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Plucky Cavern Explorer Rescued After 17 Hours
Fresno County hospital treated Carroll Slemaker of Hollywood after a 17 hour rescue from a cave near Kings Canyon National Park. A 300 pound boulder fractured his leg while laddering a passage with the Southern California Grotto Club. Rangers, sheriff’s deputies, and rescuers used ropes pulleys and a bosun chair to haul him to the surface.
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Fresno
Carroll Slereg
Maker
Hollywood
E.R. Simmons
Pasadena
Kings
Canyon National Park
Slemaker
Aj Bosun
Fred M. Gruenther
Vere
Gruenther
U_ 8
News and World Report
Matthew B. Ridgway
NATO
Europe