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Illinois Issues
August 1979 VOL. V, 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: Gary Adkins
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
Mark Gruenberg, Milton Rakove,
Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
Larry Smith, Beverly Fleming
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Jan Griswold
Student staff: Celeste Quinn, Roberta
deKay, John E. Willams
The Board
Chairman: Samuel K Gove, director, Institute
of Government and Public Affairs, University
of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Philip Kendall, 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
 4 Illinois Coal: who runs the industry?
By James Krohe Jr.
 16 UMW's Ken Dawes has a tough seam to mine
By Susan J. Smith
 13 No-fault tug-of-war: trial lawyers pull hard for status quo
By Martha Collins
9 Ticket splitting: an ominous sign of party weakness
By David Everson and Joan A. Parker
18 State rep for a day By Carrie A. Izard
The long dry summer
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Gary Adkins
The suburbs also rise
23 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Gary Adkins
Session ends in scoreless tie
32 WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenberg
Municipal bonds for mortgages: boom or bust?
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33 CHICAGO By Ed McManus
Discrimination in property assessment: human or computer bias?
34 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
Adlai's frustration: who wants to hear about ideas?
35 THE ROSTRUM By John E. Corbally
Accountablility and higher education
SELECTED STATE REPORTS_______ 20
LETTERS__________22
ROLL CALLS__________24
EXECUTIVE REPORT___________27
HEW cuts threaten state programs/SIU law school/Agricultural research funds/Unclaimed tax money/NIU acquires a law school/Saudis save the day
STATE STIX__________27
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS__________28
NAMES_______30
Skinner named CDB chairman/Ikenberry named UI president/Lottery control board
ILLINOIS ISSUES (USPS 060-130) is published monthly (12 times per year). Editorial offices: 226 Capital Campus, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708 (telephone: 217/782-0294). Please address questions regarding your subscription to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054 (telephone: 815-734-4151).
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054. Subscription rate: $18 year/$30 two years/$42 three years; student rate is $9 a year. Individual copy is $1.75. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. 51980 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, 226 CC, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any part of the magazine.
3/02/07 MSI
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