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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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A.M. Castle COM 148411101 416 50000.00 SH DEFINED 01 50000.00
AC Nielsen Corp. COM 004833109 9921 450937.00SH DEFINED 01 450937.00
AFLAC, Inc. COM 001055102 279 6078.92 SH DEFINED 01 6078.92
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 1902 42691.00 SH DEFINED 01 42691.00
Alcatel ADS COM 013904305 17801 267677.35SH DEFINED 01 267677.35
Ambac Financial Group COM 023139108 1130 20600.00 SH DEFINED 01 20600.00
America Online COM 02364j104 2284 43300.00 SH DEFINED 01 43300.00
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 4597 39123.00 SH DEFINED 01 39123.00
American Power Conversion Corp COM 029066107 6991 171303.00SH DEFINED 01 171303.00
Amli Residential Properties Tr COM 001735109 332 14088.00 SH DEFINED 01 14088.00
Andrew Corp COM 034425108 1386 41300.00 SH DEFINED 01 41300.00
Applied Power COM 038225108 1508 45000.00 SH DEFINED 01 45000.00
Baldwin & Lyons - Class A COM 057755100 618 35550.00 SH DEFINED 01 35550.00
Bank Amer Corp COM 060505104 675 15704.66 SH DEFINED 01 15704.66
Baxter International COM 071813109 1380 19623.00 SH DEFINED 01 19623.00
Belo (A.H.) COM 080555105 10864 627550.00SH DEFINED 01 627550.00
Borders Group Inc. COM 099709107 1712 110000.00SH DEFINED 01 110000.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 268 4600.00 SH DEFINED 01 4600.00
British Pete PLC Amern Deposit COM 055622104 215 3790.00 SH DEFINED 01 3790.00
CD&L Inc COM 14983Y107 63 42200.00 SH DEFINED 01 42200.00
CNF Transportation COM 12612w104 17250 758243.00SH DEFINED 01 758243.00
CVS Corp COM 585745102 6430 160742.00SH DEFINED 01 160742.00
Capital Trust - MD Class A COM 14052H100 1183 295650.00SH DEFINED 01 295650.00
Carnival Corp. COM 143658102 1607 82400.00 SH DEFINED 01 82400.00
Catalina Marketing COM 148867104 326 3200.00 SH DEFINED 01 3200.00
Celestica COM 15101q108 245 5000.00 SH DEFINED 01 5000.00
Champion Enterprises COM 158496109 300 61600.00 SH DEFINED 01 61600.00
Comdisco, Inc. COM 200336105 246 11000.00 SH DEFINED 01 11000.00
Commercial Metals Company COM 201723103 387 14059.00 SH DEFINED 01 14059.00
Compaq Computer Corp COM 204493100 2841 111151.00SH DEFINED 01 111151.00
Corning, Inc. COM 219350105 4399 16300.00 SH DEFINED 01 16300.00
Danielson Holding COM 236274106 934 191500.00SH DEFINED 01 191500.00
Dean Foods Company COM 242361103 10774 340100.00SH DEFINED 01 340100.00
Diebold Inc. COM 253651103 1026 36800.00 SH DEFINED 01 36800.00
Disney COM 254687106 1534 39522.00 SH DEFINED 01 39522.00
Dynamex COM 26784F103 0 556300.00SH DEFINED 01 556300.00
E-Stamp Corporation COM 269154100 114 60621.00 SH DEFINED 01 60621.00
EMC Corp COM 268648102 1508 19600.00 SH DEFINED 01 19600.00
Edwards Lifesciences COM 28176e108 463 25000.00 SH DEFINED 01 25000.00
Elan Corp COM 284131208 10947 226007.00SH DEFINED 01 226007.00
Electro Scientific Industries COM 285229100 440 10000.00 SH DEFINED 01 10000.00
Exxon-Mobil Corp COM 30231g102 523 6661.18 SH DEFINED 01 6661.18
