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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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