating IEPA plans with those of other agencies. Frank Mitch Beaver, Springfield, replaced Goodwin as manager of planning and standards, division of water pollution control.

State Police promotions

Capt. Sam W. Nolen, Springfield, was named deputy superintendent. Division of State Police, by Tyrone C. Fahner, director of the Department of Corrections (DOC), effective September 1. Nolen, who will head the staff services command, is a 17-year veteran of the State Police and former assistant deputy director of DOC's support services division. He succeeds Maj. Charles Sanders who will retire.

Capt. Glenn C. Frederickson, Peru, was promoted to major and named Area 1 Commander for the Elgin, Chicago, Crestwood, Joliet and Tollroad State Police districts effective July 17, replacing Maj. Robert Georgantes who recently retired.

Committee studies local economics The Illinois Committee to Strengthen Community Economies, created by Gov. James R. Thompson in June, is studying ways the state can foster the economic health of local communities. Chaired by Sylvia Dennen, Park Forest, who is Thompson's assistant for intergovernmental affairs, the committee is examining the structure and financing of local government and the reasons for the growth or decline of various communities. Particular attention is being paid to state investment strategies, such as locating schools, parks, highways, prisons and other projects built with state funds in communities which could use an economic stimulus. Cooperation with the private sector and with local governments is another priority. Dennen said the committee will be sharing information with the Property Tax Advisory Commission and the Future of Illinois Task Force. Members are: Gayle Haglund, special counsel to Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic; William E. Mason, mayor, East St. Louis; Saul Beck, president. East Chicago Heights; Robert Bailey, president, Bolingbrook; Arista Teneton, Jr., mayor, Bridgeport; James Ryan, president, Arlington Heights; Robert Anstine, mayor, McComb; Sen. John Grotberg (R., St. Charles), minority spokesman, Local Government Committee; Rep. James Taylor (D., Chicago), chairman, Cities & Villages Committee; A. D. Van Meter, Jr., Springfield, president., Illinois National Bank; Harold Jensen, Chicago, vice president, Metropolitan Structures, Inc.; Miles Berger, Chicago, chairman of the board, Mid-America Appraisal and Research Corporation; Stanley Johnson, Chicago, president, Illinois AFL-CIO; Howard R. Veal, Springfield, Employment Training Council. State agency members included Tom Johnson, acting director. Department of Local Government Affairs; Donald Duster, director. Department of Business and Economic Development; John Kramer, secretary. Department of Transportation; Donald Glickman, executive director. Capital Development Board; Robert Mandeville, director. Bureau of the Budget, and Frank Beal, director, Institute for Environmental Quality.

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Fredrickson had been Joliet district commander and acting area commander. Lt. Anthony Hornyan, Oswego, was promoted to captain and assumed Fredrickson's previous position as commander for the five-county Joliet district.

Appointments

Julian d'Esposito, Springfield, as director of staff, Office of the Governor, by Gov. Thompson effective July 6. The new position was created to improve organization in the governor's office. D'Esposito who has been on the governor's legal staff since 1977 will also continue some of his former duties.

Michael V. Hasten, Chicago, as special assistant to the governor on cost control, by the governor effective July 31. Hasten has been directed to implement the recommendations of Thompson's Cost Control Task Force. He was assistant director and chief counsel of the Department of Insurance. Kim Brunner, Springfield, formerly assistant chief counsel, is serving as acting chief counsel for the department.

Philip V. Livdahl, Batavia, as acting Fermilab director by Dr. Norman F. Ramsey, president of Universities Research Association Inc., Washington, D.C., effective July 17. Dr. Robert R. Wilson resigned as director last February but continued to serve until Livdahl was appointed. Wilson who has been director since 1967 resigned because he felt funding was inadequate. Livdahl was deputy head of Fermilab.

Dr. Robert deVito, director of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, was named in July to serve on the board of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Washington, D.C. for a one-year term.

Paul Neal, Chicago, to the Panel on Product Liability of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, effective in July. Neal is the legislative manager of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce.

Larry Marquardt, Chicago, director of Council 31, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), was elected an international vice president of AFSCME in April. Marquardt has been directing an organization drive among clerical and professional state employees during the last three months. The union has been pushing hard for more staff in the Department of Children and Family Services, according to a union spokesman. Other targeted areas are the Department of Labor and the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.

Elected in May as officers of the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies were: Harry Ring, Greenup, president for a second term; Thelma Stearns, Karnak, vice president; Dorothy Ivanuk, Steelville, secretary; Michael Banks, Peoria, treasurer for a second term. H. Brent De Land, Springfield, was retained as executive secretary.

Resignations

Ernest E. Morris as warden of Stateville Prison, Joliet, effective July 31. Morris began his career in the correctional system as a guard in 1957 and was warden of the Joliet Correctional Center and the Menard Correctional Center before becoming warden of Stateville in 1977. He resigned to go into private business. Charles Rowe, director of the Department of Corrections, named A. M. Monahan, Springfield, as acting warden effective in August. Monahan is the department's chief of operations.

Josephine K. Oblinger, Sherman, as director of the Department of Aging effective June 30. Oblinger, who was appointed by Gov. Thompson in 1977, is running for state representative from the 50th District. Deputy director David B. Monson, Springfield, is serving as acting director.

Honors

Atty. Gen. William J. Scott, Springfield, was named Attorney General of the Years of the National Association of Attorneys General in June. He also got a special congratulatory resolution from the Illinois House of Representatives. Scott was honored for promoting cooperation between the states on environmental law, consumer problems and anti-trust and charitable trust matters. Special note was taken of his leadership in the class action suit against General Motors based on complaints of engine switching.

Sen. Vince Demuzio (D., Carlinvillel was selected the "Outstanding Legislator of the 80th General Assembly" by the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies.

Supt. of State Police Lynn E. Baird received a public service award in June from the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. He received the award for his work in developing "Operation Care," a safety program in which extra troopers are posted on heavily traveled highways during national holidays. The program is credited with reducing accidents and saving gas in participating states.

Steve Norris, a sixth grade teacher at Hamel Elementary School, and Charles Radel, a social studies teacher at Quincy Junior High School, were named as the Illinois Environmental Teachers of the Year. The competition is sponsored by the Illinois Office of Education, Illinois Association Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Tri-County Conservation District of Rockford.

Kay Forrest, a seventh and eighth grade teacher at Central Elementary School, Glencoe, and her school principal Ronald M. Barnes received the Career Education Program Award in July from the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women and the State Board of Education. The award honors outstanding bias-free career education programs.

On Chicago's desegregation plan: "It's a sham — a lot of beautiful ideas like whipped cream on a cake. Only we don't have a cake." — Rev. Mabel Elliot More on the plan inside, pp. 14-21.