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...polling places, seeking an Eduskunta with enough courage to tackle the country's economic mess. The last parliament had kept right on voting child-welfare allowances and farm subsidies, though the national till was all but empty. It had refused to lower wages, though high costs priced Finland's products out of the world market, causing unemployment and a decline in national income...
...Falun was jammed with some 50,000 ski-mad visitors. In the special jumping event, normally a Norwegian monopoly, the Finns, unveiling a modified "aerodynamic" technique, got their first triumph. Leaning out over his skis in an exaggerated bend that added his whole upper body to his soaring surface, Finland's Matti Pietikainen made jumps of 251 and 256 feet for an easy first place. Russia scored when bantam-size (5 ft. 3 in. 120 Ibs.) Vladimir Kusin, a Leningrad student, beat Finland's Veikko Hakulinen by 26 seconds in the 30-kilometer (about 18.6 miles) cross-country...
...kilometer cross-country race (9.3 miles) Russia's Kusin was a prime favorite, but the indomitable Finns refused to concede. Led by Hakulinen, a 29-year-old forestry student, Finland swept the race 1-2-3-and so delighted Finnish officials that they spontaneously burst out singing their national anthem, Maamme (Our Lord) while Russia's Kusin, angrily shrugging off newsmen, stalked away...
...Women Fight. It was also ladies' day in the 15-kilometer relay race, and produced something close to a diplomatic incident. On the first lap when Finland's Sirkka Polkunen tried to pass Russia's Lubov Kosyreva, the Russian girl stuck out her ski pole to keep the Finn from passing, and the girls scuffled for a moment...
...Sapporo, Japan, Russians swept the first three places in the world speed-skating championships against teams from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Japan and Korea. Missing from the contest: the U.S. team. Reason: lack of funds...