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Died. Mauno Pekkala, 62, postwar Premier of Finland (1946-48), who negotiated the hated mutual assistance pact with the Soviet Union; of pneumonia following a stroke; in Helsinki. He won national recognition for his work as acting director (1937-44) of the state forest service, less favorable notice for his latter-day fellow-traveling with the Reds...
...home first in the 400-meter race in 0:46.9. After two days of heated competition in 18 events, 13 new meet records were set and four American records broken. Paced by Double-Winner Whitfield, the U.S. track & field team seemed the best ever. Others likely to succeed at Helsinki this month...
...Polevaulters Bob Richards and Don Laz, two of the U.S.'s three 15-footers, who are likely to wind up 1-2 at Helsinki...
...sight of so many spring-legged sprinters, brawny weight-throwers and durable distance runners gathered at Long Beach, Calif, for the National A.A.U. championships had Olympic officials crowing last week about the U.S.'s track & field chances at Helsinki next month. Said Texas' Clyde Littlefield, assistant Olympic coach: "We've got enough talent on this track right now to win the games. Just look at those boys...
...once there, he settled down for a straight 14½ hours. Last week the aging (48) groaner co-starred with TV Veteran Bob Hope on an all-night show to raise the $500,000 still needed to send the U.S. Olympic team to this summer's games at Helsinki, Finland. Conceived by Sport Writer Vincent Flaherty of the Los Angeles Examiner, and obviously patterned after the annual Milton Berle TV marathon for the Cancer Fund, the Hope & Crosby show was a mixture of guest stars (Ezio Pinza, Phil Harris, Martin & Lewis), appeals for money, and the reading of interminable...