Agnew Speech Sparks Fresh Fire Over Justice Probe
Vice President Spiro Agnew, at Sinatra’s desert retreat, blasted DOJ handling of the Maryland investigation and warned he would not resign if indicted. Associates cite weeks of private anger that erupted after a live TV address to Republican women.
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Agnew Calls Secrecy Violations Deliberate Gov Action
A associate recalls Agnew’s remark that once he began he could not stop while he claimed grand jury secrecy violations were a government fabrication. A traveling party member suspected the desert setting fueled his televised remarks as he pushed through the appearance.
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Demos split on delegate quotas in Maryland meeting
In Gaithersburg Maryland a divided Democratic state party committee delayed a final decision on convention delegate quotas after tentative moves to drop special preferences for women minorities and young people. The 17 member drafting panel will resume next weekend in Washington to revise reform rules.
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