Furniture Brands Intl. COM 360921100 760 50200.00 SH DEFINED 01 50200.00
General Electric COM 369604103 7747 146166.00SH DEFINED 01 146166.00
Guidant Corporation COM 401698105 7066 142755.00SH DEFINED 01 142755.00
H&R Block COM 093671105 971 30000.00 SH DEFINED 01 30000.00
Harcourt General COM 41163G101 3986 73300.00 SH DEFINED 01 73300.00
Harris Corp. COM 413875105 7392 225700.00SH DEFINED 01 225700.00
Home Depot, Inc. COM 437076102 390 7800.00 SH DEFINED 01 7800.00
Houghton Mifflin COM 441560109 11648 249480.17SH DEFINED 01 249480.17
IMS Health, Inc. COM 449934108 594 33000.00 SH DEFINED 01 33000.00
Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 339 5940.00 SH DEFINED 01 5940.00
Information Resources COM 456905108 681 173000.00SH DEFINED 01 173000.00
Ingram Micro A COM 457153104 715 41000.00 SH DEFINED 01 41000.00
Int'l Business Machines COM 459200101 5639 51470.00 SH DEFINED 01 51470.00
Legato Systems COM 524651106 514 34000.00 SH DEFINED 01 34000.00
Leggett & Platt COM 524660107 827 50100.00 SH DEFINED 01 50100.00
Liberty Media Group - Class A COM 87924v507 7535 310918.00SH DEFINED 01 310918.00
Magna Entertainment Inc COM 559111075 1048 160900.00SH DEFINED 01 160900.00
Magna International COM 559222401 10463 221440.00SH DEFINED 01 221440.00
Mallon Resources COM 561240201 1309 147500.00SH DEFINED 01 147500.00
Manpower, Inc. COM 56418h100 7056 220495.00SH DEFINED 01 220495.00
Mattel COM 577081102 11571 877400.00SH DEFINED 01 877400.00
McKesson HBOC COM 58155q103 3719 177600.00SH DEFINED 01 177600.00
MediaOne Group, Inc. COM 58440j104 233 3500.00 SH DEFINED 01 3500.00
Mellon Financial Corp COM 58551a108 1873 51400.00 SH DEFINED 01 51400.00
Mentor Graphics COM 587200106 7835 394200.00SH DEFINED 01 394200.00
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 732 9552.00 SH DEFINED 01 9552.00
Microsoft COM 594918104 2040 25501.00 SH DEFINED 01 25501.00
Miller Industries COM 600551105 47 25900.00 SH DEFINED 01 25900.00
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi COM 604059105 515 6205.00 SH DEFINED 01 6205.00
Molex, Inc. - Class A COM 608554200 2473 70654.00 SH DEFINED 01 70654.00
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 233 2800.00 SH DEFINED 01 2800.00
Motorola COM 620076109 564 18600.00 SH DEFINED 01 18600.00
New York Times COM 650111107 2410 61000.00 SH DEFINED 01 61000.00
Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 569 8740.00 SH DEFINED 01 8740.00
Nutraceutical Int'l COM 67060Y101 988 310000.00SH DEFINED 01 310000.00
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 788 16425.00 SH DEFINED 01 16425.00
Pico Holdings COM 693366205 631 57400.00 SH DEFINED 01 57400.00
ProLogis COM 743410102 887 41600.00 SH DEFINED 01 41600.00
Protocol Systems, Inc. COM 74371r106 5076 318500.00SH DEFINED 01 318500.00
Qwest Communications Intl COM 749121109 266 5328.03 SH DEFINED 01 5328.03
Reader's Digest Class A COM 755267101 3025 76100.00 SH DEFINED 01 76100.00
Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. COM 771074101 6987 388162.00SH DEFINED 01 388162.00
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Facto COM 774678403 116 24400.00 SH DEFINED 01 24400.00
