Names

Appointments

Caswell J. Crebs, Robinson, to the Illinois Supreme Court to serve out the unexpired term of Justice Charles H. Davis, who resigned. The appointment, made by the court, was effective October 15 and expires in December 1976. Crebs, who retired in 1964 from the Circuit Court, second judicial circuit, was called out of retirement twice previously, once to serve on the Supreme Court and once on the Appellate Court, fifth district.

Julia Quinn Dempsey, River Forest, as legal adviser for the Illinois Office of Education on October 15.

Dr. Grace Duff, Carbondale, professor of school administration at Southern Illinois University and former superintendent of schools in Alexander County, as deputy superintendent for management services, Illinois Office of Education, on October 20.

Samuel Sublett, Jr., St. Charles, as administrator of the juvenile division, Department of Corrections, effective October 20, by Allyn R. Sielaff, director of the department.

John J. Lambert, manager of management services division, Department of Revenue, by Robert H. Allphin, state director of revenue, effective November 1. Lambert had been deputy director of the Department of Children and Family Services.

James L. Young as a member of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, replacing Russ O'Dell, on October 15 by the governor. Young has been manager of the water pollution control enforcement section, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, since September 1972. A lawyer, he now resides in Springfield.

Resignations

Donald Page Moore as director of the Governor's Office of Special Investigations on October 27, to return to the private practice of law. He has been mentioned as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for state's attorney of Cook County, a post he unsuccessfully sought in 1972. Arthur Sinai was named acting director by Gov. Walker on October 30; he had been deputy director.

Anthony J. Fornelli as director of the Illinois Department of Financial Institutions on November 5, to return to private law practice. The governor designated Timothy Griffin, commissioner of savings and loans, to assume the additional position as acting director of financial institutions.

Deaths

George "Whitey" Williams of Shelbyville and Springfield on November 5 in Springfield. Williams, who retired from state service in 1972, had served as Republican county chairman of Shelby County for 44 years, which is believed to be a record in such a party position.

John Hughes, 66, an employee of the House of Representatives, on October 27 after leaving the State House following a bomb scare. Hughes, a former employee of the Abraham Lincoln and Leiand hotels, was well known in legislative circles.

Honors

Tom S. Roberts, Illiopolis, chief probation officer of Sangamon County, was selected as "Outstanding Adult Probation Officer of 1975" by the Illinois Probation and Court Services Association on October 11.

Thomas B. Kirkpatrick,Jr., executive director, Illinois Dangerous Drugs Comission, was appointed to the American Bar Association's criminal justice section committee on alcohol and drug abuse in early October.

Dr. Frank S. Tomkins,a seniorchemist at Argonne National Laboratory, and Dr. George Thodos, professor of chemical engineering. Northwestern University, received the sixth annual Argonne Universities Association Distinguished Appointments Awards for 1975.

Other

For the second time, Gov. Dan Walker on October 14, withheld approval of Marshall Suloway as a member of the Chicago Transit Authority. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley had resubmitted Suloway's name after Walker in July had first withheld approval.

Raymond Kahoun, Chicago, a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1963-64, 1967-72), and his wife, Maureen, were found guilty by a U.S. District Courtjury in Springfield November 4 on charges of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The case arose in connection with the submission of a voucher to the state for payment of $5,000 to Mrs. Kahoun for secretarial services she performed for her husband. State law prohibits legislators from putting their relatives on the payroll. Mrs. Kahoun, who had been the legislator's secretary prior to their marriage in July 1972 signed the voucher with her previous name.

Bernard J. Sadowski, state fire marshal, was removed from office by the governor on October 20 for allegedly soliciting political contributions from state employees in violation of a 1973 executive order. Sadowski said the money was sent to him unsolicited and he returned it.

Former Sen. Esther Saperstein (D., Chicago), who resigned in April to take a seat as a Chicago alderman, has filed suit in the Cook County Circuit Court asking a determination as to how much of her 1975 salary, drawn for a full year in advance, she should return to the state.

SCRAPBOOK

A SERIES on mental health problems by T. Lee Hughes of the Associated Press ran in five installments in the Springfield, Illinois, Journal-Register, the Chicago Tribune, and other newspapers, October 20 through 24.

The writer explored the growing competition for public funds between community mental health facilities and nursing homes on the one hand and care in state hospitals on the other. With respect to nursing homes that are paid by the state to care for mentally ill and mentally retarded persons, the series raises questions: (1) the quality of care provided, (2) the difficulty in fixing responsibility among three state agencies the Departments of Mental Health, Public Aid, and Public Health for monitoring such care, and (3) the apparent shortage of staff to make inspections. With respect to the state institutions that continue to care for mental patients, the series presents the view that they are overstaffed with relation to patient loads and get the lion's share of the tax dollars for mental health even though larger numbers are cared for in community facilities and nursing homes.

January 1976 / Illinois Issues / 29


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