Editorial Two-way radio overcrowded
The radio waves are a national resource valued at over 20 billion dollars and heavily used by land mobile radio for police fire and public safety. With about 215000 land mobile stations and 4.2 million transmitters in use as of 1976 growth to nine million transmitters by 1985 is expected. Congestion jams signals and reduces air time, threatening public safety. FCC efforts include spectrum monitoring and releasing TV channels to land mobile use, while digital transmission advances like Motorola’s Modal System promise faster compact communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Accounting Office
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Electronics Industries Association
Chicago
Ment
Charles Percy
R-Iil
Motorola
Don Oakley
Start drive for ambulance funds in Southeast Livingston County
Southeast Livingston County Ambulance Service committee meets at Fairbury Hospital to organize a 30000 dollar fundraising drive for a volunteer service serving Fairbury Cropsey Forrest and Chatsworth. Goals set by area with prorated contributions based on population and four ambulance units to be purchased.
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Fairbury
Livingston County Ambulance Service Committee
Fairbury Hospital
Fairbury- Cropsey
Forrest
Chatsworth
Selcas
Executive Committee
Silver Home For
Cook Funeral
Culkin
Forrest and
Forrest Chatsworth
Fairbury Cropsey
Wine and snow tires collide in satire by Russell Baker
Russell Baker mocks wine culture and snow tire hype, arguing wine will dominate American life while noting the absurdities of pairing wine with food and the difficulty of pronunciation. He riffs on consumer culture, fashioning a humorous contrast between tires and vino.
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Russell Baker
New York Times News Service
United States
Time Magazine
Deikus-Wahls wedding at Mt. Prospect church
Karen Deikus and Dean Charles Wahls of Chenoa wed at CHENOA St Raymonds Church Mt. Prospect on Saturday December 2 at 4 pm. The ceremony had 38 guests with Rev Father Kalos officiating. The bride wore a pale lavender knit suit and carried red and pink roses with white baby’s breath. Best man Merlyn Otto of Gridley. Ushers Frank Crowley and Jeff Wahls. Couple to reside in Normal.
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Chenoa
St. Raymond's
Mt. Prospect
Karen Deikus
Dean Charles Wahls
Father Kalos
Kathie Kubik
Spring Grove
Ilinois State University
Merlyn Otto
Gridley
Frank Crowley
Oak Forest
Jeff Wahls
Wisconsin
Penney’s
Bloomington
Vernon Wahls
Elk Grove Village
John Deikus
Cathy Lane
Prospect
Irvin Wahls
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Cabery
Continental Manor
Dwight
Stewart Funeral Home
Edwin Joyce
St. Rose Catholic Cemetery
Kankakee
Anthony
Catherine
Metz) Smicker
Marie Valero
Charles
Arthur
Cathery
New York Central Railroad
Livingston County
Pontiac Leader Publishing CO
N. Main St
Pontiac
Illinois
Jerome Pearce
John Plesko
Elizabeth Harris
Jim Caviezel
Joan Renne
Weldon Greeneberg
Ken Bond
Wayne Jensen
Donald Jobst
Merlyn Shanebrook
Cornell
Flanagan
Odell
Launemin
Ilinois
Alexis Lichine
Louis XVI
Paris
Muscatel
Robespierre
New York
NEA
McGovern
Kodel
Antron
Antron Iti
S-M-L
DuPont
Famous Brand
Waltham
Benrus
Helbros
Peignoir
Vermillion Plaza
Dean Wahls
San
Illinois State Bar Assn
Illinois State Bar Center
Springfield
Lebo
Lincoln Service
Dept
Broadway
Pekin
Mgr
PFC
N. Main
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