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Local CB club: plans
I ed ertoue acc,dent
'Coffee Break' Sunday
� Mop Bazs Area CB first rize and Radio Glub, Inc. will second prize. Square
sponsor a "Coffee Break" dances will also be
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 presented during the af-
CEJ p.m. in the Nate Guard
radio network e Armory he bo Bryan.
Games, cake walks, The Brazos Area CB
concession stands, door Radio Club, Inc. annually
' pr and other en- sponsors breaks to benfit
ROUND LA N.Y. is alive with reports from get your food fast and ter t a i a m e n t will be local families and the
• — Six years ago, key bases: "King Cobra" where we know they treat provided. All proceeds wail Mental Health Mental
Korol's wife nearly in East Greenbush near people right. be used to aid needy Retardation Center. In the
her life in a traffic the Massachusetts border, – Truckers' Aid Base puts families in Bryan - College past, the club has assisted
°`'ent. Now he's trying "Hillbilly Gasman" at out a guide of 1.87 and I -90 Station. with the Civil Defense and
iglint up a state -wide Saranac Lake, "Cuddles" as well major Albany -area - Several prizes will be law enforcement agencies
, , .steer CB radio net -, at Lake Placid and state highway stops for awarded including a $300 in the area.
� 'to provide help to "Katydid" in Canajoharie. food,. gas, lodgings and
,; motorists in trouble. Korol's wife, Carol — even rest areas. The guide
te, , far, his Truckers' Aid "Daddy's Girl" is her is marked "free," - and
gite system includes a handle — runs the phones > available at Truckers' Aid
., 4; «� k of 68, .- stations .. and makes steaming pots Bases, Box 426, Round
` g 'from Albany of thick black coffee, while Lake, N.Y. 12151. But the
r" to Montreal, west to son Craig picks in- booklet does say, "com
oharie, east to Lee, formation off three state ments and donations
*ass., and south to Selkirk radio nets and National welcome." '
id Hudson. Weather Service broad- "Mopstick" said his
:Last year, Korol — his casts. Work is financed largely
bindle is "Mopstick" — Soon, "Mopstick" guides from '. his own pocket, with
ilid his 67 support bases a steady stream of in- help from grateful
*re on Channel 19 for formation from the key trucking companies,
4726 hours, bringing 18- bases and some 50 other truckers themselves and
ah e e 1 e r s and four- stations available that day. such merchants as an
eelers alike traffic, Every 20 minutes or so, he electronics store and a
ther and road con -
a - tally the state police to supermarket chain. He
ons. report stuck cars. Or the also runs raffles and
he gave directions to state police call "Mop- "passes a tin can" at the
truckers and 3,544 stick" to update them monthly meetings of his
alto drivers, reported 427 selves and report problems base operators to raise the
a and aided 440 solved. $5,000 needed.
ken -down trucks and Periodically, "Mop- "Mopstick" said he feels
cars. stick" goes live on WGY- CB radios are vital. "They
orol's Truckers' Aid Radio in Schenectady, a should b e standard
se central takes up most powerful AM outlet equipment on cars. We did
the family dining area, covering much of eastern a survey. Of 76 cars stuck
si r r o u n d e d by a n upstate New York, to storm, 54 did not
eborate map of area provide his road reports to have radios. In another
lthways that lights up the a wider ,audience. His storm, the figure was 95
1{ratlon of vehicles in services are voluntary, out of ill."
tluble. "Mopstick" said his
orol is employed by the mission is not all If "Mopstick" has h
s>te Labor Department, emergency aid. way, every driver would
bItt when a storm hits, he's "people travel on credit have a CB and in ' New
its huge swivel rocker, cards," he said. "We've York state, they'd be led
earphones on and marked the .brand of gas at the latest information from
nierophone in hand. His each exit, and the major a state -wide net of truckers
41- channel CB base station truck stops where you can aidhases.
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