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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1973
Page
1
Agnew confronts Mahoney as the Maryland gubernatorial contest heats up. The scene shows a tense exchange with Agnew and Baltimore figures like Mahoney and Pressman shaping the race amid intra party squabbles and local power dynamics.
Wire reports say Spiro Agnew resigns in disgrace forcing Nixon to seek a quick vice presidential replacement. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan leads as an early favorite, with Senate leader Hugh Scott and Sen. Barry Goldwater also mentioned as possible successors. Nixon aims for rapid confirmation and clear replacement within a week.
A downtown Elyria survey asked nine residents who should be Nixon’s vice president. Most answered I don’t know or no opinion. Connally led among those with differing views, while others cited Rogers or Rockefeller. Supporters praised Connally as a fit for the job.
A day of tragedy and disgrace for the Agnew family unsettles bar patrons in Kansas City and baseball fans at Shea Stadium while a Los Angeles speech confounds reporters. Details on page A-8.
The 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Karl von Frisch Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen for discoveries on organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns. Their insect fish and bird studies have spurred mammal research and shed light on a human infant's first smile.
Tomorrow brings hazy to sunny skies and warm conditions with morning fog. Highs reach the mid to upper 70s and overnight lows dip to the low to mid 50s with a ten percent rain chance. winds will be southeast at 12 mph.
Washington AP reports prosecutors say Spiro T Agnew years ago used an inner circle of Maryland politicians and contractors to demand cash gifts in exchange for state contracts. The outline details four associates, a no contest plea to tax evasion, and Agnew’s claim of a long running political fund raising pattern.
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