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Illinois Issues

April 1981 VOL. VII, 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 and Acting Publisher: Caroline Gherardini
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Editor emeritus: William L. Day
Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle, Larry Smith
            Richard J. Shereikis
Assistant Editor: John G. Martin
Fulfillment manager: Elizabeth A. Curl
Legislative correspondent: Diane Ross
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
      Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
      Milton Rakove, Robert Mackay
      Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
      Larry Smith
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts
Student staff: Becky Bradway, Patricia Hadsall

The Board
Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute
      of Government and Public Affairs, University
      of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: James R. Kackley, partner
      Arthur Anderson & Co., Chicago
William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield
Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan
      Institute, University of Chicago
David Kenney, director, Illinois Department
      of Conservation, Springfield
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
Thomas F. Roeser, Vice President-government relations
     The Quaker Oats Company, 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

4RTA CRI$I$: Not the first, but the worst
By Shelley Davis

8Cameras in the courtroom: Will Illinois be next?
By Mike Strand

12SOLAR ENERGY Yesterday's science becomes the design of the day and the investment for tomorrow
By Gary Adkins

2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Revenues: measured and found wanting

25 BOOK REVIEW By Samuel K. Gove
The bad guys and good guys in Illinois chapteron Great Lakes states

26 SCIENCE By Theresa A. Walker
Mysterious Reye's Syndrom: Should the state require all cases be reported?

28 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
An agenda with everything but time and money

41 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
A Californian looks for gold in reshaping the Pantagraph

42 CHICAGO By Ed McManus
Mr. Maynard: The modest citizen who made a difference

43 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
The General Assembly comes to Washington

44 THE ROSTRUM By State Rep. Woods Bowman
Where has all the money gone?

SELECTED STATE REPORTS_______ 25

EXECUTIVE REPORT___________32
Controversial municipal bond ruling postponed/ Farmland conversion update

STATE STIX__________32

JUDICIAL RULINGS__________34
X-ray treatment: a science, not a product/ Three-year term for $1.55 burglary/ Sheriffs' real estate fees unconstitutional/ 'Clock' does not run out on prosecution/ Tenant's rights in single-family homes/ Legality of strip searches/ Jurisdiction in child custody? When appreciation ends in divorce

NAMES_______38

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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