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Illinois Issues

Est. 1975 FEBRUARY 1981 VOL. VII, NO. 2

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, Cynthia L. Konold
      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


4 The Big Jim image through a looking glass: Thompson's appointees

By Al Manning

9 Election Update
By David H. Everson and Joan A. Parker

20 Changing climate or not, weather extremes cost money
By Stanley A. Changnon, Jr.



14 The Chicago Machine: 'Baby, what's happening?'

By Milton Rakove and Louis Masotti

2 THE STATE OF THE STATE
By Diane Ross

Appropriations at $14.6 billion, but recession knocks at door

21 BOOK REVIEW By Jane Clark Casey
Omissions compromise constitution study

22 SCIENCE By Julie A. Dutton
'Scientific creationism' challenges theory of evolution

24 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
Lame ducks stomp on policy vetoes; governor stomps on Senate Dems

32 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
To Reagan: 'Brother, can you spare a dime?'

33 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Percy and Michel: Big men on Capitol Hill

34 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
A question of survival in Metro East Area

35 THE ROSTRUM By Isidro Lucas and Luis M. Salces
Let's trade the stock villains for new ideas


JUDICIAL RULINGS________28
Don't speak in parables: a question of libel/
Appellate review of sentencing limited to court's rule

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS ________29
Prisoners and public defenders

SELECTED STATE REPORTS __________11

LETTERS __________28

STATE STIX __________29

NAMES __________30
Reagan names Block to cabinet

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.

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