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PHILIPPE PETIT BIBLIOGRAPHY

D. NEW YORK TIMES INDEX (continued from page 2)

duct and criminal trespass; Manhattan Dist Atty Richard H Kuh agrees to drop charges in exchange for free aerial performance in a city park for children; Petit says he made over 200 trips to trade center bldgs to plot his walk; illus.

August 11 sec. IV p. 18 111us of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit walking tightrope between twin towers of World Trade Center , NYC.

August 13 p. 41 Philippe Petit, Frenchman who last wk walked tightrope between towers of World Trade Center , will seek permission from NYS and Canadian authorities to make similar crossing of Niagara Falls .

August 27 p. 72 Aerialist Philippe Petit, who recently walked tightrope between twin bldgs of World Trade Center (NYC) , to perform similar stunt over Great Falls in Paterson, NJ, on Labor Day, according to Mayor Lawrence F Kramer.

August 28 p. 35 Philippe Petit, French high-wire artist who was arrested Aug 7 after he walked tightrope between towers of World Trade Center , NYC, will pay his debt Aug 28 by walking tightrope over Belvedere Lake in Central Park ; charges of trespass and disorderly conduct against Petit were dismissed after Petit made deal that he would stage walk in park.

August 29 p. 35 Thunderstorm on Aug 28 causes postponement of high-wire show in Central Pk by Philippe Petit, aerialist of World Trade Center fame.

August 30 p. 58 Philippe Petit, French aerialist who performed unauthorized tightrope act at World Trade Center, on Aug 29 walks across wire above Belvedere Lake in Central Pk in front of large crowd; performance was consequence of sentencing by Dist Atty Richard H Kuh for Petit's walk at Trade Center requiring him to put on show for children of NY; Pks Comr Edwin L Weisl Jr was consulted and lake site was chosen; illus.

September 1 sec. IV p. 6 Aerialist Philippe Petit's walk across Central Pk's Belvedere Lake noted; was sentenced to walk as punishment for his unauthorized walk between World Trade Center towers.

September 3 p. 39 French aerialist Philippe Petit on Sept 2 walks across 300-ft wire stretched across Great Falls of Passaic River, Paterson , NJ , while 300 people watch; illus.

September 4 p. 88 Philippe Petit, who walked tightrope over Great Falls of Passaic River, is cleared of charges of disorderly conduct and criminal trespass for his walk between towers of World Trade Center .

September 13 p. 34 Students at Polytechnic Inst of NY will present their 1st annual Sir Isaac Newton Award for Defying Gravity to French Aerialist Philippe Petit.

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EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK / PHILIPPE PETIT INJURED

January 7th IJA member Philippe Petit was injured in a fall that precluded his opening with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in St. Petersburg , Florida . He apparently slipped while descending a slanted wire after rehearsing his high wire act. He was able to grab the wire with one hand, but let go when he got a rope burn. He then fell 25 to 30 feet where he landed on his side on a concrete floor and rolled over on his stomach, pounding the floor with his fists and shouting, "I can't believe it. I can't believe it. I don't ever fall." He was conscious as he was taken from the arena to Bayfront Medical Center for exploratory surgery. He had suffered a collapsed right lung and fractures of the ribs and wrist.

Readers may recall that last January this editor fell 20 feet to a wooden floor while rigging a trapeze. One of the repercussions of that fall was that the IJA Newsletter was delayed - and has, since that time, been behind schedule. Current (Volume 27) newsletters will be issued concurrently with late (Volume 26) newsletters until the deficiency is made up - first priority, however, will be on keeping current issues current in 1975.

As for Philippe, I'm sure all fellow IJAers join Judy and me in wishing for his complete and speedy recovery. Should you wish to express yourself more directly and personaIIy: Philippe Petit, c/o Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Florida .