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Hot air over the legislature. A huge hot-air ballon floated over the Legislature today to let the public know three Metro men ? Ernie Lee, 35, a ballo(...)

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Hot air over the legislature. A huge hot-air ballon floated over the Legislature today to let the public know three Metro men ? Ernie Lee, 35, a ballo(...)

Date11/22/1983

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Bock, Tony (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Hot air over the legislature. A huge hot-air ballon floated over the Legislature today to let the public know three Metro men ? Ernie Lee; 35; a balloonist; Ramiro Puerta; 30; an actor; and Jon Newton; 41; a journalist ? plan to fly an 11-storey balloon across Canada next spring and around the world in the fall.

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