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...with the East. At the North Caucasian city of Stavropol he loosed a proud thunderbolt: "When the figures for the Soviet Seven-Year-Plan (1959-65) become known, the whole world will be amazed at the prospects of the development of the socialist society." From Trade Union Chief Viktor Grishin in Moscow came a few figures to match, promising to achieve by '65 what had originally been targeted...
Like every other Russian at Cortina, Moscow Speed-Skater Grishin, an engraver by trade, was honed to a fine edge. At Oslo, four years ago, the Soviets held off their Olympic entry because they knew they had yet to catch the West in winter sports. Now they were ready. Skiers had trained through their long winters, developed daring techniques on the jumps, stamina and speed in grinding crosscountry going. As for Grishin and his fellow skaters, they had raced and raced and raced more, until their thick thighs looked deformed with ropes of muscle...
...cracked. Grishin pushed into his start. Down the first straightaway he flashed, arms swinging in time with his skates. At the turn his speed pulled him wide; he leaned hard to stay on course. Under his flying feet, steel blades brushed snow at the lane's edge. One more turn and he tore into the stretch...
June 22. Colonel General Ivan Grishin, 50, World War II commander of Belorussian fronts...