People: The Strenuous Life

Goateed Sir Hubert Wilkins, 47, intrepid Arctic explorer, faced a new challenge: in Seattle a stalled elevator trapped him (and the operator) between floors for ten minutes. Sir Hubert finally fought his way back to civilization by clambering up through the emergency exit.

Actor Basil Rathbone, 55, came a painful cropper. His black police dog, Maritza, snapped the leash while the two were strolling in Manhattan's Central Park; Maritza leaped a high wall and dashed into Fifth Avenue traffic; Rathbone tried to follow suit, fell over the wall, broke his left wrist, and fainted....

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