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Man Climbs Tower Threatens Jump in City Standoff
Police and firefighters brace under a power tower as Ford climbs a steel ladder and contemplates jumping. Patrolman Partington talks him down repeatedly while crowds watch. the high voltage line is shut off and Ford is eventually seized after descending. He is taken to hospital under guard for observation.
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Page Tower
Ford
James Partington
Partington
Main Street
Francis Shanley
Willard Stevane
Edward Lombardi
Mrs. Ford
Joseph
Boudreau
Shanley
Lombardi
Lyddy
John A. Lyddy
St. Vincent's Hospital
Newtown
Robert Saree
New Haven
Pequonnock River
Haves
Washington
Irving M. Ives
R-Ny
Jim Farley
Branford
Senate