Table of Contents June1987
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| Contents | June 1987 |
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| Vol. XIII No. 6 Established 1975 |
10 Ed Duffy and welfare reform
Micheal D. Klemens
14 High tech and higher education in DuPage: testing the system of systems
Boyd Keenan
18 Super competition for superconducting super collider
Charles J. Abbott
21 Floyd Dell: Illinois writer
R. Craig Sautter
Columns
4 Politics
The make-or-break issue: taxes Charles N. Wheeler III
6 The state of the State
Preparing for the next call for a constitutional convention Michael D. Klemens
34 Chicago
A modest proposal Paul M. Green
36 The Pulse
AIDS: What Illinois adults know about the disease Richard Day
38 The Rostrum
Should the state increase taxes? Yes Steve Culen (AFSCME)
Departments
23 Legislative Action
The media as lobbyists Deborah Gertz
26 State Stix Margaret S. Knoepfle
27 Judicial Rulings F. Mark Siebert
29 Names
31 State Reports
Anna J. Merritt
32 Book Review
The Hill: a parable of histories Sandra Olivetti Martin