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Illinois Issues
May 1981 VOL. VII, NO. 5
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
Fulfillment and Advertising manager: Elizabeth A. Curl
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
Legislative correspondent: Diane Ross, Shelley Davis
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
Milton Rakove, Robert Mackay
Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
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
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
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Contents
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4Perspectives from the new laureates of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois
By Steve Slack
 9Fiscal 1982: no ballast in the budget and stormy weather ahead
By Diane Ross
 14Illinois' energy use: a profile of the 1970's and a forcast for the 1980's
By P.V. Sudhindra and J.P. Hartnett
19HUMANITIES ESSAYS The Humanities and fund-raising: A test of belief
By P.V. Sudhindra and J.P. Hartnett
23SPECIAL ON THE CENSUS
The 1890 Census: How to use a treasure trove of data
By Paul L Schnirring
26Some striking shifts in Illinlois' population
By Paul L Schnirring
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Shelley Davis
Statee and local energy programs without federal bucks
29 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross and Shelley Davis
Thompson's transportation plan with a tax on oil companies
36 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
RTA: The old combinations don't work anymore
37 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Our men in the senate: playing to the home crowd
38 SCIENCE By Julie A. Dutton
Agent Orange: has it caused health problems for veterans?
44 THE ROSTRUM By Stanley O. Ikenberry
Universities and the economy: a fresh perspective
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SELECTED STATE REPORTS_______ 8
EXECUTIVE REPORT___________33
Waste recycling/ Cost control/ AFSCME contract/ Blue Cross Blue Shield rate hike denied/ Campaign disclosure/ Congressmen donate records/ Wildlife and forestry grants
JUDICIAL RULINGS__________34
Combined reporting method OK'd/ Adoption records/ Reclassification of business property/ Public felons, public pensions
NAMES_______35
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).
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3/22/07 MSI
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