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Illinois Issues

Established 1975
APRIL 1980 VOL. VI, NO. 4

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,
      Milton Rakove, Ed McManus,
      Anna J. Merritt, Larry Smith,
      Beverly Fleming, Robert Mackay
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts
Student staff: Celeste Quinn, Alden Solovy,
      Cheryl A. Tinsley, Claudia L. Wooldridge,
      Brian T. Townsend, John G. Martin, Janice R. Herrin

The Board
Chairman:
Samuel K Gove, director, Institute
      of Government and Public Affairs, University
      of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Thomas F. Roeser, 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

Contents

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4 The UMW battlefield moves beyond the coal field
By James Krohe Jr.

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9 The (energetic) ambition of Frank Beal
By James Krohe Jr.

12 'New' houses from old: the rehab challenge
By Beverly Ann Fleming

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18 Proposal: streamline Illinois educational administration
By Celeste Quinn

20 The arithmetic of school budgeting
By Alden Solovy

23 Political options for Chicago blacks
By Michael B. Preston

2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Why tax relief now?

24 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
Thompson's tax package — four-way relief

32 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
A permanent nuclear burying ground in Illinois?

33 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
Byrne's Chicago: shakedown or breakdown?

34 MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
The coverage of Chicago's school crisis

35 THE ROSTRUM By Joseph M. Cronin
Can the decline in school test scores be reversed?

SELECTED STATE REPORTS_____ 11

LETTERS________________________ 17

BILL SUMMARIES______________ 25

JUDICIAL RULINGS_____________ 26

EXECUTIVE REPORT____________28

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS_ 28

STATE STIX_______________ 29

NAMES_______________________ 29

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. 1980 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, 226 CC, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any part of the magazine.

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