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Illinois Issues

December 1979 VOL. V, NO. 12

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: Caroline Gherardini
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Editor emeritus: William L. Day
Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle,
            Richard J. Shereikis
Fulfillment manager: Elizabeth A. Curl
Legislative correspondent: Diane Ross
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
      Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
      Mark Gruenberg, Milton Rakove,
      Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
      Larry Smith, Beverly Fleming
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts
Student staff: Cheryl A. Tinsley, Claudia L.
      Woolridge, Kim E. Knauer, Cynthia
      L. Knonold, Pat Karlak

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

19Natural gas: enough for now, future uncertain
By George Provensano

4Who makes coal policy in Illinois? Chapter II
By James Krohe Jr.

9Constitutional ambiguity underlies judicial discipline confusion
By David R. Miller

13Creative tenison in the reorganization of state government
By Michael H. Holland and William H. Luking

16How the new commerce department was finally created
By Margaret S. Knoepfle

2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Margaret S. Knoepfle
Legislation - then and now

24 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
The sun in our energy future

32 WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenberg
Exceptions to the rule ---- the Chicago delegation

33 CHICAGO By Ed McManus
Lawn area rebuilding effort by S & L's

34 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
H-bomb secrets and prior restraint

35 THE ROSTRUM By Samuel W. Witwer
The Illinois Constitution's effect upon the average Illinoisan

SELECTED STATE REPORTS_______ 23

JUDICIAL RULINGS__________27
Telephone tax/ Excessive legal fees/ Insurance liability and interspousal immunity

LETTERS_______ 28

EXECUTIVE REPORT___________30
Sunset law

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS__________30

STATE STIX__________30

NAMES_______30
Wallace announces for U.S. Senate/ Burnidge sworn in as state rep/ Hardwick named director of veterans' affairs

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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