The tower in front of the Gemini was supposed to be a flagpole,and was put there as a promotional stunt. They had a man(or nut) named Jim Dean who was setting a flag pole sitting record.It was an 83ft tower with a 5x7 platform with plexiglass sides and had radio station call letters"KNUS" on it.He was up there for over 200 days,in 1972.The stunt was sponsored by Gordon Mclendon,who owned the"KNUS"Radio station and the Gemini also.Afterwards the tower was used for promotional stunts and had DJs in it doing their broadcast and traffic reports etc.. Subsequently,Gordons dad owned the Casa Linda indoor theater in Dallas.
The tower in front of the Gemini was supposed to be a flagpole,and was put there as a promotional stunt. They had a man(or nut) named Jim Dean who was setting a flag pole sitting record.It was an 83ft tower with a 5x7 platform with plexiglass sides and had radio station call letters"KNUS" on it.He was up there for over 200 days,in 1972.The stunt was sponsored by Gordon Mclendon,who owned the"KNUS"Radio station and the Gemini also.Afterwards the tower was used for promotional stunts and had DJs in it doing their broadcast and traffic reports etc.. Subsequently,Gordons dad owned the Casa Linda indoor theater in Dallas.