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OCTOBER 1981 VOL. VII, NO. 10
Established 1975

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 grants from the Illinois Humanities Council, the Joyce Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy; support from the University of Illinois and Sangamon State University; and donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the grantors, either university or donors.

Publisher: J. Michael Lennon. Editor: Caroline . Gherardini. Fulfillment and advertising manager: Elizabeth A. Curl. Circulation director: John E. Cockrell. Editor emeritus: William L. Day. Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle, Richard J. Shereikis, Larry Smith. Assistant editor: John G. Martin. Legislative correspondent: Diane Ross Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer, Milton Rakove, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merrill, Robert Mackay, James Krohe Jr., Barbara J. Hipsman, Bob Springer. Artist: Ed Dyson. Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts, Patricia Burtle-McCredie. Student assistants: Debra Beverly, Becky Bradway.

THE BOARD
Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana.
Vice Chairman: James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen of Co., Chicago. Members: Louis Ancel, attorney, Chicago. David E. Connor, Commercial National Bank of Peoria. William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield. Harold L. Deakins, public affairs manager, Illinois Power Company, Decatur. Robert P. Ewing, chairman of the board and president, Bankers Life & Casualty Co., Chicago. James M. Furman, executive vice president, MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan Institute, University of Chicago. Michael J. Hewlett, partner, Hewlett & Perkins Associates, Chicago. Michael H. Hudson, vice president, public affairs, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago. David Kenney, director, Illinois Department of Conservation, Springfield. Louis H. Masotli, professor of political science and urban affairs, Northwestern University, Evanston. Odas Nicholson, judge, Cook County Circuit Court. James D. Nowlan, director, Public Administration Program, 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. 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, Evanston. J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member.



ILLINOIS ISSUES (USPS 060-130) is published monthly (12 times per year). Editorial offices: K Building, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708 (telephone: 217/786-6084). Please address questions regarding your subscription to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054. Subscription 815/734-4151).

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Contents

ii8110tc-2.jpg Introducing new columnists: POLITICS
2       Looking down on Chicago
By Barbara J. Hipsman and Bob Springer

ii8110tc-3.jpg 6       Transportation and the government's uneven hand
By James Krohe Jr.

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10       Illinois roads between a rock and a pothole
By Shelley Davis

BOOK REVIEW By Richard J. Shereikis
15       When Chicago was young
EXCERPTS: The Jews of Chicago; Irish Chicago

ii8110tc-5.jpg SERIES ON SOIL
19       The breaking of the prairie
By James Krohe Jr.

4       THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Appropriations vetoes: more cuts and 'the unveto'

17       SCIENCE By Keith E. Jackson
Rabies: record number of animal cases; new vaccine for humans

26     Legislative Action By Diane Ross and Shelly Davis
PUBLIC HEALTH: Dealing with nurses' shortage/ Ambulances must pass safety tests
CIVIL JUDICIARY: Two-step divorces and domestic violence
INSURANCE: Borrowing on whole life insurance/Political contributions by individual insurance companies/ Reduced rates for senior drivers
PURCHASED CARE: Medicaid reimbursement to hospitals . . . to nursing homes
THE ELDERLY: Abuse of the aged

32       CHICAGO By Ed McManus
Byrne: coming up roses

33       WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Abortion battle intensifies

34       THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
Dialing down radio regulation

35       THE ROSTRUM By James K. Zerkle
An inequity in sentencing law

13       Social Security: the hottest item at Conference on Aging
14       SELECTED STATE REPORTS
16       LETTERS

28       JUDICIAL RULINGS
One provision of abortion clinic ordinance ruled unconstitutional/Civil Service, not courts, determines 'reasonable' firings/No part-time tenure rights

29       EXECUTIVE REPORT
Fahner appeals ComEd rate hike/Thompson reassigns functions of Lt. Gov.'s Office

29       ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
30       STATE STIX
30       NAMES
GOP leader David Shapiro dies


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