Flagpole fatality Mr Richard “Dixie” Blandy, aged 71, who claimed to be the world champion flagpole sitter, was killed yesterday when a 50ft pole on which he was perched crashed to the ground at the Dixie Square. shopping centre, in suburban Chicago. — Chicago, May 6.
SEE YOUR NEW SUZUKI at RONNIE MOORE'S 834 COLOMBO ST. PHONE 50-182 [ LM.V.D. L.M.VJ.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33527, 7 May 1974, Page 15
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