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For skydiver Robert Walter Stanley, the flight was well worth the price of the ticket
For skydiver Robert Walter Stanley, the flight was well worth the price of the ticket

For skydiver Robert Walter Stanley, the flight was well worth the price of the ticket

Date3/23/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: For skydiver Robert Walter Stanley; the flight was well worth the price of the ticket. The Waterloo daredevil parachuted from the top of a Bell Canada tower into the arms of police early yesterday. Then he was handed a $53 summons for trespassing. I did it for the excitement and the challenge; said Stanley of his 170-metre (550-foot) dive from the tower at Eglinton and Pharmacy Aves. The danger is a large part of the adventure in a jump like this; he said; especially when we do it at night. He gained [Incomplete]
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097612F