Illinois Issues
323/Abandon railroads? Illinois replies NO/John F. Due
328/Passenger service in Illinois: Amtrak may offer a better ticket/James E. Martin
332/A watchful eye on state accounts: Auditor General Robert Cronson/Thom M. Serafin
335/Public sector collective bargaining in Illinois: What's happening/ Vito C. Bianco
339/Keys to understanding collective bargaining/L.W. Murray, Jr.
341/Riding the tax reform ROLLERCOASTER/Robert N. Schoeplein
343/Shawnee Hills 'Wilderness Area': Costs and benefits/Virginia Lee Owen
350/Chicago: Latinos—Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans—a divided community/Charles B. Cleveland
351/Washington: Dams and the public interest: Should the water be dammed?/ Tom Littlewood
346/Leave it up to the judges!
FOR THE RECORD
347/Legislative Action: Governor acts on bills
FEATURES
331/Book Review: Con Con's Education Committee: 'Young Turks' and 'Old Guard'/Elizabeth R Zeigler
COVER/ Wheat and other grains from the farms in Illinois depend upon railroads for transportation to market. A pending plan to abandon certain rail lines in Illinois met with strong opposition in our state, especially in the rural areas. The cover illustration by Ed Dyson of Virden shows that very familiar Illinois and Midwest scene—the grain elevator beside the railroad track—seemingly in the middle of nowhere for nothing. But. the purpose is specific:it's the launching place in that rural area for the farmers' grain to get to the central markets. The issue over rail abandonment in Illinois is explained by John F. Due in his article on pages 333-337.
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Publisher/editor: William L. Day
Assistant editors: Caroline Gherardini,
J. M. (Mike) Lennon
Contributing editors: Leon S. Cohen
Conrad P. Rutkowski
Business manager: William .1. Geekie
Marketing consultant: J. B. Spalding
The Board
Samuel K. Gove, University of Illinois, Urbana,
Chairman
William W. Allen. Illinois Agricultural
Association, Bloomington
Richard H. Carver. Mayor, Peoria
Robert C. Gibson, Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago
Philip Kendall, Sangamon State University,
Springfield
Mrs. Randall Nelson, Carbondale
Odas Nicholson. Lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, University of Illinois, Circle Campus
James T. Otis, Lawyer, Chicago
Theodore Peterson, University of Illinois,
Urbana
Honorable Samuel H. Shapiro, Lawyer, Kankakee
Chris Vlahoplus, Sangamon State University,
Springfield
James M. Wall, The Christian Century, Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer, Lawyer, Chicago
William L. Day, ex officio member
ILLINOIS ISSUES is published monthly (12 times per year).
Editorial and business offices: 226 Capital Campus, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. Telephone: (217) 786-6536
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322 / Illinois Issues / November 1975