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...CLEMENT STONE, 70, Winnetka, Ill., chairman and chief executive officer of Combined Insurance Co. of America (assets: $319,725,000). Gifts: Nixon, $25,000; Republican National Committee, $11,000. Stone, who was Nixon's biggest financial backer in 1968, says that he has given a total of $500,000 to Nixon so far this year, the bulk of it before the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 went into effect in April...
...ticket, the panel finds that McGovern's greatest strength is his personality, often described as "warm" or "sincere." Even one out of five Republicans finds McGovern personally appealing. By contrast, many Republicans are unimpressed by the Nixon personality. Says Nixon backer Mrs. Charles Ream of Millersport, Ohio: "I can't explain it. He tries, but he just doesn't have it. His personality leaves me cold." If the campaign turns out to focus on personality, McGovern's chances apparently would improve. "He doesn't doubletalk; he knows how to make himself a part...
Although this move may make it easier for students to find a backer, the new system also closes several loopholes Harvard students previously used to get more money...
Others indicate now that they will not contribute anything at all to the presidential campaign. They include Beverly Hills Attorney Gene Wyman, a former Humphrey backer; National General's Gene Klein and Sherrill Corwin of Metropolitan Theatres Corp. of Los Angeles. It could be that many big contributors will concentrate their funds instead in congressional and state campaigns...
Last week in New York, Queens Democratic Leader Matthew Troy, an early McGovern backer, made it known that he was about to start a draft-Ted boom for the No. 2 slot; so Kennedy flip-flopped again. He telephoned Troy to call him off, and then issued the flat statement: "There are no circumstances under which I would accept a nomination for any national office this year...