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...Clement Stone, DD.L., self-made insurance magnate and major G.O.P. contributor. Starting with $100 and a dream, [he] has spent a lifetime creating material and spiritual wealth...
...Bentham, and Mill, he has descended into the intellectual arena with a biting forensic style to do battle with the fashionable sophists and nihilists who monopolize so much of public discussion today. He has become one of our most influential intellectuals as co-editor of the Public Interest, prolific contributor to various periodicals, and frequent advisor in government circles. His essays, eight of which are gathered in On the Democratic Idea in America, cover a wide range of issues, from urban renewal to historiography to pornography; yet, each essay is dominated by the same recurring themes, so much so that...
Egypt's Anwar Sadat, who has recently been pressing a diplomatic campaign to enlist sympathy for the Arab viewpoint, remained pointedly silent. So did King Feisal of Saudi Arabia, once a noted financial contributor to the Palestinians. He could hardly have been pleased that the attack took place in the Saudi embassy and that the Saudi ambassador was one of the five hostages. Even Yasser Arafat, the leader of Al-Fatah, the largest Palestinian nationalist group, made a point of trying (some what unconvincingly) to dissociate his organization from Black September...
While Stans refused to talk to newsmen, the Nixon finance committee claimed in a release that "at no time during the campaign did he [Stans] suggest to any contributor that a contribution be made in cash." The committee contended that it was Vesco who wanted to avoid paying by check. Yet Sears' deposition claims that Vesco expressed "some trepidation" about making a cash donation and wanted to check the Nixon committee again to make sure that cash was what it wanted. Sears testified that Edward Nixon, who made numerous speeches in the re-election campaign, was summoned to Vesco...
Despite the ethnic theme, the whole affair will be a showcase of the nation's wealthiest men. Nearly all of Nixon's friends with big bank accounts will be there, including his Florida neighbor Bebe Rebozo, Chicago Insurance Tycoon and Republican Campaign Contributor W. Clement Stone, and Robert Abplanalp, a manufacturer of aerosol valves. It will be a celebration of Middle America and the successful men it has produced. For those taking part, it will be a ritual of satisfaction, a three-day dance to affluence and the American dream...