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Parachute Tower Attracts visitors At San Diego Fair
The fair features a 155 foot steel tower where visitors are gently parachuted by cable as a top attraction. A separate photo shows Eskimo Claire Oakpeha reporting the deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post after their plane crash at Point Barrow Alaska. Portrait by Charles Brower.
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