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Friedland takes Senate seat

Former state Rep. John E. Friedland (R., South Elgin) was named by the 2nd District Republican Legislative Committee to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. John A. Graham (R., Barrington). Friedland was sworn in December 18.

Friedland served in the House for 11 years (with a 100 percent attendance record). He was minority spokesman of the House Committee on Assignment of Bills, a member of the Appropriations I and Financial Institutions committees, and a member of the Election Laws Commission. He is interested in election law and is a strong supporter of township government. His priorities in the Senate, Friedland said, will depend in part on what committees he is assigned to. He does, however, intend to maintain the high conservative rating he's had in the past. He plans to run for election in 1980. (Sen. Graham's term does not expire until 1982, but the 1970 Constitution provides that if more than 28 months remain in the unexpired term, the appointed senator shall serve until the next general election.)

Karpiel and Casey named state reps

Doris Karpiel (R., Roselle) was named by the 2nd District Republican Legislative Committee to replace John E. Friedland as state representative after he moved to the Senate. She was sworn in December 27.

Karpiel, who is Bloomingdale Township supervisor and chairman of the Bloomingdale Township Republican Central Committee, plans to run for election in 1980. An important issue, she feels, is tax relief for the people in her district.

Former state Rep. Robert F. Casey (R., Batavia) was named by the 39th District Republican Legislative Committee to fill the seat vacated by Rep. William F. Kempiners (R., Joliet) who resigned in November to accept the directorship to the Department of Public Health. Casey was sworn in November 30.

Casey, an attorney, served in the Illinois House from 1957 to 1962 as a representative from the 35th District. Since he does not plan to run for election in 1980, his aim is to do a good job for the remainder of the term. "Kempiners was a good legislator," he said. "I want to maintain the status of office he had down there."

The judiciary

William L. Beatty, Granite City, was named judge of the U.S. District Court of Southern Illinois by President Carter with the confirmation of the U.S. Senate effective October 19. Beatty had been circuit judge of the 3rd Judicial Circuit since 1968.

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed the following circuit judges: Charles W. Chapman, Granite City, to the 3rd Judicial Circuit, effective November 15. Chapman replaced William Bealty. Nathan B. Engelstein, Lincolnwood, to the Cook County Circuit Court, effective November 15. Previously an associate judge, he replaced Margaret O'Malley. Joseph R. Gill, Chicago, to the Circuit Court of Cook County, effective November 15. Previously an associate judge, Gill replaced Nathan Cohen. Howard L. Hood, Murphysboro, to the 1st Judicial Circuit, effective October 25. Hood replaced Peyton Kunce. Robert H. Howerton, Marion, to the 1st Judicial Circuit, effective October 25. Howerton, who was previously state's attorney of Williamson County, replaced John Clayton. James F. Quetsch, Geneva, to the 16th Judicial Circuit, effective November 1. Previously an associate judge, Quetsch replaced John Page.

The following chief judges were elected by their fellow circuit judges: Simon L. Friedman, Springfield, 7th Judicial Circuit, effective December 3. He succeeded Harvey Beam. Robert C. Gill, Rockford, 17th Judicial Circuit, effective December 10. He succeeded John Sype.

C. Joseph Cavanagh, Springfield, was

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named an associate judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit, effective November 26 by the circuit judges of the 7th Judicial Circuit.

The following judges have retired: James H. Cooney, Woodstock, as judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit effective December 28. Cooney had been a judicial officer since 1958 and was mayor of Woodstock from 1951-58. C. Woodrow Frailey, Elizabethtown, as judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit, effective December 1. Frailey had been a judicial officer since 1966. Duane T. Leach, Golconda, as judge of the 1st Judicial Circuit, effective November 30. He was elected circuit judge in 1974 and had previously served as state's attorney in Williamson and Pope counties. Margaret G. O'Malley, Chicago, as judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, effective October 31. A judicial officer since 1974, she has been active in the Women's Bar Association of Illinois. Ernest H. Utter, Rushwell, as judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit, effective January 1, 1980. Utter, who plans to practice law, has been a judicial officer since 1954. Lloyd A. VanDeusen, Waukegan, as judge of the 19th Judicial District, effective November 30, 1980. Meanwhile, VanDeusen, a member of the Judicial Inquiry Board, has been assigned to duty in the 2nd District Appellate Court effective January 1, 1980. John J. Kelly Jr., Barrington, as associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, effective October 16. Kelly had been a judicial officer since 1966. Marvin J. Peters, Elk Grove Village, as an associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, effective September 30. Peters had been a judicial officer since 1965.

Appointments

Mitch Beaver, Springfield, as manager of the division of resource development, Institute of Natural Resources (INR), effective November 1 by INR director Frank Beal. The division promotes use of native Illinois energy sources including coal and solar. Beaver was previously manager of the planning and standards section, division of water pollution control, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Tim Touhy, Chicago, as assistant attorney general, special litigation division, Office of the Attorney General by Atty. Gen. William J. Scott effective in October. The division handles federal civil rights cases against state employees, many of which are prisoner lawsuits. Touhy was previously Senate parliamentarian, a post he shared with Richard Durbin, Springfield. Named in November by Senate president Philip J. Rock to replace Touhy is Mary Lou Lowder, Springfield, she is a graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale.

C. Richard Stelling, Springfield, as chief of broadcast services, office of public affairs, Department of Transportation, by public affairs director Richard L. Adorjan effective in October. Stelling was previously press secretary for the Department of Agriculture. John Ochs, Bloomington, was named by Department of Agriculture Director John R. Block to replace Stelling as press secretary effective in November. Ochs was previously a national affairs writer for the Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington.

Philip M. Klutznick, Chicago, as secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, by President Carter effective in November pending Senate confirmation. Klutznick, a Chicago attorney, founded Chicago's Urban Investment and Development Co., now a subsidiary of Aetna Life and Casualty Co. He replaced Juanita Kreps who resigned November 1.

Resignations

C. Burton Nelson, Rockford, resigned as a member of the Illinois Commerce Commission (IlCC) effective January 14. Nelson, who will take a position as director of Regulatory Relations, Electric Power Research Institute of California, has been a member of the IlCC for 10 years. A replacement has not yet been named.

Deaths

Sen. John A. Graham (R., Barrington) in his home on December 3, his 68th birthday. Graham, who served for 21 years in the Illinois Senate, was assistant majority leader in the 78th General Assembly and assistant minority leader in the 79th. The state's business climate and its corrections system were among his major concerns. A week before his death Graham was honored by having the new medium-security correctional facility at Hillsboro named after him.

William Pitkin, 80, at the Jackson County Nursing Home, Murphysboro, on July 30. A past president of the Illinois State Historical Society, Pitkin was professor emeritus of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

George S. Jefferson, 73, in Lawrenceville on July 24. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois State Historical Society and chairman of its legislative committee.

Rose Kerner, in Oakbrook, November 30. Kerner was the mother of former Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner and the widow of Otto Kerner Sr., who served as Illinois attorney general in the 1930's.

Honors

Sens. Richard M. Daley (D., Chicago) and Stanley B. Weaver (R., Urbana) and Rep. Josephine K. Oblinger (R., Sherman) were named Legislators of the Year by the Senior Legislative Forum in Springfield in November.

Helen Gaar, Springfield, was honored as the Illinois Teacher of the Year at the State Board of Education's annual "Those Who Excell" awards banquet held in Chicago in October. Gaar teaches fourth grade all Dubois Elementary School in Springfield.

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