February 20, 1968
Is there a steeplejack in El Paso?
He is badly needed at the U.S. Courthouse where no flag has flown for several days for lack of a steeplejack. Richard Mansfield, building manager for the General Services Administration, Monday said the halyard holding the flag broke and there was nobody available to climb the pole and replace the halyard. The pole was not erected in such manner that it could be lowered to have the rope holding the flag replaced. Mansfield said consideration had been given to having the Fire Department’s snorkel truck used but it would not reach the top of the pole. Unless local help can be found, he said, a steeplejack may have to be brought in from outside El Paso to get the flag flying once more.
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