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Show Farmer, 76, Makes Parachute Jump 'to Show Youngsters' FOSSTON, MINN. Walter Morgan, Mor-gan, 76, a farmer who made a perfect parachute jump just "to show the youngsters what an old man can do," said he plans to do "more of the sam." "They'll have a tough time keeping keep-ing me on the ground from now on," said Morgan. The farmer planned the jump for more than a year, but was thwarted when pilots refused to ta e him up. "J'd tried about everything else," ho said. "It was the one thing left that I hadn't done." Finally Paul Bjork, Minneapolis, agreed to take him up. About 2,000 persons watched as Bjork and Morgan circled over Fosston at about 1,800 feet. "I just sort of rolled out of the plane," said Morgan. "I didn't pull the rip cord right away because it felt so pleasant falling through the air." Half way down he pulled the cord, the parachute blossomed out and he ctme down to what airmen testified was a perfect landing. His only injury was a slight cut behind one ear. Bjork said Morgan was "cool as a cucumber." "He even held the rip cord handle han-dle all the way down," Bjork said. "The darned thing costs $8 and even some of the old hands throw it away after they've pulled." Morgan had an explanation for his fine performance on his first parachute jump. "That's what an old man can do if he leaves liquor alone," he said. |