Bakalis Welfare Record Mixed Despite Scrutiny
Illinois Comptroller Michael Bakalis has attacked Thompson on welfare funding while his own record as welfare payment watchdog is uneven. He highlighted alleged Medicaid vendor irregularities, trained staff to spot abuses, and backed a nine bill anti fraud package that stalled. He faced criticisms over consulting ties to the Illinois State Medical Society and vague savings promises.
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Bakalis
Thompson
Public Aid
Joel Edelman
Comptroller’s Office
Edelman
Illinois State Medical Society
Fox
Illinois
Medical Society
Congress and PBS clash over funding for public broadcasting
Public Broadcasting Service seeks at least 1 billion dollars annually but Congress caps funding at 220 million through 1983. PBS president Grossman warns that current levels threaten the quality and expansion of noncommercial radio and television nationwide, urging a long term, higher federal commitment.
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Tom Jory
New York
Congress
Public Broadcasting
Lawrence K. Grossman
The
Public Broadcasting Service
Senate
PBS
House
Grossman
Thompson Administration under fire over welfare agency failures
The Illinois Public Aid Department under Gov James Thompson is criticized for weak administration of welfare funds. The paper details failures in agency oversight, calls for clearer fraud standards, and notes campaign ties to Medicaid vendors. It argues that shifting function to law enforcement doesn’t fix core issues and cites missed dismissals and poor public explanations of poverty.
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Ilinois
James Thompson
Thompson
Public Aid Department
Illinois
Public Aid Administration
State Public Health Department
State Personnel Department
Supreme Court Bakke decision praised as fair
The Supreme Court upholds the Constitution's stance against race based quotas while acknowledging the need to consider past discrimination. It bans rigid quotas that bias by race and urges continued efforts toward equal opportunity in education, employment and housing.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Bakke
University of California Medical School
Supreme Court
High Court
America
State education TV network in making but far from goal
Gordon Britton reports Illinois moves toward a statewide educational television network remain distant from full statewide service. Plans envision three new non profit groups tied to public broadcasting, with Edwardsville, Bluffs, Moline, and Peoria involved.役
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Gordon Britton
Lindsay Schaub
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Public
Illinois legislators critique educational TV claims
Legislators say non commercial educational television stations in Illinois spend little time on school programming. WILL in Champaign broadcast about 3 percent of hours instructional. only 30 of 700 schools subscribe. WSIU at Southern Illinois University Carbondale broadcasts 6 to 12 hours weekly in school year but token funding. Managers say stations must prove classroom interest to stay self supporting and stress serving diverse community interests rather than mass audiences.
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George Hall
Hall
Bluffs
Moline
Peoria
IBHE
Edwardsville
John Regnell
Illinois
Mike Mottler
University of
Ottler
Will
Mottler
David B. Rochelle
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
WSIU
Rochelle
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Michael Bakalis
Lionel van Deerlin
D-Calif
Ernest Holllings
Ds.c
Public Broadcasting System
Time of the Associa Press
Lindsay- Schaub Newspapers
Allan Bakke
Illinois University-Carbondale
Ike Mottler
U of I
Southern Illinois
Lindsay-Schaub
John C. Gardner
William B. Cox Jr
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