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Illinois Issues

November 1979 VOL. V, NO. 11

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: Diane Ross
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: Marilyn Kincaid
Student staff: Cheryl A. Tinsley, Claudia L.
      Woolridge, Kim E. Knauer, Cynthia
      L. Knonold

The Board
Chairman:
Samuel K Gove, director, Institute
      of Government and Public Affairs, University
      of Illinois, Urbana
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
Thomas F Roesr, vice president-government
      relations, The Quaker Oats Company, 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

Contents

9Peoria's mayor carves a Senate course
By Lindsay Gedge

4Getting to the bottom of Chicago's deep tunnel
By Robert J. McClory

18Who makes coal policy in illinois
By James Krohe Jr.

16 DebateElectroconvulsive therapy?
NO By Robert B. Sipe
YES By Philipp E Bornstein


2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Legislation - then and now

24 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
Thompson's balancing act and taxe relief review

32 WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenberg
Energy sources - choosing the lesser evil

33 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
The tangled roots of Chicago school problems

34 POLITICS By Robert Keickhefer
Chicago casinos - Byrne's opening gambit

35 THE ROSTRUM By Robert E. Cook, CAE
Lobbies and common wealth

SELECTED STATE REPORTS_______ 8

LETTERS_______ 17

BILL SUMMARIES_______ 26

EXECUTIVE REPORT___________27

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS__________27

STATE STIX__________27

JUDICIAL RULINGS__________28
No 'palimony' in Illinois/ Implied consent/ Judicial-legislative powers/ Child custody

NAMES_______30
Wallace announces for U.S. Senate/ Burnidge sworn in as state rep/ Hardwick named director of veterans' affairs

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.

3/22/07 MSI


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