European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes february fund ruling Washington up the supreme court monday agreed to consider whether the government can limit How much Independent political action commit tees spend to support their favorite Candi such groups spent millions of dollars on justices will consider whether can limit Money committees spend of Back candidates behalf of Ronald Reagan in his successful Campaign for Trie Case the court took monday involves whether the limit on the amount of Money Independent committees May spend violates free speech last a court Gress is the Federal election commission and common a nonprofit citizens or appealed the ruling to the High which will hear the Case this they contend that the limit is essential to Foury Earold Jake Braly left and his brother of Dallas lie on a pier bread crumbs and quakers at White Rock Lake crumbs to the pitching bread boys and their storm brings Winter Back to Midwest new englander Battle flood damage a by United press International torm packing up to a Hal foot of to the Midwest and new eng Thony Debanville As he surveyed his Home or it was like a Flash left behind by the of 67 set in while ruled that the limit established by con Congress efforts to eliminate the influence and corruption of private Campaign the court monday also agreed to hear a similar Case from challenging a local ordinance that limits to individual contributions for a Campaign to influence a ballot the returning from a four week issued hundreds of orders on pending in other they said they would decide a Case involving the University of Missouri Over whether a school May bar a student group from holding religious services in school declined to consider a Spaghetti sauce in which Ragu foods challenged a ruling it had engaged in unfair Competition against Hunt Wesson foods by introducing an extra thick and Zesty sauce the same phrase used by Hunt refused to enter a million libel Case brought by owners of Rancho la Costa against Penthouse Magazine for an article charging that the owners of the posh Cali fornia resort were connected with organized agreed to consider whether persons victimized by commodity Market manipulations May sue a commodities Exchange and its officials for Money the Case could have a major Impact on commodities agreed to hear an alaskan couples Challenge to a state plan to distribute some million in Oil and Mineral revenues on the basis of length of residency in the High court also has on its docket this term another Challenge to the Federal elec Tion Laws whether the limit on contributions by individuals to an associations political action committee is in constr using the voluntary checkoff system on Federal income tax Federal election Law offers major party presidential Candi dates the option of full Public financing for the general if a candidate chooses such financing which amounted to million for the 1980 Campaign he must forgo nearly All private the Law was designed to place a ceiling on the amount of funds a candidate could during the last a Host of Independent commit tees spent substantial sums to support Rea Gans those expenditures were challenged in separate suits by the Fec and common cause As violations of the the suits were filed against americans for fund for a conservative majority and americans for an effective presi which had announced that they in tended to raise and spend Between million and million for ruling on both suits in a District court found the Mother were lured out by sunny skies and mid70 a photo Landers worked to Clear their Homes of swept Over riverbanks by Spring like temperatures last a single engine private plane crashed sunday night in an open Field near Mont killing All four people wet Snow covered Minnesota and water and received 6 inches of Snow late numerous minor traffic accidents were reported in Eastern where winds in More than 100 people were driven from their Homes during the weekend in the new Hampshire towns of North Stratford and West dam age was in along the missis quoi residents used boats to reach their Homes and began pumping up to 6 feet of water from their in Western the andr Scoggin other record highs included 59 at Bur 49 at 71 at 81 at and 83 in san los Angeles sizzled with a High of committees on be half of candidates running a publicly financed Campaign was unconstitutional because it violated the groups rights to political expression under the first Amend ousting to 40 Mph knocked Down Power River flooded Many roads with 6 feet of jury convicts rancher of role in abusing mexicans lines and disrupted Telephone service in some Light rain and drizzle stretched from the Gulf coast to the great while drizzle and fog clouded the Virginias and North ice jammed Rivers in new England were unclogged by heavy Rains and warm s 1 was convicted Stream and not Over the Banks and temperatures during the flooding without knocking out any Bridges then roads with up to 6 feet of water and for Ewe can say we got out of this one without ing families from their but civil too serious a said Michael a defense officials said sunday the worst a civil defense several people were evacuated in West monday on three Federal charges stemming but were allowed to return from the robbery and beating of three mex their Homes civil defense officials said the threat of flooding was if the ice continues to float Down was acquitted of the same two separate juries had deliberated the ing tried for the third time in connection with the the Federal charges alleged that the brother committed robbery affecting com ase against Thomas returned its verdict moments Patrick Haiean 27 is to be sentenced charge carries a penalty of 20 in Orison Olus a Fine of 000 r record High temperatures were set Sun the jury deliberating in the Case of Pat in new Connecticut state Day from California to Rick returned its verdict just workers spent sunday Clearing route 102 had a High of breaking a record after 8 and the jury considering the tortured and fore being forced to flee naked Back to the Hanigan were acquitted in 1977 of state kidnapping and assault their fat charged in the state to the