Agnew's Los Angeles speech sealed resignation fate
The Los Angeles address where Spiro Agnew claimed he was framed in a Maryland corruption case and vowed not to quit appears to have doomed him. Aide accounts say the decision crystallized after a New York stop and White House talks, culminating in his no contest tax evasion plea in Baltimore.
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