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Folder: S.F. Districts-Civic Center-1940's. Newscopy: "WAY UP THERE.--Rox Penlon, steeplejack, climbs to dizzy heights to fix the rope in the pulley atop the 100-foot Civic Center flagpole. Climbing the pole is an old story to Rox, who's climbed it several times since Mayor James Rolph first had it set up.".