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"Spring in the air," chortled Harrison L. Blair '51 as he strolled by Soldiers Field Tuesday with companion Severe M. Ornstein '51; and suiting action to the word, the pair leaped aboard the WBZTV television tower and climbed to the 580-foot peak.

Fame crept in on the catfooted pair yesterday, offering them an aerial post with Ward Beam's World Champion Daredevils, opening soon in Ohio.

"This offer may be someone's flight of fancy," Ornstein opined, "and we won't go out on a limb by accepting now. The whole thing seems dizzy to me," he added, as he stumbled down a short flight of steps.

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