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Thunder Chicken jumps today!Skydiver began in VietnamIs it a bird9 Is it a plane?.No' it's ThunderChicken.ThunderCtiicken, a crossbetween Km met Kelly, the clown, and daredevil KvilKneival, will be skydiving atthe Hamilton Campus of Miami I diversity today at noon and 2. and 5 p. m.The air show will include hot air balloonist, Dan Stone, King's Island's helicopter rides and banner towingThunderChicken, Dallas Wittgenfeld, 24, started parachuting while in the U. S. Army Airborn Hangers While stationed in Vietnam, he began his clown-skydiving act for Vietnamese orphans Now Wittgenfeld is skydiving throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky andMichigan Part of his act is the actual skydiving, while people can take helicopter rides for $5.ThunderChicken is theonly skydiving clown in the world He has also been the only person who has jumped from a trimotor airplate-called “tin goose”- which was used in World War II for transporting troops The hot air ballon, whichis sponsored by West Side Federal Savings and Loan Association, will he on hand Sunday afternoon alsoSaturday it will be seen atI, 4, and 7 p. m. Sunday’sshow is scheduled for I, 2,and fi p. m.ThunderChicken will be at the OhioState Fair on Labor Dav.DALLAS \\ ITTCKNFFLD
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Hamilton Journal News
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sat, Jul 21, 1973
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