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OFFICER JOE YANUL
ONE
GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER...
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by Tom Yanul |
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CHICAGO TRAFFIC POLICEMEN WRITE TICKETS FOR VIOLATIONS.
BUT JUST AS OFTEN (EXCEPT PARKING !) PEOPLE GET A "PASS", A WARNING
TO BE CAREFULL. AND JUST AS OFTEN, AT LEAST IN THE OLD DAYS, A PASS
WAS
GIVEN
AND A BUSINESS CARD WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION, FROM PASSEE TO PASSER. "IF
YOU EVER NEED.... "IF YOUR EVER IN THE AREA.." AND SO THE STORY WENT. IT
WAS KIND OF A POLITE YOU SCRATCH MY BACK, I'LL SCRATCH YOURS KIND
OF SITUATION. MY DAD DIDN'T LIKE PEOPLE WHO PUT A $FIVER UNDER THE DRIVERS
LICENSE...THAT MEANT A TICKET FOR SURE. BUT PEOPLE WHO WERE CONTRITE,
SORRY, FESSED UP TO THEIR TRAFFIC INDISCRETIONS, OFTEN GOT THE "PASS".
AND
TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, CHRISTMAS
AT
OUR HOUSE WAS NEVER SHORT OF PACKAGES BROUGHT HOME AFTER A SHIFT. TURKEYS,
12 YEAR-OLD SCOTCH, WHATNOTS, DO-DADS, THINGAMAJIGS.
IT
WAS ALWAYS A BOUNTIFUL TIME. IT WASN'T GRAFT, CORRUPTION, OR WHATEVER
YOU CALL IT. ITS WAS THANKS FOR THE BREAK. IT WAS BEING A HUMAN BEING AMONGST
PEOPLE YOU MET AND WORKED FOR, AND WITH. THERE IS A GRAY AREA IN
EVERYTHING...ITS WHAT MAKES LIFE NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT TOLERABLE.
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LEFT IN THE BACK OF DAD'S OLD DESK DRAWER WHEN HE
DIED WERE
A
PILE OF OLD BUSINESS CARDS..MOST CAME FROM HIS DAYS AS A CHICAGO MOTORCYCLE
POLICEMAN HE ONCE TOLD ME.
A
FEW WERE SIMPLY PEOPLE MET ON THE JOB, LIKE MARTIN BARNETT, A CAMERAMAN FOR
PARAMOUNT NEWS. OTHERS, LIKE THOSE FROM THE STEVENS HOTEL AND STANDARD OIL,
WERE MORE THAN LIKELY "PASSER & PASSEE" CARDS.
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CARD FROM MARTIN BARNETT STAFF CAMERAMAN,
PARAMOUNT,
NEWS
OFFICE ON MICHIGAN AV.
AN
INTERNET SEARCH SHOWED BARNETT IN AUSTRALIA IN 1942 IN THE MIDST OF THE
WAR.
WONDER
WHAT BECAME OF MARTIN....
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BACK TO THE FUN SIDE - MOVIE & TV STARS |
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TEXT READS
"TO
THE YANUL FAMILY, FROM THIS VERY GOOD GRINGO,
DUNCAN
RENALDO, CISCO KID, ME TOO - DIABLO"
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OFFICER JOE YANUL AND THE GOOD GUYS
1951
- CHICAGO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MIDWAY) PICKING UP MOVIE & TELEVISION STARS
DUNCAN RENALDO AND LEO CARILLO FAMOUS AS TV'S CISCO KID AND SIDEKICK
PANCHO (Carillo, as noted on the internet, was a fine, serious California
conservationist)
RENALDO
(1904-1980) CARILLO (1881-1961)
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TO SEE HISTORY OF
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GO
BACK TO PAGE ONE |
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TO CONTACT AUTHOR
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