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...world record. FANTASTIC ! echoed Britain's Daily Herald, when Beatty ran the mile in 3 min. 56.5 sec. over a notoriously slow track at White City stadium-pulling four other competitors over the finish in less than four minutes. Moving up to a longer distance at Turku, Finland, Beatty then ran the 5,000 meters in 13 min. 45 sec., beating his own listed American record by 6.8 seconds...
Initially, at least, New Zealand's commissioner would not have the broad investigative powers of Sweden's ombudsman, notably the right to scrutinize judicial and local government procedures. Furthermore, he will be required to hold preliminary hearings in private, although in Sweden, Finland and Denmark, the ombudsman's strongest weapon is the widespread, chastening publicity that results from open investigation. To critics who want more powers for the commissioner, the government replies that when the first grievance man is appointed-probably by year's end-his effectiveness will not depend so much on his legal prerogatives...
...Finnish students hired away all of Helsinki's charter buses, requiring the Russians to bring in their own fleet. The students booked all the available hotel space so that the Russians, Poles and East Germans were forced to house their delegations aboard ships that had carried them to Finland. Africans from Moscow's Lumumba University traveled second-class by rail, their wallets stuffed with rubles worthless in Finland. From Britain came ban-the-bombers; Cuba dispatched Fidelistas; Guinea sent a troupe of dazzling, costumed dancers. About 100 anti-Communists had infiltrated the earnest pacifists, all-purpose beatniks...
Strauss enjoyed a personal triumph at the Paris Peace Conference. He drafted a letter that Hoover sent to President Wilson urging independence for Finland. When it was granted, the Finnish representative came by with tears in his eyes to thank the young Strauss...