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Photograph caption dated September 21, 1960 reads "Ron Morris, 25, Burbank athlete who earned a silver medal in Rome's 1960 Olympics with his 15 1/2-foot pole vault, receives a congratulatory kiss from his wife, Paula, 24, after being honored by Burbank City Council. At Tuesday night meeting, Mayor Newell J. Cooper gave commemorative scroll to Morris, 1616 1/2 W. Oak St., and proclaimed Oct 8 'Ron Morris Day' in Burbank."
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