[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16165-16166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING JOHN CALLAWAY

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday evening the highly respected 
radio and television broadcasting pioneer John Callaway died in 
Chicago.
  After more than 30 years with Chicago's Public Television, John 
Callaway's extraordinary dedication to honest journalism that served 
the people will be greatly missed.
  John can be credited with many great firsts in the world of televised 
broadcasting. He was a leader in the nationwide development of CBS news 
stations and hosted WTTW's Chicago's first evening news analysis.
  The former Peabody and Emmy Award winner had said that he hoped his 
shows would allow the viewer to see the ``fabric and soul of the 
city.'' Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you in my city the fabric and 
soul is often both extraordinary and tragic. For me and many 
Chicagoans, the airwaves will feel quite empty without John Callaway as 
the host of channel 11's show ``Chicago's Tonight's Week in Review.'' 
Tonight he will be remembered not only by his loving wife, Sandra

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Callaway, and daughters Liz and Ann, but by the citizens of Chicago and 
the American people.

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