European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes May pics gave record total in donations to 84 races Washington a nearly three quarters of the record million in Campaign donations by special interest groups last year went to incumbent members of the Federal election commission reported sat the biggest spender of these groups was the National conservative political action or which contributed the next largest spenders were the fund for a conservative at and the National congressional the political organization of Jesse which spent political action or sent 72 percent of their contributions to House and Senate just 16 percent of their Money went to candidates challenging congressional they gave still less per cent to candidates seeking a seat where no incumbent was the Fec said the million total included Pac contributions to House and presidential Candi it also included million Given to Federal Candi dates not seeking election in 1984 for the purpose of retiring debts or preparing for future for candidates seeking election in contributions totalled the pics gave million to presidential but not counted in the total was million in Independent expenditures made by that was spending for or against candidates that was legally Independent of the candidates More than million of that spending was in the presidential Senate and House incumbents received million from incumbent House democrats got the biggest democrats got the biggest portion of the Pac contrib or 57 republicans got or 43 the fecs figures covered contributions and spending in a two year considered the 1984 election earlier figures Given by the Fec were preliminary and covered the first 18 months of the two year although Pac contributions to Federal candidates continued to the rate of increase slowed dramatically Over previous the Fec the earlier Fec study showed contributions increasing by 50 by the end of the election the Fec 1984 Pac contributions actually Rose per cent Over the 1982 the giving pattern shifts from year to said Fec spokeswoman Sharon in some years they pics dump Money at the and in some years it slows Down at the pics contributed million in 198182 for 197980 the figure was million for 197778 it was the Fec reported last week that candidates spent a record million on last years congressional up percent Over the previous much of the in crease was the result of the North Carolina Senate in which Helms Defeated former democratic James Hunt in the most expensive congressional Campaign the Cost of getting elected presidential Campaign spending in millions of Dollar 1968 bk1972 1976 1980 1984 congressional Campaign spending in millions of dollars source Herbert costing while incumbents traditionally Are most favored by the their share this year was incumbents received 67 percent of Pac Money in 1982 in pics spent million in the 1984 Cycle and raised More than the spending was up from million in 1982 and double the million of political action committees Are formed by Trade and professional associations and others to Pool their Money and clout in making Campaign contrib pics set up by corporations outspent those by labor million to among All top spenders and their amounts were million fund for a conservative majority Young America million National con Gressional million realtors million Era National Rifle association political Victory the top contributors to Federal candidates were real tors million american medical association million build Pac of the National association of Home million National education association million Law United Auto workers voluntary Community action judge drops fax evasion charges against a governor of Tenn a a judge has dismissed two tax evasion charges against former Ray who is serving a three year prison sentence for Selling liquor Blantons attorney said senior circuit judge Bailey Brown agreed to drop the charges May 10 after Federal prosecutors filed a re quest a week said lawyer John noted musicologist Dies in Minnesota at age 102 Minneapolis a Donald a musicologist and music historian who had been called min Nesotas grand old Man of has died at who taught at the University of Minnesota and macalester was the author of several including history of musical thought in 1935 and music As metaphor in he was the founder of the Bach society of Minnesota and conducted its annual Festi Vals until for 30 years he was program annotator for the Minnesota Mclellan said Blanton is scheduled for a parole hearing in mid june in he said prosecutors decided to seek dismissal of the Foury Earold tax charges because they Felt the expense and trouble of a retrial of the whole coupled with the fact that punishment had already been imposed for his alleged were two Good reasons not to pursue the matter assistant attorney John Williams said the two charges stemmed from Money that Blanton was convicted of extorting from a Nashville area liquor store Blanton did not report the Money on his tax return and did not pay taxes on the government the charge of filing a false return carries a three year prison term and a the charge of not paying the tax carries a five year term and a was convicted in 1981 of conspiracy and mail along with two in connection with the issuance of liquor licenses in Nashville to political Blanton also was convicted of he left office in stateside Reagan announces nominee for ambassadors Post in Iceland Washington up president Reagan has announced he is nominating Nicholas who served As former president Nixon chief of staff from 1980 to As ambassador to would succeed Marshall Ruwe worked with the Reagan Bush reelection Campaign and was on the presidents inaugural he also served As assistant chief of protocol in the Nixon and Ford Reagan also announced he is nominating two career diplomats to new posts Craig Deputy assistant Secretary of state for inter american affairs to be ambassador to Alge would succeed Michael Edward Morgan Deputy chief of Mission in to be ambassador to he would succeed Edwin Gharst dog reunited with Texas family 2 years after wandering away la Texas up a dog that wandered away from Home two years ago after Hurricane Alicia blew Down the Fence in his owners backyard has been reunited with the a Friend of the family that once owned the 50pound known As discovered him in a Cage at the Galveston animal shelter and adoption my Friend was looking for a it was pure Harriet Fretwell Bear didst recognize me until i pulled the car keys out of my Shook them and come lets go take a ride in the now that Fretwell and her two sons have found they Are trying to find out where he has been for two they had offered rewards for him after be disappeared in August but gave up the search six months irs Center in Fresno destroys taxpayers letters Washington a internal Revenue service employees in didst break any but they violated the irs procedures manual when they destroyed about letters from an irs spokesman the action at the Fresno service Center was an obvious violation because the letters were destroyed before tax payers could be notified that their accounts had been irs spokesman Scott Waffle said a provision in the included since says All correspondence received from taxpayers must be an he we always destroy our correspondence we dont Ware House it the question is he but he added that no disciplinary action is planned against the exec theron who made the it was a managerial judgment defendants proposed sentence to help in Ethiopia rejected a a Virginia judge has rejected a drug defendants proposal to help save lives in Ethiopia instead of serving time in the defense attorney for Walter Russell Bradley told Henico county circuit judge Buford Parsons although the Appeal was unprecedented it was meant to be taken Bradley pleaded guilty March 5 to Possession of nearly 200 pounds of marijuana with intent to noting it was a distribution and not simple Possession sentenced Bradley to 12 years in with 10 of them Accident involving 3 vehicles hurts 60 people in los Angeles los Angeles a a City bus collided with a mail truck and another vehicle in an evening rus hour Accident that injured 60 people and threw a woman and a child from the the 25yearold woman was in stable condition follow ing the but the 4yearold child was listed in critical said Nancy a nursing supervisor at White memorial the Accident was the second involving a Southern Cali fornia rapid transit District bus in As Many at least 47 people suffered mostly minor injuries when a bus was bit by a truck on the Santa Ana