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...vice president of the Federation Internationale de Ski, the governing body of amateur ski racing, is that "we're in a mess. If the Olympic rules were policed, the whole U.S. men's ski team would have to be changed." Even so, when it comes to payola, Europeans are way ahead. They regard their skiers as natural resources vital to the promotion of winter tourism. Thus European ski groups maintain cash "pools" to keep their racers in ski wax and maybe a sports car or two. France's Jean-Claude Killy was reportedly rewarded with...
There are two quick, nostalgic talks by Alan Freed, "Mr. Payola," included on the record. A Freed endorsement of such a production is as essential as the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval on a baby carriage...
Apart from the payola controversy, the big news of the week was the almost monotonous parade of Americans to the victory pedestal. There were elev en boxing weight classes in Mexico City, and U.S. boxers won medals in seven of them. In yachting. New Orleans' Buddy Friedrichs and San Diego's Lowell North won gold medals. In shooting, Nebraska's Gary Anderson, a 29-year-old Army lieutenant, scored 1,157 out of a possible 1,200 points to win the free-rifle competition and break his own world record. Competing in his fourth Olympics, Connecticut...
...Dodd's files that be gan last June. They spirited out some 4,000 items, photocopied them, returned the originals. The copies went to Columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson and formed the basis of articles charging Dodd with a variety of offenses, notably trading political favors for payola. Denying all, Dodd demanded that the ethics committee investigate. It reluctantly consented (TIME...
...Jack Anderson. On the basis of files fed to them by at least one disgruntled former assistant to Dodd, they charged that the white-haired, square-jawed former FBI agent accepted a concatenation of cumshaw from all manner of individuals and companies seeking official favors from him. The payola, claimed the columnists, included a sapphire ring for his wife, a television set for his office, shoes for some of his family, carpeting for his house, a re-plate job for his silverware, and the use of an Oldsmobile for himself...