Democrats plan stand-in VP to avoid 1976 run
Democratic leaders in the House discussed plans to require any Agnew successor to pledge not to seek the presidency in 1976. The contingency was raised at a meeting with freshmen in Speaker Carl Albert's office amid questions about Agnew’s possible resignation and the method to fill a vice presidency under the 25th Amendment.
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Agnew Resignation Speculation and 1976 Succession Talk
Democratic leaders raised concerns over a possible Agnew resignation amid a federal grand jury probe into Maryland politics. White House officials deny pressuring Agnew to leave. House leaders discussed a potential successor with freshmen Democrats while debating campaign finance reform.
Cox asks bugging conspirators to back up claims
Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox urged five original bugging conspirators to submit sworn, detailed statements to prove they were induced by high government officials into pleading guilty. Four Miami men and E Howard Hunt seek to change pleas, claiming misdirection. Cox notes lack of named misleaders and that pleas were voluntary. In separate report, two Navy airmen were killed when their US bomber crashed in desert near Lakeview, Oregon.
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Colo
Philip D. Duhamel
Wickford
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