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...INDIRECT EXPENDITURES." The most baffling-and probably the most disturbing-decision by the court was to put no restrictions on "independent expenditures" by individuals on behalf of a candidate. The court held that such a limitation "impermissibly burdens the constitutional right of free expression." Thus as long as a candidate did not authorize or know about such spending, an individual could put up a billboard, take out a newspaper ad, buy TV time, hire doorbell ringers or mail out leaflets to help. Considering the history of politicians and politics in the U.S., the ruling seems extremely naive-leaving a mile...
...person who quickly saw the implications of the "indirect" contribution was Stewart Mott, 38, the wealthy General Motors heir who gave $725,000 to Democratic Candidate George McGovern in 1972. Mott said that he might spend $50,000 or $100,000 in support of certain congressional candidates, and that he might start a massive media campaign for former Senator Eugene McCarthy, who is running as an independent. As it happens, McCarthy was a party to the suit that prompted last week's ruling by the court...
...required to confine the Backfires' range by not providing any tanker fleet of aircraft to refuel the bombers in midair, nor could the new aircraft be based in the Arctic. This arrangement would, in effect, exempt the Backfires from the Vladivostok accord but give the U.S. an indirect way of limiting them...
Roselli, on the other hand, was very well aware that Kennedy was the President, and may even have been proud of his indirect connection with the White House. TIME has learned that a federal listening device once recorded him telling Mob associates openly about his moll and her trysts with the President...
...policyholders for the first half of this year is up 6%, compared with a previous annual rise among policyholders of about 1%. Some experts suggest that the jump may be a fluke-the result of changes in the way cancer death statistics are collected. Others believe it is an indirect result of a drop in the mortality rate from heart disease, leaving more people susceptible to death from cancer. Whatever the cause of the sudden rise, lung cancer must take a large share of the blame. The American Cancer Society reports that lung cancer next year will kill an estimated...