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...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 race. Asked which race he preferred, Kusin answered curtly: "The ones...
Solid Evidence. In Helsinki, Finland, after Burglar Olavi Veikko Horppu complained that his stomach hurt, police doctors operated, found: broken bits of a dinner plate, two salad forks, a table knife, several razor blades and a handful of nails...
...defeated favored Veikko Karvonen of Finland, who finished second, and Sweden's Kari Gosta Leandersson, who placed third. In fourth place was Katsuo Nishida of Japan, and Johnny Kelley of Boston University, in fifth place, was the top American on the 26-mile course...