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...first person other than a Scandinavian or Russian ever to win an Olympic cross-country ski race. A wiry customs agent from Castello di Fiemme in the Dolomites, the tireless Nones sped 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) in 1 hr. 35 min. 39.2 sec., to beat Norway's Odd Martinsen by the margin of 49.7 sec.-roughly the equivalent of three city blocks. Some experts credited Nones' victory to the wax he used on his skis -a special green wax designed particularly for the kind of crusty, frozen snow that covered the course. But Third Place Finisher Eero Maentyranta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: Neither Sleet Nor Snow | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

Aching Back. In Clinton, Iowa, Carl Martinsen, 74, gratefully submitted to a rheumatism "rubdown" treatment by a couple of sidewalk healers claiming to have curative powers, minutes later discovered his wallet with $2,200 was gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 12, 1957 | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...JORGEN MARTINSEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 5, 1938 | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

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