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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1953

Page

2

She's Lucky to Be Alive After Lightning Strike

Mrs. Joseph Russell, 17, a housewife from Orlando, was struck in the stomach by lightning while at a kitchen sink and survived with temporary paralysis and other injuries. She credited luck and charms for protecting her, amid reports of neighborhood brawls in Britain and a poisonous adder found by a police officer.

Joseph Russell Orlando Fla Russell Sheffield Sheringham Rd Catherine Barrett Edna Smith

Pair Hauled Safely Out of Cavern

Pierre St Martin France wire crews hauled to safety the remaining two of three cave explorers who penetrated a record depth to 2295 feet in the St Martin cave. Rob ert Levi and Werbert Casteret were brought to the surface while Dr Andre Mairey was recovered Tuesday night. The trio sought to test underground hydroelectric plant feasibility in the earth’s deepest fissure.

Pierre ST Pierre Chevalier

Webb Everett to Work for Free at Las Vegas Track

Webb Everett, denied appointment as executive vice president of the Las Vegas jockey club, will serve at the track’s opening in a voluntary advisory capacity. Club President Lou Smith said Everett would serve temporarily without salary as the track follows the federal court approved reorganization plan. The track is to open Sept. 4 for its 67 day meeting.

Las Vegas Wwev Webb Everett Las Vegas Jockey Club Lou Smith Everett Smith

French Strike Deepens as Laniel Government Wobbles

France enters its second week of a major strike with about a million workers out. Railroads, Paris subway, and services crippled as negotiations with non-Communist unions fail. Socialist leader Mollet says government reforms cost more in losses than savings, while Parliament expected to reconvene and Laniel faces possible ouster amid escalating protests.

Paris France Joseph Laniel Socialist Party Guy Mol-let Lanier Mollet Laniel

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