Royal Caribbean Cruises COM v7780t103 4328 233948.00SH DEFINED 01 233948.00
Rural Metro COM 781748108 154 95000.00 SH DEFINED 01 95000.00
Ryerson Tull, Inc. COM 78375p107 1280 123350.00SH DEFINED 01 123350.00
SBC Communications, Inc. COM 78387g103 1114 25755.00 SH DEFINED 01 25755.00
Saks, Inc. COM 79377w108 6236 593945.00SH DEFINED 01 593945.00
Sara Lee COM 803111103 1472 76200.00 SH DEFINED 01 76200.00
Scholastic International COM 807066105 245 4000.00 SH DEFINED 01 4000.00
Scientific Atlanta COM 808655104 298 4000.00 SH DEFINED 01 4000.00
Sensormatic Electronics COM 817265101 8106 512631.00SH DEFINED 01 512631.00
Sigma Aldrich COM 826552101 439 15000.00 SH DEFINED 01 15000.00
Snowball.Com COM 83335r107 244 50000.00 SH DEFINED 01 50000.00
Solectron Corp COM 834182107 3522 84100.00 SH DEFINED 01 84100.00
Southwest Airlines Company COM 844741108 1227 64800.00 SH DEFINED 01 64800.00
Sprint Corp - FON Group COM 852061100 6584 129100.00SH DEFINED 01 129100.00
Symantec Corp COM 871503108 227 4200.00 SH DEFINED 01 4200.00
Symbol Technologies COM 871508107 7717 142801.00SH DEFINED 01 142801.00
Tech Data Corp. COM 878237106 828 19000.00 SH DEFINED 01 19000.00
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 11237 164200.00SH DEFINED 01 164200.00
Thomas & Betts COM 884315102 1153 60300.00 SH DEFINED 01 60300.00
True North Communications COM 897844106 10946 248768.00SH DEFINED 01 248768.00
Tyler Technologies Inc. COM 902252105 513 200000.00SH DEFINED 01 200000.00
UniFirst COM 904708104 1020 129500.00SH DEFINED 01 129500.00
Unilever NV COM 904784709 1173 27300.00 SH DEFINED 01 27300.00
Unisys Corp COM 909214108 7569 519750.00SH DEFINED 01 519750.00
Viacom - Class B COM 925524308 7173 105194.00SH DEFINED 01 105194.00
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 3563 61830.00 SH DEFINED 01 61830.00
Walgreen COM 931422109 586 18200.00 SH DEFINED 01 18200.00
Wallace Computer Services COM 932270101 1768 179000.00SH DEFINED 01 179000.00
WorldCom, Inc. COM 55268b106 512 11160.00 SH DEFINED 01 11160.00
AFLAC, Inc. RET EQ 001055102 230 5000.00 SH DEFINED 01 5000.00
Abbott Labs RET EQ 002824100 268 6016.00 SH DEFINED 01 6016.00
Accuhealth, Inc. RET EQ 004380101 2 12000.00 SH DEFINED 01 12000.00
Acorn Investment Trust - Commo RET EQ 004851101 295 17112.26 SH DEFINED 01 17112.26
Baxter International RET EQ 071813109 253 3600.00 SH DEFINED 01 3600.00
Dynamex, Inc. RET EQ 26784F103 98 44960.00 SH DEFINED 01 44960.00
El Paso Natural Gas RET EQ 283677854 214 4200.00 SH DEFINED 01 4200.00
General Electric RET EQ 369604103 597 11268.00 SH DEFINED 01 11268.00
Intel Corp RET EQ 458140100 334 2500.00 SH DEFINED 01 2500.00
Microsoft RET EQ 594918104 224 2800.00 SH DEFINED 01 2800.00
Pfizer, Inc. RET EQ 717081103 238 4950.00 SH DEFINED 01 4950.00
Pharmacia Corp RET EQ 71713u102 233 4500.00 SH DEFINED 01 4500.00
Procter & Gamble RET EQ 742718109 448 7900.00 SH DEFINED 01 7900.00
U.S. Realtel {RESTRICTED} RET EQ 902979103 236 32500.00 SH DEFINED 01 32500.00
Walgreen RET EQ 931422109 220 6848.00 SH DEFINED 01 6848.00
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